Orange and Sony Ericsson today announce a partnership and integrated marketing campaign aimed at delivering the best mobile music experience to their European customers in 2006. Orange will roll out the recently announced Sony Ericsson Walkman phones across its European footprint in 2006. Orange and Sony Ericsson have in addition collaborated on an exclusive nine-month European sponsorship deal with multi platinum selling and Grammy Award winning Sony BMG artist Christina Aguilera. The partnership takes a fully integrated approach, with both parties working together for the first time across core business areas, including mobile phones, marketing communications, music services, content, sales and distribution.

Sony Ericsson has been voted as the winner of the Member of the Year category of the Java Community Process (JCP) Program’s Annual Awards. The announcement was made by the JCP Program Management Office at an awards ceremony held last night during the JavaOne Conference. The JCP Program held its 4th annual JCP Program Community Event where awards in five different categories were revealed. The nominations had been made by the Executive Committees (ECs), and the winner in each category determined by Executive Committee vote.

Sony Ericsson and Google announced that they have worked closely together to integrate Google's Blogger and Web Search features on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The two companies are the first in the industry to provide a pre-loaded blog application with a tight integration to the mobile camera and intuitive automatic set-up for consumers who do not already have a personal blog. The first Sony Ericsson products to offer the new service are the recently announced K610 UMTS phone and new flagship imaging handsets, the K800 and K790, announced today and available in Q2 2006.

Sony Ericsson announced its complete offering for OpenGL ES, the industry standard, cross-platform Application Programming Interface (API) enabling powerful 3D graphics on mobile phones. Following an extensive implementation program, Sony Ericsson’s support for OpenGL now includes in-market mobile phones and games, a Software Development Kit (SDK), developer tutorial and a discussion forum, all designed to accelerate the market for next generation mobile gaming.

Sony Ericsson announced a new music accessory, the Stereo Bluetooth Headset HBH-DS970. Designed for an outstanding wireless audio experience, the headset delivers crystal clear digital sound with full call handling. With the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 the user can enjoy wireless simplicity without sacrificing high-performance sound, deciding exactly what to listen to and when to take a call. The Stereo Bluetooth Headset HBH-DS970 is the newest addition to the complete portfolio of Sony Ericsson music accessories. The range includes, among other products, Home Audio System MDS-70, Portable Speakers MPS-60 and FM Music Transmitter MMR-60.

Sony Ericsson announced a new music accessory, the Stereo Bluetooth Headset HBH-DS970. Designed for an outstanding wireless audio experience, the headset delivers crystal clear digital sound with full call handling. The Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 Stereo Bluetooth Headset is the newest addition to the complete portfolio of Sony Ericsson music accessories. The range includes, among other products, Home Audio System MDS-70, Portable Speakers MPS-60 and FM Music Transmitter MMR-60. With the Sony Ericsson HBH-DS970 the user can enjoy wireless simplicity without sacrificing high-performance sound, deciding exactly what to listen to and when to take a call. Available from Q2 2006.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a leading innovator in mobile phone technology and applications, announces the signing of a four year contract worth over $20 million to become title sponsor of the Sony Ericsson Open, formerly known as the Nasdaq-100 Open. The first Sony Ericsson Open will take place on the Island of Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida in March 2007. The event will feature players from both the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and the ATP. As part of the agreement, Sony Ericsson will enjoy extensive on-court brand presence, global advertising and promotional rights, top level hospitality and tickets to the championship.

Digicel First in the Caribbean to Launch BlackBerry Connect for the Sony Ericsson P990 Kingston, Jamaica and Waterloo, ON - Digicel, the largest GSM operator in the Caribbean, and Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced BlackBerry Connect for the Sony Ericsson P990 to customers in nine Caribbean markets. The Sony Ericsson P990 with BlackBerry Connect allows customers to choose and enjoy the phone’s comprehensive features and stylish design together with RIM’s popular BlackBerry services. Supported BlackBerry features include push-based wireless email access, wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing through BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service.

You want your charger to be efficient, safe and reliable and with Sony Ericsson original chargers you are assured of this. But the announcement today are of two new chargers which give you what you expect and a little bit more besides. Yet more added dimensions - adding new flexibility to your mobile life through Sony Ericsson accessories.

Sony Ericsson announced the new versatile Bluetooth Car Speakerphone HCB-100. Empowering the driver to safely remain in full control of the car while handling calls in a simple way, the HCB-100 is an extremely high performing speakerphone with up to 20 hours talk time and 600 hours standby time. It needs no installation, discreetly attaching to the visor of the car with a sturdy clip. Clearly distinguishable buttons allow the driver to handle calls without losing focus on the road ahead.