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How Similar Will The K850 Replacement Be To The So905ics? |
Super Chimp
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The SO905iCS seems to be a really good basis on which to base the new flagship imaging device for SE & surely it wouldn't need a vast amount of adjustment for the western market?
http://justamp.blogspot.com/2[....]ny-ericsson-so905ics-live.html |
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NightBlade
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Well... the biggest problem is that it runs on CDMA networks only.
We use GSM. (except for some providers in the US)
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Sony α
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Its a WorldWing phone from DoCoMo, it runs GSM networks too...
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NightBlade
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On 2008-04-06 17:52:59, Sony α wrote:
Its a WorldWing phone from DoCoMo, it runs GSM networks too...
It does? |
Super Chimp
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On 2008-04-06 17:55:02, NightBlade wrote:
On 2008-04-06 17:52:59, Sony α wrote:
Its a WorldWing phone from DoCoMo, it runs GSM networks too...
It does?
So in other words it wouldn't take that much effort to produce a western version I wouldn't have thought! |
harry20larry
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No, I wouldn't need alot of adjusting at all. But how many Japanese exclusives have we seen here in the US/UK. What happened to the Bravia phone? |
kewsvnet
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so all we need is different firmware and we could be happily using it!!! |
Sony α
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Yeah, pretty much, its a breeze to Roam on in the UK - just a change of OS, from MOAP to UIQ - or a modified MOAP platform, and we have a winner - of course, it would be nice to see our European features added, such as TrackID, Xenon Flash lol, and a FastPort - although, admittedly - im getting on rather well with the DoCoMo proprietary port - partially becuse its so much smaller!!
Obviously we would not have the 'Osaifu Keitai' built in - or the 'FeliCia' Wallet feature...
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kewsvnet
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SE should jus do that...would be so much easier....and would save them a lot on development costs as well!!!
how stable are these Japanese phones anyway do they tend to have a lot of issues like the ones we get here?
man if there was this phone with a UIQ interface or something...i would so get it!!!!
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Super Chimp
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On 2008-04-06 23:11:07, harry20larry wrote:
No, I wouldn't need alot of adjusting at all. But how many Japanese exclusives have we seen here in the US/UK. What happened to the Bravia phone?
Haven't SE got a new boss for Europe who seems more inclined to do this sort of thing with moving these kind of handsets out of Japan etc? |
Supa_Fly
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On 2008-04-07 00:08:06, Sony α wrote:
Yeah, pretty much, its a breeze to Roam on in the UK - just a change of OS, from MOAP to UIQ - or a modified MOAP platform, and we have a winner - of course, it would be nice to see our European features added, such as TrackID, Xenon Flash lol, and a FastPort - although, admittedly - im getting on rather well with the DoCoMo proprietary port - partially becuse its so much smaller!!
Obviously we would not have the 'Osaifu Keitai' built in - or the 'FeliCia' Wallet feature...
THose are not European features ... TrackID, Xenon Flash, & FastPort. There there in the K850i.
Reason that such Japanese/Chinese phones are not making it to Western markets is because there are SO many 1 button/feature on them. Too confusing for generic users. THink about it.
The Japanese have Anime - after the Atom Bomb got dropped on them. China spends the most in concrete, steel, and coal. They goto school 10-11mths out of the year. Complexity is part of their daily lives. So their phones reflect that. Britian, Canada, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Africa (continent) - have no where CLOSE to the complexity NOR the acceptance of technology like China/Japan does. Until we do, we will not see such "button-ladden" phones. Just remember development costs are well paid for by the East Asian market - economies of scale.
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Posted: 2008-04-06 17:34
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