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Later this year, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) is set to announce Rachael according to Mobile.nu. If this rumor is true, look forward to code name Rachael packing a Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) Snapdragon QSD8250 capable of hitting 1 GHz, 8.1 megapixel camera, 3.5 mm headphone jack, all running on top of Android. I’m going to go [...]

It is no secret that Sony Ericsson is working on at least one Android phone to be released later this year. They told us about it themselves. And now the details start trickling out. The first Sony Ericsson Android smartphone is codenamed “Rachael“, has got a big touchscreen display, and is built on Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [...]

Filed under: Handsets , Sony Ericsson Hello, beautiful. Danish phone site Mobil has uncovered "internal documents" on what appears to be Sony Ericsson's upcoming Android-based handset, an XPERIA number codenamed Rachael. Under the hood is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, HSPA and an 8 megapixel camera. It's unclear how big the touchscreen is, and other details are scarce -- there is a 3.5mm headphone jack, so that's nice, but unless we're severely misguided, there doesn't seem to be a slide-out keyboard tucked away inside this thin chassis. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Sony Ericsson "Rachael" Android XPERIA handset unveiled? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

In December last year, the EU Commission proposed the introduction of a new tax that would have raised the price of navigation-enabled phones with 3.7%, and the price of mobile TV-enabled phones with 14%. Luckily, Reuters reports that the European Union dropped the plans for the new taxes, as member countries voted against it today. Nordic countries, [...]

Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), NEC, Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM), Samsung, Texas Instruments and three other wireless heavyweights have all signed an agreement under the eye of the European Commission to adopt a microUSB standard on data-enabled devices. This will hopefully cut down on consumer waste when it comes to chargers, [...]

Nokia, Motorola, Research in Motion, Apple (yes, even Apple) and six other cell phone makers have agreed to a European Commission request to develop a universal charger. The agreement was announced today by the the EC. The new handsets will use Micro-USB connectors, and will be available in Europe beginning next year. The GSM Association [...] Tweet This