The Sony cell phone represents the major Sony Ericsson product
since, for quite some time now, the two companies associated to combine
one’s expertise in consumer electronics and the other’s technological
leadership in communications. Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita were the
founders of the Sony Corporation, although they did not envisage the
creation of the Sony cell phone. The company's headquarters are at
Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Sony belongs to the wider range of consumer
electronics and entertainment industry as they produce audio, video,
televisions, communications and information, semiconductors, electronic
components, motion picture, music, online business and play-station
devices. In 2008 the company’s total income was US$ 4 billion and their
revenue was US$ 100 billion. In March 2008 the number of employees the
company had was 180,500.
Historically speaking, Sony maintains
a high quality standard in the storage and recording items they
provide, as they did not adopt those discoveries issued by other
manufacturers and standard bodies. The standard products designed and
manufactured over the years include Umatic (~1968), Betamax (1975),
Betacam (81), Compact Disc (82), 3.5 inch Floppy Disk (82), Video8
(85), DAT (87), Hi8 (88), Minidisc (~90), Digital Betacam (~90), miniDV
(92), Memory Stick (98), Digital8 (99), PSP Universal Media Disc
(~2003), HDV (~2004), Blu-ray Disc (2006). People will therefore know
more about such consumer electronics than about the Sony cell phone
that is a relatively new creation. Therefore, the correct name for a
Sony cell phone is Sony Ericsson mobile.
The Walkman and
Cyber-shot series produced by Sony in collaboration with Ericsson
brought fame and money for the two business involved in the design,
winning Sony Ericsson a place among the five most famous communication
companies in the world. In March 2005, the K750i with a 2 megapixel
camera Sony cell phone was introduced on the market together with its
platform mate, the W800i which was the first of a series of very
successful Walkman phones able to do 30 hours of music playback as well
as two low-end phones. A few months later, in October, another Sony
cell phone – the P990 - was released, being the first cellular using
UIQ 3.
Another successful Sony cell phone belongs from the
Cyber-shot brand. This one – the K750, had the release in 2005 and made
record sales. Unlike the Walkman which had a very good media package
but a poor camera, the Cyber-shot phone included both great cameras and
decent viewing media.
Co-authored by: Corded / Cordless Phones.