http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/ Engadget Comments for Sony Ericsson closing four facilities, laying off 2,000 employees worldwide 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/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/
1) Their phones don't come out in a timely manner allowing other phones to come out with similar or the same options they announced months before.

2) The phones are far to costly, no subsidizing for them most of the time.

3) Their reliability is dodgy at best, this generally comes from the fact that they use a propriatary connector for their phone which oxidizes or wares out over time, the phones themselves are fairly stable other than this small flaw.

4) You normally can't buy the newest phones from carriers, most of the phones carriers sell from Ericsson are best discribed as "last year's model"

The iPhone is no longer the power house it once was, it is tied to a carrier which is dropping in market share as fast as it gained it thanks to recent viral ads against the company and the phone its self, and as it is now even if the iPhone were to go wide stream into all carriers, or atleast more, it wouldn't be seeing the same sales it has over the past few years, because face it there are better phones out there now.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/
Eh, you may wanna check again. The only reason they announced the X10 with Android 1.6 is because 2.0 wasn't yet announced for non-google experience devices. As per the SE press conference today in the Netherlands, it will ship with 2.0 on release date.

The facilities that are being closed down are non-critical ones, AFAIK. ]]>Nov 18th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/He never said.....
"and its decision to wait until next year to ship an Android 1.6 device "
What he SAID was....
and its decision to wait until next year to ship an Android device....]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/
Good keen eye. +1

Wish Engadget, would strike out, and show revision... atleast that's how real Editors role.]]>Nov 19th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/I just made a search on http://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3 and there are only 3 (THREE) SE phones that have both a 3.5 mm jack and a microSD slot: Xperia X1, X2 and X10, all of them top of the range/expensive models. Even if we ignore the microSD slot there are still only 5 SE phones with a 3.5 mm jack. Compare that to 43 Nokias and 30 Samsungs, many of which cheap.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.zjtechlive.com/try-android-2-0-on-your-windows/ ]]>Nov 18th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/But then... I´m just another techie what would I know about business strategies :D]]>Nov 18th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/
"Sony $3bn loss

Sony has said it expects to post a record annual operating loss of nearly $3 billion because of the rapid deterioration of the global economy. It also announced a major overhaul that would include layoffs and factory closings.

"The massive economic upheaval being experienced across the world is sparing no one in the consumer electronics world," the Sony chief executive, Howard Stringer, told reporters in Tokyo.

Stringer said the main problem had been "a significant deterioration" in the company’s core electronics division. But business worsened across every major line, including games, movies and financial services. "
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http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.270845/vi-har-kant-pa-x10

Or Google translated (horrible!)

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To me, T68 was a milestone (although by Ericsson), K800i the next major one. What a great device! Top CCD allowing to take great pics, flash, 3G, Bluetooth, Mass Storage Device, good battery life - all you could ask for.

To me it was noticable that after K800i nothing really good came up, just a matter of including/excluding a bearer, variations of keyboard physics (once you got a good keyboard, it was gone again with the next phone - argh!), permutations of design (slider / clamshell / bar...), and things which you thought you'd never have to worry again popped up as non-working (X1: you can't receive contacts by SMS!).

Windows Mobile to *me* is a dead end for SE as an entertainment company... Since my first 2003 PocketPC there has been no major change except in resolution and a few GUI add-ons. To expect that WM (resp. Microsoft) would be able to adapt to specific needs of SE was a nice wish but never really materialized.

I see a slight chance at the end of the tunnel right now for SE with the Android platform - but not at a 700 Euro pricetag of the flagship X10. Motorola Droid knocks on the door with a $500 price tag, other devices as well are trying to catch their market share in the Android universe. More than 23 devices from other manufacturers are already competing within that OS, and Android 2.0 showing eg. "combined inbox" as a feature which more or less is what SE's TimeScape does in a nicer way.

My gut feeling is that SE currently does a lot as "me too", maybe to win time and develop a better product roadmap. Camphones are out, as well as music-only devices. The iPhone (as in user experience, usability and GUI) has paved the way.

I am an iPhone user since long, being "connected" to many services. Certainly the iPhone has its flaws as well. Bad reception / call drops, no chance to send contacts by SMS either, no USB Mass Storage Device capabilities, no easy music playback when using multiple computers connected - there are a few annoying features.

Still, the majority of pro's features is still higher than the annoying ones on the iPhone, and until another manufacturer comes up by providing an excellent telco experience, and at the same time embracing the iPhone experience, I will stick to that device, and carry another USB stick separately. And, to see the TimeScape functionality in a similar way on the iPhone, it is just a matter of days I am sure...

But to gain market share again, SE must come up with devices affordable at 50-100$ on contract extension i.e. subsidizing the remaining cost by an operator.

Currently, money will be made by content / data. Google has shown it's muscles, and it will be hard to compete for any manufacturer in that brutal market place. A good integration into the "Vodafone 360" story, or similar initiatives by other network operators, might help to gain some USP - partnering not competing against them (like Nokia does).

By the way - what's going on in NFC?]]>Nov 18th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/
Their hurting in all aspects of their company, they are closing ericsson facilities, their share in the TV/electronic sales are dropping, they're auctioning off MGM, the PS3 is still in far last place, and Blu-ray isn't becoming the successor to DVD, but atleast they have the cell processor to fall back on... oh wait they sold that to Toshiba almost 2 years ago.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 18th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 19th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/sony-ericsson-closing-four-facilities-laying-off-2-000-employee/Nov 20th 2009 5:42AM