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And another called "Shazam." You hit the "tag" button, and it records about 10 seconds of whatever song is playing in your vicinity. Then it looks up the song in a database and tells you the artist and song title.

How cool is that? I know of no other device on the market that can duplicate this functionality, let alone the usability.

Well you haven't been looking that hard then. Pretty much every mid-level Sony Ericsson has had the same functionality baked in for the last year or so. http://www.sonyericsson.com/product/trackid/

Plus, at least in the UK, you can call Shazam from any handset for a small fee

You are wrong. Most mid to high-end handsets released in the last two years do support JSR-82. Find out for yourself at Nokia's site or at Sony Ericsson's site or search for yourself.

Sony Ericsson K810. Flip the lens cover on the back and shoot.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cyber-shot/

Google already tries to re-invent wheel since there is J2ME, everyone including their Youtube can ship successfully in J2ME to huge number of devices. Yahoo themselves gave up the native C++ (on S60) for J2ME on "Yahoo Go!" 2.x+ . Why? Well, it seems it serves them what they need.

The biggest problem of J2ME is the very advanced coding needed for the UI. SonyEricsson seems to have a solution: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/newsandevents/latestnews/newsapr08/p_project_capuchin_announcement.jsp , they will use Flash Lite 3 in J2ME so designers can go for whatever they need.

I think Google knows the power of Qt since Google Earth can ship on 3 different platforms (and Symbian S60?) thanks to it.

I fail to understand what Google wants to do with Android. It is not my big concern, my software and hardware vendors already have support for it. I can't understand why not go for J2ME advancement and preparation of desktop Java on Devices. Yes, Desktop Java in 1-2 years on high end smart phones. Memory and CPU is slowly becoming non issue.

Doesn't it sound like "Silverlight" to you? I mean, there is Flash, everyone happily uses it and produces stuff on it and some rich software company comes up with "Silverlight".

Sony Ericsson has one with normal keyboard.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/seethephone/x1?cc=is&lc=is

Wake me when the iPhone gets an 800x480 screen.

I guess you missed: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/. I can see how you would, it's well hidden, what with it being on the SE home page and all.

Looky here, what do we have: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/docstools/java/p_java.jsp

Oh me, oh my, "Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0.1 Beta for the Java(TM) ME Platform". But wait, Eunuchswear said there's no SDK, how could this be? "Now includes support for on-device debugging", "Eclipse Device Explorer Plugin", "Mascot Capsule v3 Plugins and Tools", "Developers' Guidelines Java ME CLDC (MIDP 2)", "Developers' Guidelines Java ME CLDC (MIDP 2) 3D Graphics", "From BREW to the Java ME platform: An Application Porting Guide".

What a paltry effort, not worthy of the name SDK. Eunuchswear was right. Damn Sony Ericsson.

I guess you missed: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/. I can see how you would, it's well hidden, what with it being on the SE home page and all.

Looky here, what do we have: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/docstools/java/p_java.jsp

Oh me, oh my, "Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0.1 Beta for the Java(TM) ME Platform". But wait, Eunuchswear said there's no SDK, how could this be? "Now includes support for on-device debugging", "Eclipse Device Explorer Plugin", "Mascot Capsule v3 Plugins and Tools", "Developers' Guidelines Java ME CLDC (MIDP 2)", "Developers' Guidelines Java ME CLDC (MIDP 2) 3D Graphics", "From BREW to the Java ME platform: An Application Porting Guide".

What a paltry effort, not worthy of the name SDK. Eunuchswear was right. Damn Sony Ericsson.

how about the developer site of sony ericsson:
http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/products/phonegallery/w910/p_w910.jsp

If you feel the advantages outweigh the limitations of a camera phone, you can certainly make due with high-end models. I recommend checking out the N-Series from Nokia. The top-of-the-line models are GPS-enabled, have multimedia playback, and decent optics. However, in terms of picture quality the Cybershot line of camera phones from Sony Ericsson have continually taken top honors for producing more accurate colors. The N-Series photo processing tend to create more saturated and vivid pictures which some like and others don't. I was very impressed with the photos taken with the SE K790a/K800i, a friend brought with him on our camping trip. The photos certainly didn't match the quality of the ones he took using his Canon Rebel, but they were still very good.

