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Sony Ericsson Cancels Paris and BeiBei Smartphones

AddyDugdale — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:45:00 EDT

Sony Ericsson's Paris, much coveted by S-E purists, has been canned, according to the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog. The Paris, aka the P5i, has been filed under T (for trash) alongside its sister smartphone, the BeiBei, or the G702. Apparently it's to do with the less-than-enthusiastic reactions from some of the mobile phone bloggers, who weren't exactly gagging for it. There's also speculation that a lot of its features were already lagging behind those of its competitors—and this is before it had even hit the streets. I guess we'll never have Paris. [Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog via Mobile Mentalism]

Sony Ericsson G702c (Bei Bei) Touchscreen Candybar All Up in the FCC

matt buchanan — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:40:00 EDT

A couple months after leaking unofficially, Sony Ericsson's G702 (aka Bei Bei) is getting the official FCC leak. Besides being all touchscreen-y (supports stylus or your digits), it's also got a nubby scroll wheel for navigating its UIQ 3.3 interface with widgets for stuff like weather and YouTube. Integrated GPS with Google Maps, HSDPA 3G, built-in RSS and full HTML browsing with Flash Lite 3 courtesy of Opera 9.5 and a 3.2MP camera make this a pretty well-rounded candybar. No word on a date, but an FCC appearance indicates soonishness. [FCC via se-ense via Slashphone]

Leaked Sony Ericsson "Alona" and "Bei Bei" Cellphones

matt buchanan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:34:02 EST

Just ahead of the big Euro phone show, Mobile World Congress—which our fearless leader is en route to—we've got what looks like leaked snaps of a pair of new Sony Ericssons. The smoky number, Alona, stands out from standard SE design, with an LGish outer coat but very Japanese interior. It's hard to discern thickness, but if it's blocky as hell, then it would definitely be in the Japanese design camp. A peek under its skirt and at the "Bei Bei" candybar this way. Update: No pics of these, but German site SE World pegs two more chick-codenamed touchscreen phones, Tyra and Josephine.

Bei Bei's a little more standard SE fare, but we don't know the spec sheet yet (on either phone) so while it looks like a low- or mid-range model, it could in fact turn out to be a bit more impressive, maaaaaybe.
Tyra (G900i) reportedly has a 2.6-inch touchscreen, a 5MP camera and Wi-Fi, while the lesser model, Josephine (G700i) drops the Wi-Fi and only packs a 3.2MP shooter. Sounds like we'll see a verrry interesting lineup at Mobile World Congress. [Electronista, SE World]