Sony Ericsson launches three smartphones

In a bid to grab the share of booming smartphone market, Sony Ericsson has launched three new smartphones -- Xperia X8, Yendo and Cedar.


Sporting a 3-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen (320 x 480), Xperia X8 comes with 3.2 megapixel camera, full Web browser, FM radio, support for video streaming, access to social networks through Timescape and music player with PlayNow and TrackID.

Xperia X8 runs on 600MHz processor and Google Android OS 1.6. For connectivity, the phone includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The phone packs 128MB of internal memory and a 2GB microSD card. The memory can be expandable upto 16GB.

In the walkman series, Sony Ericsson has launched its first full touchscreen phone called Yendo. Featuring four corner touch User Interface (UI), Yendo comes with 2 megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom.

The phone's music features include FM radio, music player, walkman player, MP3/AAC tones and a Bluetooth A2DP stereo. Sporting a 2.6-inch TFT screen with 320 X 420 pixel resolution, Yendo has 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth, micro USB connector, USB mass storage and modem.

The company has also launched an entry-level 3G phone called Cedar. The phone offers quick access to social networking sites through a feature called Widget Manager 2.0


Featuring a 2.2-inch display, the phone packs a 2 megapixel camera and 3.5mm headphone jack. The phone's battery promises upto 4 hours of talktime on 3G network.