I'm looking for a new smartphone right now. The Android based phones will fit the bill, but I doubt any products will be available until near the end of the year - perhaps just in time for the Christmas rush.

1. QWERTY keyboard, the LG Voyager has the nicest keyboard I've tried. To bad the Voyager is locked down in BREW hell. -> It have this
2. Internet connectivity. -> It have this
3. Supports IMAP email to any server (I run my own). ...I don't know but is Symbian based so you can have this in it
4. I don't have to pay a damn fee to enable for every little feature that it already comes with. ...is Symbian based, you can have this in it
5. I can install new applications without using some paid for server, e.g. there's a Symbian OS version of Putty. An ssh client would be awesome. -> It have this
6. Unlimited data plan available with provider - and reasonably priced. ... I don't know this thing it in US, but in Spain we have this with one provider (1,20/day without traffic limit 3G speed)

Would be nice, but not required:

1. Linux based (not much out there, probably have to settle for a Symbian based phone). ...Sorry is Symbian based
2. GPS module. -> I'm not sure about this
3. Wifi support. -> It have this
4. If the phone has music playing capability, support for OGG (I'm not holding my breath). -> Sorry, no official ogg support
5. Camera, not really a big deal to me. I can live without one. -> It have a autofocus 3,2mpx camera

iPhone having a touch screen GUI isn't a valid reason for it not having J2ME support. Just in example look at some other phones that don't have the normal form factor that traditional phones and that have support for J2ME.

• Nokia E90 Communicator

• Nokia E61i

• Sony-Ericsson P1i

• LG KU990

• HTC Touch

As you can see all those phones support J2ME. The real reason why iPhone doesn't have J2ME support is the same reason why it didn't have MMS support: Apple just couldn't deliver.

I also don't think that there is any reason to change from J2ME to any other framework ff you can do the application in J2ME. If you can't do the application in J2ME, the next choice is S60. J2ME support is built in virtually every phone meaning and S60 is also very popular. Why limit yourself to a device and framework that has only a million users when you can go to tens and hundreds of millions of users?

There's a reason Java ME has gone nowhere

What about this list of Networks Operatos and Carriers

Or the Java ME Device Table?

Or, for that matter, what about these phones from Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericcson just to name a few?

Google is trying to succeed where Java has failed

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Eh? Sony dose not have a cellphone? What planet are you from? Zune?

why don't you pop over to
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pg1&zone=pg

And quite possibly you may at some time in the future, change your mind...

It seems to be just about the simplest phone out there - Details here: http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=us&lc=en&ve r=4000&template=pip1&zone=pp&pid=10350 You can get a refurbed one on the Cingular website for $9.99 with one of their pay as you go plans. Don't know how much simpler you can get than that.

The W960 will come with Sony's new bluetooth headset in the box, their newly announced HBH DS220s, as well as the wired HPM-70s.

It's right there in their press release, under facts and figures. That's hardly what super shy.
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=e n&ver=4001&template=pc3_1_1&zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid= 8122

The slashdot summary and TFA kind of misses the nerdy features. W910i and phones from the same generation are equipped with a hardware accelerated 3d engine. Built in bilinear texture filtering and mipmapping in 60+ fps is nothing to scoff at. W910i has more power than a Nintendo DS and you will be able to create some really amazing games for it. And contrary to a certain other phone, there exists a mature and freely available Java SDK allowing you to create your own homebrew apps and games. Sony Ericssons developer site has all the gory technical details.

Um, I've got one right here... not from AT&T, but still.

Is the US phone service that shite that you don't have video mobiles yet?

I still haven't found a bluetooth handsfree with traditional lanyard design.

Like this?

