LG working on 8MP cameraphone?
Apparently, LG, who were, and still are, the first manufacturer to release a phone that shoots video in DivX , will they be the first to release an 8 megapixel cameraphone in Europe? Who will be the first to break the barrier - LG, or Sony Ericsson, with their C905? The so-called KC910 is slated to be released sometime in October, around the same time as the C905. Much like the C905, the KC910 will sport an Xenon Flash, with a host of image modes. LG have gone a step further, with another first for a cameraphone - shooting video in 720 x 480 pixels, at 30 FPS. The KC910 looks to have a new Viewty-like UI - obviously it's a touchscreen handset, reportedly using the WVGA resolution. The display looks to be quite resistant, being made of hardened glass. The form-factor is currently unknown, but the handset looks to be around 14mm thick, utilising aluminium casing.

Industrija mobilnih telefona Soni Erikson ostvarila je u drugom kvartalu ove godine katastrofalan poslovanSoni Erikson rezultat u poređenju sa istim periodom 2007.

U drugom tromesečju ove godine, pre plaćanja poreza, Eriskon je zaradio svega osam miliona evra, dok je prošle godine u tom periodu njegova zarada bila 327 miliona evra.

Posle plaćanja svih taksi, u kasi Soni Eriksona ostalo je samo šest miliona evra, što je u odnosu na 2007. pad od neverovatnih 97 odsto.

Prihod koji je kompanija imala u drugom tromesečju iznosio je 2,82 milijarde evra, što je za devet odsto manje nego lane.

Prosečna cena telefona koje Soni erikson prodaje na tržištu širom sveta pala je sa prošlogodišnjih 125 evra na sadašnjih 116 evra.

U prvom tromesečju ove godine prodaja je iznosila 121 evro.

Soni Erikson je ranije procenio da će tokom 2008, u celom svetu prodati za 10 odsto više telefona nego prošle godine, pri čemu najveći porast očekivan zemljama u razvoju.

U 2007. je zajedničko preduzeće prodalo više od 1,1 milijardi tih uređaja.

Izvršni direktor Soni Eriksona ik Komijama istakao je da su svi resursi i operacije grupacije "raspoređene širom sveta kako bi se uhvatili u koštac sa sve jačom konkurencijom u poslovnom okruženju" i da preduzeće planira da ostvari uštedu od 300 miliona evra.

U Soni Eriksonu, takođe, naglašavaju da očekuju "promenu tržišnih uslova" do kraja godine, a naročito u trećem kvartalu.

Soni Erikson formirale su 2001. japanska kompanija Soni i šedska kompanija Erikson.

Izvor: Tanjug

Second profit warning for Sony Ericsson

After posting poor Q4 profits earlier this year, it seems there's more trouble ahead for Sony Ericsson, as they issued their second profit warning this year, putting the blame on enced by the second profit warning of 2008 that was issued last week. SE is pinpointing the blame of unlikey seeing profits rise for the second qurter on "disappointing European sales of its mid- and high-end mobile phones". With the recently announced C905 8MP cameraphone, and forthcoming XPERIA X1, these two should hope to give the maker good results for the third quarter, but there's still the mid-end range to tackle too.

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Motorola's Q2 handset shipments to put them in fifth place?

According to Digitimes, Motorola's handset shipments for the second quarter of this year will place them in fifth place, behind Nokia, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson, in terms of marketshare. The total number of handsets shipped by Motorola will equate to approximately 22-23 million handsets, in comparison to 28.1 million from LG, and 24 million from Sony Ericsson. However, for the first quarter of the year, Motorola retained their fourth position, falling behind LG, but ahead of Sony Ericsson. However, all is not lost for Motorola, as their soon-to-debut five megapixel ZN5 cameraphone looks to lift Motorola off of their feet. Considering Motorola's tendency to produce below average cameraphone, the ZN5 is a very nice surprise indeed. The Kodak branding – they only produced applications for the ZN5, not the camera sensor itself, will hopefully promote the ZN5 to would-be-buyers, more than if it was Motorola alone, without Kodak. Not only does the ZN5 have a five megapixel camera, but also has Wi-Fi connectivity, and a 3.5 mm jack to boot. You can have a read of your comprehensive review of the ZN5 here
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Nokia outs Q2 2008 results – ships 122 million handsets

Nokia has released its Q2 results for last this, and, in total, they shipped 122 million handsets, representing 21% year on year growth and a 6% sequential increase– ten million handsets of which were from the multimedia-focused N-Series line, and around two million of the business-focused E-Series line. The amount of smartphone handsets shipped in the second quarter of this year increased by 1.4 million – 15.3 million against 13.9 million on last years second quarter. Services and software net sales of EUR 119 million, were up 42% sequentially. Learn more about how the company fared in the second quarter here.

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Pad profita Eriksona za 70 odsto

Švedski Erikson zabeležio je u drugom tromesečju ove godine pad neto profita za 70 odsto u odnosu na isti period lane. Najveći svetski proizvođač mrežnih sistema za mobilnu telefoniju imao je profit od 201,3 miliona evra, navodi se u finansijskom izveštaju kompanije.

Nenad Vranjanac: e pa silno gresis. nije ericsson proizvodio samo mobilne telefone. procitaj malo bolje.

CEO of Sony contemplating breaking off from Ericsson?
Sony's CEO, Howard Stringe, is said to be thinking of breaking away from Ericsson, who collectively form mobile phone giant Sony Ericsson. Stringer admitted in an interview with a German newspaper that this hadn't been one of their better years - what with poor sales, profit warnings, and the like. He then went on to say said "buying out a partner is never an easy thing", possibly hinting of Sony buying out Ericsson. He said he wants to work alogside Ericsson, and recapture the success they had two years ago - namely with the Walkman and Cybershot line of handsets. Continuing from that sentence, and, most interestingly of all, he said "Or the joint venture will have to find its own solution". So, in a nutshell, it seems if Sony Ericsson cannot recapture the few glory years they had, from 2005-2006, it could very well be that Sony will be giving Ericsson the boot, and going in the mobile phone business alone - and possibly releasing a PSP phone on their own after all.