Ericsson reaffirms commitment to Sony Ericsson joint venture

Given the current state of Sony Ericsson, we completely understand the re-heating of rumors regarding a nasty breakup. That said, a new report from Dow Jones confirms that Ericsson (at least) has "has no plans to abandon its joint venture Sony Ericsson," with spokesperson Minako Nakatsuma Olofzon stating that "[Ericsson is] committed to the joint venture; it hasn't changed its view on that." Of course, the report makes no mention of Sony's take on all of this, but at least one half of the equation is still in it for the long haul. Publicly, anyway.

[Via mocoNews]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 2:17PM]

It would be a damn shame to see Ericsson go under. They make excellent phones, and I was rooting for X1.

Whoever does the marketing for Ericsson should be fired. You're entire marketing campaign can't revolve around James Bond movies.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 2:17PM]

If they broke off now Sony would probably bury them in legal. Resulting in their utter destruction.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 2:36PM]

"No plans," you say? Read between the lines. If your significant other says that she/he has "no plans" to divorce you, would you or would you not look through the Yellow Pages for a lawyer?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 2:56PM]

My significant one is married to my best friend; but she'll never divorce him: he would be devastated!

[Ysleiro Posted Mar 23rd 2009 2:56PM]

Seriously, thats the best thing these two can do.

Kiss and make up.

[superhobo Posted Mar 23rd 2009 3:19PM]

That's good news.

[Digiboi Posted Mar 23rd 2009 3:21PM]

So much for a PSP Phone.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 3:48PM]

I'm not really a fan of their phones.
Although their phones have great screens, cameras, and music integration.
Their keypads and navigational arrays are always design first and are a bitch to use. Not to mention a lot of their keypads end up breaking after heavy use.
I'll stick with Samsung. =]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 6:06PM]

STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Sweden's L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. (ERIC) has no plans to abandon its joint venture Sony Ericsson, spokesperson Minako Nakatsuma Olofzon said Friday after the handset maker predicted that it would make a rising loss in the first ...
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Well, that was an informative Wall Street Journal article :p

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 6:36PM]

Ericsson just needs to break up with Sony, the big S hasn't really done anything for them except hold them back.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2009 8:24AM]

SE has done a pretty good job of ruining itself here in the states. They give us all the crap phones while all their best gets sent out to Japan. I say Sony needs to get that lame duck Ericsson of back and make the damn PSP phone already!


p.s. sony...you get your shit together too.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2009 9:51AM]

I liked their phones better before the join venture. I haven't seen a sony one that I would want. I'd be pleased to see Ericsson go back to working on their own.