I got an SonyEricsson J100i from my mobile service provider for $10 (no hidden fees and no monthly fee) here in Sweden. You can call and text people from it. Simple as that.

The price of your Sony Ericsson example is without the discount from your cell phone company for signing a 2 year contract. According to Macworld, "Apple has no plans to release a version of the iPhone without a service contract or one that is unlocked." The prices announced for the iPhone include a 2 year contract. As for the Windows Mobile phones, you're just wrong.

If you want a phone with a comparable screen resolution (480x640 compared to iPhone's 480x320), try the Neo1973 OpenMoko phone, available in February 2007, priced at $350 unlocked. (It even has a touchscreen)

Or you could just admit that people who buy Apple want to pay more than they have to for a computer/music player/phone.

The mobile telephony part of Sony Ericsson phones is supplied by EMP (Ericsson Mobile Platforms, a unit of Ericsson, see here for some info). Other phone manufacturers use the platform from EMP. So maybe EMP has negotiated some deal with these guys in order not to be sued?

Many of the SE phones had problems with reception due to their internal antennas, but thankfully, their engineers have finally gotten the message. After having a T68i and a T610 which had god awful reception, I have now had the z520 and z525, which has a larger internal antenna inside of a clippy-like-thing, and the reception is much much better.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=us&lc=en&ve r=4000&template=pip1&pid=10439&zone=pp

I don't think you can get an unlocked phone in Canada. I'm under the impression that such a thing doesn't exist, unless you bring it in from a foreign country.

I don't think that Walkman are produced to the same standard of reliability as the ones from back then (leading to my own Walkman boycott, which I was provoked into).

Basically, every sony mindisc player that I have come across seems to suffer from the blankdisk error after a year or two of open and shutting the case:


from:minidisc.ch/problems.asp?todo=show&typ=Sony+M DS-302 (google cache works)
Reported by i-Mac (Belgium) (06.07.2001 18:30:32):
TOC error
hello , everytime i'm recording and/or edit some stuff on my 302 , the whole MD gets erased. The TOC is blinking , ejects the MD , but when i puts it back , there's nothing on the MD. Conclusion , the TOC doesn't work. What must/can I do? Anyone else who had this problem? If so , what did he/she do about it. Greetings , i-Mac
Remarks:
Reported by Serge (25.07.01 08:31:49):
You probably have a bad overwrite head. We use 4 MDS 302/303 at our local radiostation and had a lot of trouble with them. Mostly it was related to broken overwrite heads (yes you can break them if you force the disk in !) And believe me how careless our DJs handle those units! Other problem, also related to the overwrite head is a broken kapton ribbon cable. This is a very common problem and is related to a design fault by SONY. Whilst the head moves right/left it streches the ribbon cable thal comes along from the back side. resulting in a crack sooner or later that disables the overwrite head. Replacement costs for a new head are around 3000 BEF good luck: -SERGE-


Sony charges $100 (more in Europe) for an inevitable problem, for a minidisc player that cost ~$400 at the time. Newer Minidisc player designs were still (and are still, from the diagrams I have seen posted) still made this way. Good for Sony returns income. They charge a LOT.

I was also going to get a Walkman phone (to replace it!), assuming you pay more for the quality brand of Walkman (again).
I was going to, until I read these reviews like this, which stated that at low volumes there was a definite audible hiss (a hiss in a walkman, c'mon), which was not regarded as a bug, but actually a bugfix since to counteract digital distortion at high volumes.

I don't go out of my way to not like Sony (actually I used to play into media hype quite alot, and like I said, I assumed it was the best because it was Sony Walkman), but regardless of whether you can drop the thing from a metre high, the quality just isn't as good (don't forget, this a mass electronic corporation for public consumers, not necessarily professionals). Their newer stuff just isn't reliable, and you can get better from firms which are actually trying to make the best product, and not just ride a wave of consumer assumptions & prior reputation.

You forgot Sony Ericsson. Let's boycott it too!

