We've yet to see a
Satio or XPERIA
X2 or
X3 at retail, but it looks like Sony Ericsson have yet another full touch phone in the works as it tries to revitalize and reinvent itself with a renewed focus on Android, Symbian Foundation, and Windows Mobile for its smartphone lineup. What we're looking at here is claimed to be a spy shot of the Jalou -- that's a retail name, not a codename, by the way -- which is said to run S60 5th Edition (just like the Satio) with WiFi, GPS, and some form of HSDPA on board. The Sony Ericsson fan base is pretty notorious for crafting beautiful, very believable concept devices using nothing more than Illustrator and an overactive imagination, so we'd urge caution here -- but other than a display that seems to have been blacked out, it all seems believable enough. The bigger question might be whether the world's ready for
two Symbian-based touchscreen smartphones from Sony Ericsson in the next few months.
Update: Yep, sure enough, that "notorious fan base" we just mentioned came out swinging with
this one, a heavily-modified concept based on the
W995. In other words, if the Jalou exists, this isn't it. Thanks, synn!
posted Aug 6th 2009 11:54PM
i cant stand Phones that look like cameras.
this thing looks 'Jelou' of the iPhone...
cue Chapel show...
Anyone else notice that the screen seems to be raised from the body? That screams fake to me.
And how the metal cover blurs into the screen?
worst. fake. ever.
why do these kind of "pre release" shots always have to be taken on the lowest quality camera ever at a stupid blurred angle? it's like something off a UFO website. If I'd scored the next gen of iphone (or something similar) and had a change to snap it i'd be shore to compose a good photo; or atleast take a video (which is harder to fake and thus disprove).
RIIIIDGGGEEEEEE RACERRRRRR!!!!!
+1 just for the way you typed it.
i lol'd
Who comes up with such weird names (or code names) for the phones at Sony Ericsson?
Why can't the world be ready for three Symbian based phones? when the world can be ready for so many android or WMobile phones?
Is engadget ready to see so many S60v5 phones out there? or feeling the heat from symbian?
given the time it takes Sony Ericsson to release their phones, id say it will come out Fall of 2010.....thatll be just in time for the launch of the new Symbian UI platform.....BRILLIANT!
I'm all for SE making these phones, but DAMN IT, RELEASE them! Why does it take them so long to release their phones? Let alone waiting for the NA model.
R&D,
Designing,
Modeling,
Developing,
Marketting
QA
Market Strategy
Shipment
...that is why.
R&D, develop: Almost all the components are made by other companies, and are readily available. Same thing with the OS (Winmo, SE, android). It's not like SE is doing the OS from scratch or making the chips themselves.
Design, model: Yeah, it's so difficult making a phone that looks like any previous/other phones out there. Let assume they do spend a long time in designing, why are there still build quality issues with some of their phones?
Marketing, market strategy: Yeah, ever see an ad about SE phone in the US? Nope.
QA: Again, the OS is already done. Even if they really are doing QA, then why is user experience is still not up to snuff on shipped phones?
Ship: Oh God, does it take months to ship stuff from China?
If it's shipping with USPS then yes.
I think I'll just wait for the X3 and all its android-ey goodness. thankyouverymuch.
That does looks like a camera, maybe it's their 12megapixel Sony sensor 3x optical zoom xenon + led wide angle lens 720p video recording camera phone.
I can dream!
That's a photoshop of a W995 posted at ESATO and possibly, other forums before that.
There could very well be a phone called Jalou in the works, but this image is fan art.
Do you happen to have a link to it on Esato? I agree, there are some W995-ish elements here... but there's also enough that's different to make me wonder!
This thread right here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=177537&start=5385
Skilled Esato artists strike again... thanks!
Now they are having a good laugh at Engadget for posting this too.
Ex:
"...you know that gadget blogs are usually so stupid to post this as a valid sony ericsson phone"
This is a fake but if it wasn't I wouldn't have the patients to wait for a SE phone so I'll just post a comment.
Sony Ericsson STOP using Symbian S60 v5 & wait for Symbian Foundation I want Win mobile 6.5, Android or Symbian Foundation (with word correction / suggestion & Flick scroll on menus) With a 720 Video recording PLEASE I love the Samsung i8910 but it uses s60 v5, No word correction / suggestion nor Flick scroll on menus so is a massive NO NO.
i pretty much doubt it'll be based on s60v5, thats actually pretty impossible, since this device was not known of before s60 was alive.
you see,
www.s60.com
is dead. so is the whole series 60 platform itself. The next symbian phones that may be announced should logically be loaded with the symbian foundation os (symbian^2 its called i believe), especially since sf is planning a launch window of some time between december 2009 and february 2010...
That looks fat, and no, that isn't what 'she' said.
"The bigger question might be whether the world's ready for two Symbian-based touchscreen smartphones from Sony Ericsson in the next few months."
WHAT THE HELL is that supposed to mean? engadget's apple-loving anything-else-hating roots creeping back up again?