Feb 15

Live from Sony Ericsson’s MWC press conference

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Sony Ericsson decided to get a really early start to its Mobile World Congress festivities, packing our jetlagged butts into Central Barcelona for a Sunday evening presser / party. Read on to find out what they’ve got in store!

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Feb 15

Samsung Memoir hitting T-Mobile USA on February 25 for $249.99

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At this point, it’s tough to say the Memoir wasn’t official with a straight face, but Samsung and T-Mobile have jointly disclosed all (er, most) of the remaining details that were so sorely missing here at Mobile World Congress. The 8 megapixel handset will boast a Xenon flash, CMOS auto focus and 16x digital zoom, not to mention a full touchscreen and a sophisticated camera menu that enables users to adjust the brightness and flash, change the default destination of images, select a timer and zoom in or out. Moreover, the video recording and TV-out features should provide even more joy in the lives of multimedia lovers, and the blink detection, face detection, anti-shake and geotagging inclusions should shake off any remaining pundits who say there’s not a “real camera” in here. As anticipated, the phone will launch exclusively on T-Mobile USA in just ten days (February 25, if you’re too excited for math), though there’s still no mention of a price. Procrastinate much?

Update: Boom, pricing — $249.99 on a two-year contract with a $50 mail-in rebate. Not the cheapest thing we’ve ever seen, but you get what you pay for, yeah?

Gallery: Samsung Memoir hitting T-Mobile USA on February 25

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Samsung Memoir hitting T-Mobile USA on February 25 for $249.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 15

Sony Ericsson’s W995 Walkman slips out ahead of schedule

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Clearly, the flood gates have opened well before Sony Ericsson intended over in Barcelona, as the countdown is still on while we’re watching handset after handset leak out. Next up is the W995 Walkman (can someone say Hikaru?), a multimedia-centric slider which boasts an 8.1 megapixel camera, A-GPS, Google Maps, WiFi, DLNA certification, 118MB of built-in memory, an 8GB M2 card and a 2.6-inch QVGA scratch-resistant display. The mobile should ship in a trio of colors — Progressive Black, Cosmic Silver and Energetic Red — and the inbuilt kickstand should make airplane-based movie watching a touch easier on the neck. No word on a price or release, but SE should be remedying that at any moment.

Update: As you may have caught in our liveblog, the W995 is now very much official, and just as described in its not-quite-official form. SE did have a few small surprises up its sleeve, however, in the form Sony’s MediaGo software, which will let you share media with your PS3 over WiFi, and take advantage of Sony’s PlayNow services, including downloaded movies purchased on your PC. Hit up the gallery below for a closer look.

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Feb 15

Samsung OmniaHD and BeatDisc official images revealed

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We’ve already seen Samsung‘s OmniaHD via a massive MWC billboard, and now it looks like the gang at Samsung Central have managed to get their hands on an official shot of the handset. There’s also an image of the BeatDisc, another entry into the company’s new Beat series alongside the previously-spotted BeatDJ. Other than the appearance of widgets on the OmniaHD’s screen, we’ve got no details on the pair. We’re expecting all mysteries to be solved at Sammy’s press event tomorrow.

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Feb 15

Sony Ericsson Idou revealed a little early

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We’re just getting into our seats for Sony Ericsson’s MWC press event, but it looks like the partnership’s newest Symbian offering has leaked a little early. Called the Idou, it sports a 16:9 touchscreen, a 12.1 megapixel camera with a xenon flash, and an official web site that doesn’t seem to be active yet. We’ll hopefully be finding out more in just minutes, we’ll let you know!

Update: Our tipster says the above model might be a concept, but a similar device will be released sometime around the second half of 2009 — we’ll keep you posted as we get more info.

Update 2: Nope — it’s real.

[Thanks, aleksandarkazi]

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Feb 15

Sony Ericsson “Reese” flip QWERTY smartphone leaked?

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If the above picture is to be believed, Sony Ericsson‘s looking to release a new swivel-based QWERTY called the “Reese” that boasts one-click access to “your favorite networking sites.” Details beyond this ad are pretty light, and we’re not ruling out the possibility that this might be a fan render (as SE aficionados are fond of). Furthermore, the original poster told forum members at Esato that this device “will not be announced soon,” which makes the appearance of an advertisement even more perplexing. Regardless, we’ll know one way or another soon, as the company is just about to start its MWC press conference… and we’ll be there live.

[Via Boy Genius Report; Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Feb 15

MWC 2009: Samsungs Android Phone Isnt Delayed

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Okay, okay, okay. Samsung wants to clear up all of those rumors about their Android phones being “delayed.” For quite a while, conventional wisdom had it that Samsung would introduce a phone running Google’s Android OS at the Mobile World Congress trade show this week. Then Samsung exec Younghee Lee told the Guardian that there would be no such phone, prompting everyone (including ourselves) to call the phone “delayed.”


Today Samsung’s Kim Titus said that the phone isn’t delayed – they never planned to show an Android phone at MWC. It’s not their fault if we were all jumping to conclusions, basically.


“Somebody decided that we had said we were going to show Android here and then said we weren’t. We never said we were going to show Android, and we were never planning to. There’s no delay, and we’re on track to launch later this year as expected,” he said.

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Feb 15

GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: we’re here!

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If this last week’s wide assortment of pre-show announcements and leaks was any indication, this is going to be one helluva MWC. Naturally, we’re here, on the ground, scarfing down tapas and working ourselves into a mild frenzy. The excitement is due to begin at 5PM local time (11AM EST) with some pre-show events, and should carry well into the night as phones are unveiled, embargoes lift, and we get our hands on the latest and greatest. The show proper begins tomorrow, so rouse yourself a few hours early, pour a pot of coffee into your face, head on over to Engadget Mobile and get ready for phones, phones and more phones!

Nuestro equipo de Engadget en español también está aquí, y realizará las coberturas en directo y en español!

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Feb 14

Samsung’s Omnia HD and Beat DJ unveiled in massive MWC ad

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Samsung has plastered MWC’s host city of Barcelona with huge ads depicting its new Ultra Touch handset, alongside the previously unannounced Omnia HD and Beat DJ. We’ve spotted both of these handsets previously, the former being a dead ringer for the incredibly-specced Acme i8910, and the latter being that M7600 set which sports a Bang & Olufsen amplifier in a Ocean-like form factor. There’s nothing else revealed by the ad, but we’re obviously expecting to find out a lot more this coming week once the show proper gets underway.

[Via Phone Arena]

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Feb 13

Nokia shows off sample image from mysterious 8 megapixel phone

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This one won’t be a mystery for too much longer but, for now at least, Nokia is more than happy to tease out its latest high-end cameraphone right up until the official announcement at MWC. What we do know is that the above picture was taken with said cameraphone, and that the EXIF data revealed a couple more details in addition to its 8 megapixel nature. The most notable of those is that the phone will apparently come equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which, judging from the sample image, certainly seems to be capable of producing some decent results. Hit up the read link to check out the full resolution version, and keep an eye on our MWC coverage for further details as we get ’em.

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