The Symbian OS is primarly for smartphones, and unfortunately they usually make for lousy PDAs. But if you're still interested check out the Nokia E61 or Sony Ericsson M600i. Same could be said about RIM's Blackberry OS.

There's also an plethora of quirky, mostly-discontinued embedded linux PDAs, including the geek-famous Zaurus.

If you thought having only two major players for PDA OS's was unfortunate, Palm has started replacing the Palm OS with Windows Mobile on some of their own hardware.

Bluetooth doesn't have quite the bandwidth to get decent-sounding music

I am quite surprised that so few other MP3 players support it. Some Sony-Ericcson phones do, as do Nokia, Motorola, Siemens and the Sony PSP.

Maybe the reason why Creative, iriver, Rio and others don't support AAC is because they are too busy supporting proprietary formats like WMA.

Three simple words : Sony Erriccson P910

Link

I've been using the P910 for nearly two years and there is no other phone or device that I wold swap it for, apart from it's successors. Forget the teeny keyboard on the inside of the flip (though they market that one really hard), the ease of use factor comes from the touch-screen interface that you get when you open the display. There's a set of icons across the top for the main fucntions and a list of all the installed applcications. For messaging and email you can have the screen display a (stylus recommended) touchscreen QWERTY keyboard on for the fast composition of texts and notes. Actually I think the phone companies might love that one as it becomes easy to type a long, 3-part text instead of scrawling off 'OK C U L8R'. It also does handwriting recognition really well, though that's hard to do on trains and busses so I tend to ignore it

I used to keep my web design portfolio on the phone in the images folder until I got a PSP (damn I'm such a sony bitch). For business the phone will read Word files, PDFs and Excel spreadsheets, as well as browse normal web pages via GPRS (you might wanna turn off the images though, given GPRS prices.

There are a few quirks to the interface, but really I can't complain too much. Touchscreen is the way that all 'smartphones' need to go if they;re going to pack in that many features. Using an interface designed for communication and media stuff with a teeny joystick and 2 buttons is a pain in the ass and will always be crap (at least until apple release a phone with their iPod scrollwheel and everyone goes 'ooh wish I though of that').

The interface works really well as a straightforward phone when you have the phone closed, and you can customise the menu that appears when you use the phone in closed mode (for example, I put the sound recorder on the main menu for making quick dictaphone-style notes)

Seems Microsoft is pushing REALLY hard these days to gain dominance in the mobile phone and small devices market. Well, I'm not going to help them. You know what will start to happen if they get to dictate the standards.

Me, I'll go with JavaME. There are over 300 million Java enabled phones in the world, and 60% of new phones sold come with it preinstalled. There were a lot of prizes to be won at the this years Java One. Sony Ericsson and Motorola among others encourages people to use JavaME.

I tried developing for it a couple of years ago, and it was not pleasurable back then, mainly because of incompatibilities between devices. It looks much better these days, and if you use Netbeans you can build applications just with drag and drop. Remember than Carmack got started with developing for mobile phones because the wide availability of free tutorials and tools for J2ME.

Just out of curiosity, how many different carriers do you have access to? I have the feeling that most of the people on this thread ( or at least, most of the ones replying to you ) live in the US.

I live in Canada ( British Columbia to be exact ), and I only have access to two mobile providers, Telus and Rogers Wireless. I'm currently with Rogers, but I want to switch over to Telus. At the moment though, this would mean ditching my $300 phone ( the Sony Ericson s710a ). The reason? Telus doesn't want to touch phone with SIM cards with a thousand foot pole. I could probably get the phone unlocked, but I've heard that really only works for Telus->Rogers switching, and not the other way around.

Stupid telco's and their stupid vendor lock-in.

You're right about the fees. Is the US the only location with fees all of a sudden? And again, you're getting a lot more stuff bundled in in the US due to the way incoming calls are billed.

