Sony Ericsson 'Shakira' is a lower-cost X10 alternative?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted June 7th 2010 10:29AM
posted June 7th 2010 10:29AM
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My hips don't lie.
@Snarf101
Shakira, Te amo
Waiting for Shakira Ads Verizon style (remember Megan Fox?)
@Snarf101
SE Shakira - our phones don't die whenever, wherever
@Beatnik
Whoever "Rachael" (X10 codename, for everyone who doesn't know) was they must of liked her better. That's why they made her phone more expensive?
It looks small and humble, so I won't confuse it with mountains.
Gosh I just love it when lyrics make sense.
@buoy hahahaah you just made me spill orange juice
I really wish Sony would cut Ericsson loose. Don't get me wrong, I love the style the pair has been able to inject into their phone line-up, but it seems to me that everything the combo has put out has been mediocre at best.
@Rick James I think maybe they should try to get with the times before trying to give up, just keep upto date with Vanilla and put out hardware, the demand is there. Only company coming close is HTC and that was just the N1.
@juanvaldez I'm not saying Sony should give up making phones--rather I wish they'd dissolve their partnership (or whatever it is) with Ericsson. I don't think the joint venture has done anything for either party since they joined forces way back when.
@Rick James Well, before the joint venture Ericsson was going really bad and Sony has basically terminated their line of mobile phones (anyone remember the Sony branded phones??). The joint venture was a hugmongeous success, they made more money than Samsung did even if Samsung had a market share twice as big. But it was until some two years ago when things started going wrong, and that was under a Vice President from Sony. Now they have a guy from Ericsson again and voila! X10 the best selling smartphone ever in Japan...
I hear endorsements on the way! (and the phone will be permanently set to play ‘She Wolf’ when anyone calls)
Shakire jokes in 3...2- Jesus, already here.
@HikaKao There's nothing funny about a bigot.
@Sea Urchin
Goddamn it you're right.
Shakira??? So i guess this phone is also brain dead.
SHARIKA,SHAKIRA...MA HIPS DON'T lie
They might as well announce a phone that can mow my lawn! When do I see these things in reality and play with them?
If they Do bring out a "better" one and they drop support for the X10i I think we who own it should all sue them...or whatever its called now a days.
And Sharika. I would not kick her out of bed, but the Wife might LOL.
I guess all will be made clear by mid of spring '11.
Yay...
...except "Sony custom skin" boo.
No need, for us geeks anyway. I'd rather have faster version updates.
Looks more like a cheap Chinese KIRF. The top icons look just like the ones on a Nokia N96 KIRF I saw yesterday
If it doesn't have Android OS 2.1 or 2.2, Sony blew it.... again.
Not a bad one indeed if they make sure it release with 2.2
For me, X10 is too big, X10 mini is too mini, I probably need a X10 middle LOL
Another useless phone from SE.
Shakira is sexy:D
Look it at this way, HTC are for tech geek why se make phone with style for non tech geeks. No one buy HTC for the looks but every buy Ericsson for it. It just a different way of selling.
Novelty gadget?
Get seriuos Engadget, its a serious smartphone, even if its small... I could see my self using a small phone like that.
ah... too bad you folks aren't colombian, otherwise there would be a myriad of jokes we could make about that codename.
By the time this phone comes out we'll be calling it Vanilla Ice.