Najmi Jarwala steps down from his position as President of Sony Ericsson USA
Sony Ericsson announced today that Najmi Jarwala has resigned from his position as President of Sony Ericsson USA and Head of Region North America (US and Canada). Mr. Jarwala will be leaving his position at the end of March in…
Sony Ericsson slammed in Q1; future outlook bleak
In the current economic crisis it’s pretty easy to turn to the default financial climate, decreasing retailer inventories and “weak consumer demand” when things aren’t going great. Well, it’s certainly easier than talking about your lackluster product line, aging designs…
Ericsson looking to dump cell phone business; Sony to buy its stake in SE?
This one definitely falls into the unconfirmed rumors category for the time being, but a German magazine is reporting Ericsson has had enough of the consumer cell phone game. According to the report, Ericsson is looking to dump its stake…
Motorola announces MC55 handsets
Yikes. Here at BGR, we’d like to think that the days of having to sacrifice looks and form to have a truly “business-oriented” handset are long over. Handsets like the Nokia E71 and HTC Touch Pro are fine examples of…
Ringtone maker adopts ‘pay what you want’ distribution model
Radiohead was the first band to gain recognition for applying a ‘pay what you want’ distribution model to an album and despite its resounding success, not many bands have followed suit. Perhaps it was the hype that made their little…
Samsung announces reorg, splits into two divisions
Keeping the good times rolling today, Samsung has announced that it will undergo a massive reorginization in an effort to stay afloat during the economic downturn. Among the info it smacked shareholders with this morning, the company will split into…
BlackBerry Curve 8900 goes live on T-Mobile US site
Too cold, T-Mobile, too cold. The pink panther knows its BlackBerry-hungry customers are jonesing for some Curve 8900 and it just hit them where it hurts. That’s right T-Mobile customers, the Curve 8900 is now live on the site, calling…
T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 enterprise pricing revealed
Got a business? Got T-Mobile? Got a ‘Berry? Then it’s time to smack your CFO around until he or she signs off on the 8900 upgrades you’ve been waiting for. Rumors of T-Mobile’s enterprise pricing is making its way across…
Sprint to move forward with job cuts following VSP
It looks like Sprint’s Voluntary Separation Probgram (VSP) we scooped last month didn’t quite have the impact the company had hoped for. Surprising that employees didn’t jump at the opportunity to leave their jobs as the unemployment rate in this…
HP unveils two new iPaq smartphones
HP added two new Windows Mobile handsets, the Data Messenger and Voice Messenger, to its enterprise messenger line of smartphones on Monday. The Data Messenger is a touchscreen slider while the Voice messenger is non-touchscreen candy bar with a Blackberry…
iPhone 3G: Forget MMS and Copy / Paste, What About the Ringtones?
So the iPhone was first released about 15 months ago. We’re now on the second generation of the handset and we can pretty much all agree that the iPhone 3G is still lacking in many of the areas where the…