The high cost of phones isn't much different anywhere. Phones cost a lot. They are cheaper everywhere when subsidized, not just in the US. I personally don't like two year contracts, so I don't sign them. My last phone cost $40 with a 1-year cingular contract (which is now expired and I am month to month). You maybe should looked for a more stripped-down phone. High-end phones just cost a lot to make, so they cost a lot to buy.

I have no idea what you mean about how it's difficult to switch carriers. I have switched twice in 3 years. No problems. And if you have you own phone, it's even easier! I purchased my unlocked/unbranded phone and put it on Cingular myself.

See this link:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=au&lc=en&ve r=4000&template=ps1_1_1&zone=ps&lm=ps1_1&pid=10376 &pid=10376

Just put your SIM in, select your country and carrier and click a few times and it sends a text to your phone with the setup info and you press "yes" and you're done. Easy as pie. Of course, it's no easier or tougher in Europe, since this service works worldwide.

You won't get a lot of argument from me, although with flash memory prices coming down as capacities increase, I don't see why devices can't have a certain amount of local storage for those times when they aren't near their paired storage module.

The wireless technologies would have to improve in speed, mind you. Bluetooth v1.x can be slow, and Bluetooth plus a hard drive could be a serious power drain.

But these issues are solvable, and I agree -- being able to have devices which can talk to one another easily is a good idea. While some people would like some sort of convergence where one device does everything, as other have pointed out, this generally results in a device that is so-so at everything, but isn't really that good at anything. I'm for some convergence (it doesn't bother me one bit that my cell phone, PDA, and iPod all have my calendar and Address Book on them, for example -- Apple's iSync fortunately makes this brutally simple), but feel that expandability with wireless technologies is the key way to go.

To be honest, I don't even use my cell phone as a telephone anymore (in the sense of using it as a handset). You won't catch me with a candy bar pressed up against the side of my head -- if I need to have a voice conversation, I'll put on my Bluetooth headset (a Sony HBH 660). It provides a much better conversation experience. My cell phone is just a little box I cary on my belt that provides a Bluetooth-to-GSM gateway (which I also use for Internet access through my PowerBook).

Yaz.

Cutting edge is not 2 mega pixel, it at least 3. Check out the SonyEricsson K790a, it has a 3.2 MP camera and is actually branded as a CyberShot digital camera. And phone. If you don't know it, CyberShot is Sony's digital camera brand. CyberShot cameras are generally good, but admittedly I haven't tried the new phone. Of course to review the cameras you have to do a thorough job.
I'd wait until someone like Philip Askey of dpreview.com or Steve's Digicams made a favorable review. At least if it's a camera you need ;)

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=us&lc=en&ve r=4000&template=pm1_1&zone=pm&mcid=32/

Ignoring the format you are limited to, said phone(s) exist, they just aren't as readily available in the States.

Tool: Victorinox Swisstool
Wristwatch Computer: Suunto x9i
Media Player: iRiver H10
Cell phone: Sony Ericsson K800/K790
Notebook...

Duuude.... you can't compare something that you create art with to something you stick in your ears to listen to music. Having said that I think you'll start to see an immediate decline in the digital camera market as phones are now coming out with 2 megapixel cameras, which is good enough for your average happy snap pic. However a camera on a phone is never going to please a serious photographer, they need something you can stick diffent lens on and attach to a tripod etc etc. However, audiophiles.... they wouldn't even want to listen to compressed audio formats such as Itunes or MP3's and they certainly wouldn't want to listen to music through bud headphones.

My phone plays MP3's it has a 1GIG SD card, I can put a few days worth of music on my phone. The sound quality is excellent, with a single button click it plays normal MP3's without ITunes DRM.... I can even play movies on it (16:3 at 1/3 resolution).

My phone costs the same as an apple IPOD, except... it's also my organiser, it makes and takes phone calls, it has a 1.3 megapixel camera on it, and it's about half the size and weight of an IPOD.... It syncs to my computer through wireless.... For me the idea of choosing an IPOD instead of a phone like this one or this one is totally ludicrous.

