Sony Ericsson's Xperia Active Billabong Edition is another wasted opportunity

Sony Ericsson has announced a limited edition of its Xperia Active smartphone, after teaming up with extreme sports clothing brand Billabong.

Sony Ericsson Loses Money, Tough Competition To Blame

The World of smartphones is quite a competitive and tough market to do well in. One company in particularly that struggled during the fourth quarter of 2011 was Sony Ericsson, the ninth largest maker of cell phones. Companies such as Apple and Samsung did very well and with the iPhone creeping up on Android in [...] Sony Ericsson Loses Money, Tough Competition To Blame is a post from: The ...

EU Approves Sony Buyout of Sony Ericsson

The European Commission has approved Sony's intent to buy Ericsson's portion of the two companies' cell phone joint venture. Sony first announced in October that it planned to buy Ericsson out for $1.39 billion. EU regulatory approval was necessary for the deal to move forward. Sony said the first "Sony" branded Xperia smartphone will be released soon.

Smartphones with long battery life (roundup)

In this roundup, CNET editors highlight five smartphones that showed outstanding battery life in CNET Labs' performance tests.

Apple earns 75% of all cell phone profits

Between them, Samsung and Apple are sucking up 91% of the winnings.