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iSkoot, a start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, secured $7 million in Series B financing for its software for mobile Skype calling. In recent months, iSkoot has entered into a co-marketing and development partnership with Skype, and landed its first mobile carrier for its Skype-to-mobile service. iSkoot targeted its PC-to-mobile plug-in at Skype’s PC-based VoIP service. [...]

Sony Ericsson has announced a new Walkman phone today, the Sony Ericsson W610. This new futuristic model is not as thin (14mm thick) as its sibling, but has nice features. The Sony Ericsson W610 features: 1.9 inch 262K TFT LCD display 2.0 megapixel camera with auto focus Walkman player 2.0 512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) [...]

Cingular has launched the Sony Ericsson W810i, a Walkman phone with Bluetooth Wireless Technology and Walkman music player. Sony Ericsson W810i features: Quad-band GSM plus EDGE 2.0 Megapixel Camera (1600 x 1200 Pixel Resolution Max), rx Zoom, Autofocus, LED Flash, Lens Cover Video Capture / Camcorder 176×220 pixel screen with 262k colors Stereo MP3 player [...]

MBW-100 Bluetooth Watch was created and designed through the collaboration efforts of the Sony Ericsson and Fossil teams. The new masterpiece marries the vintage analog/digital from Fossil and the Bluetooth technology from Sony Ericsson. The MBW-100 has many useful phone-like features: text message alerts, caller id, and the ability to control calls and music. Highlights [...]

Cingular launched the Sony Ericsson W300i, a clamshell Walkman branded handset with music and video streaming. Features of the Sony Ericsson W300i include: Quadband GSM plus EDGE Class 10 VGA camera with 4x digital zoom Quad-band world phone – 850/900/1800/1900 MHZ Music ID for song and artist recognition Walkman music player (MP3/AAC/WAV) Bluetooth Multimedia messaging- [...]

Sony Ericsson announced K618i, a new 3G multimedia handset. The K618i is based on the same platform as the K610. Features of the K618i include: Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) and UMTS (2100MHz) Bluetooth EDR with stereo support 262k color TFT LCD (176×220) 2.0 megapixel camera with 2.5x digital zoom, plus VGA (640×480) camera for video calling [...]