Apple has already released a phone with ITunes.... it went no where and thats because there's already alot of competition and their phone basically sucked compared to the competitions. IPOD.... ITunes... its a flash in the pan... nothing more.

Sorry but I would say the only people buying IPODs these days are those who want to have one as some sort of pathetic status symbol, or someone who is totally clueless about technology and has seen one too many pieces of Apple marketing.

That said, when phones and mp3 player get to the point where your phone's face is a flat surface, with an OLED or LCD touchscreen covering the entire face of the phone for user input or content.......

Maybe you just don't know whats out there....

I think I will prefer getting the same features plus memorystick support for my MP3s in the pretty cool looking Sony Ericsson M600: http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ve r=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=php1_10385&zone=pp& lm=pp1&pid=10385

The other is the cellphone carriers, or, as I like to call them, "the Soviet ministries," which too often treat their customers as captive and refuse to allow open competition for services they offer over their networks."

Should be The other is the U.S. cellphone carriers... since competition works and takes care of this in all other markets.

In Sweden downloadable music for cellphones is 9 cents (0.69 Swedish Crona) per song from ComvIQ.

Second: No-one outside the U.S. will ever buy music just for their cell phones. Everyone over here uses SonyEricssons excellent K750 or W800i , syncing them with iTunes and MacOSX using scripts like iTMW or apps like Dreamsicle.

Third: I bet a case of beer that SonyEricsson will include iTunes in their cell phones during 2006. The demand is huge and they know they will have to do it, sooner or later. Nokia will also include iTunes as soon as they realize how Real sucks bigtime.

The other is the cellphone carriers, or, as I like to call them, "the Soviet ministries," which too often treat their customers as captive and refuse to allow open competition for services they offer over their networks."

Should be The other is the U.S. cellphone carriers... since competition works and takes care of this in all other markets.

In Sweden downloadable music for cellphones is 9 cents (0.69 Swedish Crona) per song from ComvIQ.

Second: No-one outside the U.S. will ever buy music just for their cell phones. Everyone over here uses SonyEricssons excellent K750 or W800i , syncing them with iTunes and MacOSX using scripts like iTMW or apps like Dreamsicle.

Third: I bet a case of beer that SonyEricsson will include iTunes in their cell phones during 2006. The demand is huge and they know they will have to do it, sooner or later. Nokia will also include iTunes as soon as they realize how Real sucks bigtime.

The other is the cellphone carriers, or, as I like to call them, "the Soviet ministries," which too often treat their customers as captive and refuse to allow open competition for services they offer over their networks."

Should be The other is the U.S. cellphone carriers... since competition works and takes care of this in all other markets.

In Sweden downloadable music for cellphones is 9 cents (0.69 Swedish Crona) per song from ComvIQ.

Second: No-one outside the U.S. will ever buy music just for their cell phones. Everyone over here uses SonyEricssons excellent K750 or W800i , syncing them with iTunes and MacOSX using scripts like iTMW or apps like Dreamsicle.

Third: I bet a case of beer that SonyEricsson will include iTunes in their cell phones during 2006. The demand is huge and they know they will have to do it, sooner or later. Nokia will also include iTunes as soon as they realize how Real sucks bigtime.

Obviously, the ROKR loses in direct comparison with the Nokia N91 and Sony-Ericsson Walkman but at least their product is real and on the shelves...

In the meantime, while people are either enjoying the real phones or waiting for the next big thing, Motorola improves on both designs and announces the SLVR L7...

although I don't have the sales figures for companies like apple, nokia, motorola, SE, samsung and their respective mobile phone divisions, I'd venture saying that Apple can hardly have the leverage to damage the plans of mobile phone manufacturers. I bet Apple will still be in the front line of the high end audio gadget arena with the iPod and whatever they can make of it in the future, but there is much more room for growth in the multi-use-mobile-phone-gadget market.

Bazorg!

Right that does it.

