http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/ Engadget Comments for Sony Ericsson says no Android phone anytime soon http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
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Get real guys. How many non-eggheads go around looking specifically for an android phone.

Android is a good platform that show great promise and has an eager development community. All key ingredients... but at this time having an android handset in one's mobile portfolio won't make or break a company.

When it comes to S-E they have bigger problems to contend with... at least until the divorce.]]>Apr 17th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
Not having the iPhone, for example, didn't kill Verizon, etc but of course it would be nice if they did have it. Android is no different, nice to have but not the ultimate answer just a very cool one.

The heart of the phone (hardware) is still most important. Take the HTC Touch Pro 2, even with WM6.1 it would be a very cool phone, of course updates makes it cooler, but having WM7 on my old Razer would be pointless. There is a balance that needs to be achieved and I think SE is far behind for other reasons and it is not Android.
M]]>Apr 17th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/pre or even an iPhone or G1 over them. And that's what most people I talk to think.]]>Apr 17th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Doesn't mean instant failure, but it seems like Android would be an easy way to boost their current phones since they are in the alliance anyways. In the normal situation, they have time to wait around, but in their current situation, they need to make a splash to drive sales up again.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of their lineup, I own a SE right now, but having a good platform like Android would push me to buy another one, or I'll just move to other companies willing to offer it, like HTC.]]>Apr 17th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
Sony Ericsson is actually "Sony Ericsson".

Geez]]>Apr 18th 2009 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/One of my collegues got one and for the lasts 5 months I assisted to the daily troubles he had with that thing while my HTC touch HD and Samsung Omnia , while sometimes temperamental never had any particular problem.
Most of no-brands , mongolian made, clone phones have far less design mistakes, glitches and building problems than the Experia.
The ridicolous lip around the touch screen makes it impossible to activate any function with an icon near the edges, the responsiveness of the screen is comical : either doesn't work or it works too much, it sports the only physical k-board much worse than a virtual one and the slide mechanism to open it starts to squeak like a rusty hinge after just a few months or even to get stuck, locking the touch screen cause it to power off, its metal casing is worse than the cheapest plastic: the solderings open up under minimal stress and pressing a finger on its surfaces it feels like a can of Coke.
You should talk to him about it : his Experia stories are quite intertraining if you are a shadenfraude loving kind of guy.
He has been trying to sell it for the last month but unfortunately he finds no takers even though he's asking less than half than the listed price, which is unfortunate because he promised to buy whichever of my two phones I choose to sell him (I have'nt made up my mind yet).]]>Apr 17th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
I'd rather see an SE phone using the new Palm OS like the Pre. After all, Sony does have a history with Palm.]]>Apr 17th 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
Yeah, I miss my old Clie and I've been thinking about the history that S (not S-E) has with Palm...]]>Apr 17th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Android is like the iphone, just too limited.
Symbian rulez, YEAH!]]>Apr 17th 2009 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Symbian Foundation OS might be great (S60 is great) but good software is only half of the problem. You also need good hardware.]]>Apr 17th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
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I'm thinking of picking up an E55 when they come out, but I don't really want a step down in camera]]>Apr 18th 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 18th 2009 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Only on 1 handset in USA , weak aviously no one missing android .,.LOL!!!!]]>Apr 17th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Is this so tough to figure out ? or are people at sony being paid to keep phone specs down ? sheesh, idiots.
]]>Apr 17th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Mind=blown]]>Apr 17th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 17th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
This guys is too lazy and not aggressive enough which = poor sales.

The Sony Xperia is way too late and not enough tech. They need to stop skimping on features! With nice features on a model line and other features crap.

They just need to bust out with an Unlocked Sony Ericsson ,Android OS, 12MP phone, 32GB flash memory, touchscreen and their own app store! WTF how hard is that? Copy their business model and profit, they are like snails.

PS if Nokia you're reading take some notes too because you're in the same boat. ]]>Apr 17th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Bet they wish they had it like Apple. ]]>Apr 17th 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 18th 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/Apr 18th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/sony-ericsson-says-no-android-phone-anytime-soon/
1. Hardware. Less is more! Make a clean phone with a 3.2" capacitive touch screen.
2. Good operating system. WM is at the moment a piece of crap and 6.5 doesn't seem to change much. So what we are left with is Symbian and Android. Since the Symbian Foundation seem to have their "first" release way into the future there's just Android left. The big problem with Android is the UI. There's a simple solution to that. A ten minute drive from SE headquarters in Lund you can find TAT (The Astonishing Tribe). Just hire them to skin Android and ship the phone!

A side note here... I'ts funny to me that a lot of people refer to Sony Ericsson as just Sony. In fact, the company is much more Ericsson than Sony...
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