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Sony Ericsson profits more than triple!


Sony Ericsson today stated that its quarterly profit increased by more than 200%, far exceeding analysts forecasts. Profit increased to €447m, compared to just €144m a year earlier.
These figures were primarily due to record sales of Walkman branded phones, which of course are at the high-end of the scale and have higher margins. […]

3 mobile shakes things up again


3 mobile announced today that it is cutting roaming charges in seven countries, including Italy, Ireland and Australia.  Customers will be charged the same rate whether they are in the UK or abroad, and do not need to sign-up for the service - everyone automatically gets it.
They have named the service “3 Like Home” … […]

PS3 sales pass 2m … a couple of weeks ‘late’


Sony had forecast to sell 2m units by the end of December, and has just managed the feat. Not exactly a disastrous result surely? PS3 sales are actually higher than PS2 sales at the same period after launch - that console didn’t exactly do badly, did it?
A tougher target is to sell 6m […]

Carphone Warehouse seeks exclusive iPhone deal in the UK


The Daily Telegraph reports that Charles Dunstone is keen to partner with Apple, to exclusively sell the iPhone in CPW stores this Christmas (assuming it is out by then).
What that means for network stores is another matter - Apple will have some tough decisions to make, with the likes of Vodafone also surely trying to […]