I've just sent in some feedback on the some of the forms offered on the Sony website. I've provided links to the blog articles for their information. I also let them know:
- I will not buying any Sony products in the forseeable future
- I will be emailing friends, acquaintances and family explaining what is ocurring and recommending a boycott of all Sony products.

I recommend that others do the same.

FWIW, the text of the email I am sending out is:

A furore has erupted online recently over some software that Sony has
shipped with some music CDs.

Effectively in an attempt to stop people from copying CDs to their
computers, Sony CDs will install some software onto your computer when a
music CD is first put into the drive. This software alters windows in a
way that makes it less secure. It also hides itself and is next to
impossible to remove. Also each time a CD us put into the drive it
"phones home" to Sony tell them what CD you are playing.

There are many concerns with this. In the first place it is not clear
that software is being installed on your machine when the CD is
inserted. Secondly it is deceptive by hiding the software. Thirdly no
means of uninstalling the software is provided. Finally there are
privacy concerns with software that tracks how you use your computer.

One week after this was revealed, Sony has failed to respond to these
concerns.

I am writing to recommend that you boycott all Sony products. The Sony
family of companies are:
- Sony
- Sony BMG
- Sony Erickson
- Sony Computer Entertainment

I also suggest that you take a moment to let Sony know that you are
unhappy with their actions at one of the following feedback forms:
http://www.sonybmg.com.au/misc/contact.do
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=e n&ver=4001&template=ph1_2&zone=ph
http://www.sony.com.au/support/contactus/contactUs .jsp?categoryId=22847

For further technical details on how the Sony CDs operate:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-root kits-and-digital-rights.html
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/11/more-on-s ony-dangerous-decloaking.html

Can't someone make a decent camera-phone with mp3 functionality and 4GB of memory built in, and put it in a reasonable-sized package? Where's the culprit in preventing this? Bad engineering? Cell-phone carriers? Sony not wanting to damage their digital camera business?

I've been looking into the same area recently, and you haven't got long to wait (except if you're in North America);

Samsung SGH-I300 announced over 6 months ago, with a 3 GB hard drive.
Nokia N91 available very soon, with 4 GB storage.
SonyEricsson W900i with up to 2 GB, and designed to be a 'walkman'.
SonyEricsson P990i with a Memroy Stick Duo slot, again expandable to 2 GB. This is probably my next phone, it has the 3G video calling I want to play with, the full Symbian-based PDA functions, and enough storage to take a load a music. It also has wifi, VPN software and Blackberry functionality. This means it replaces my current phone, PDA, Blackberry, camera and MP3 player, in one unit. One charger to take way from home, one headset when I'm driving.... lovely.

But my last couple of phones have had a Memory Stick slot and an MMC slot, as well as having decent cameras. They've even been great as phones...

Can't someone make a decent camera-phone with mp3 functionality and 4GB of memory built in, and put it in a reasonable-sized package? Where's the culprit in preventing this? Bad engineering? Cell-phone carriers? Sony not wanting to damage their digital camera business?

I've been looking into the same area recently, and you haven't got long to wait (except if you're in North America);

Samsung SGH-I300 announced over 6 months ago, with a 3 GB hard drive.
Nokia N91 available very soon, with 4 GB storage.
SonyEricsson W900i with up to 2 GB, and designed to be a 'walkman'.
SonyEricsson P990i with a Memroy Stick Duo slot, again expandable to 2 GB. This is probably my next phone, it has the 3G video calling I want to play with, the full Symbian-based PDA functions, and enough storage to take a load a music. It also has wifi, VPN software and Blackberry functionality. This means it replaces my current phone, PDA, Blackberry, camera and MP3 player, in one unit. One charger to take way from home, one headset when I'm driving.... lovely.

But my last couple of phones have had a Memory Stick slot and an MMC slot, as well as having decent cameras. They've even been great as phones...

While the M3G file format doesn't contain code, the M3G loader in JSR 184 will load any serialized class that descends from Object3D. Exploits, here we come!