14 DAY TRIAL // On Tuesday, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced the integration of Google's Blogger and Web search features into Sony Ericsson mobile phones.
Phones will be able to launch a separate Google Web search option using a single keystroke without the need to open a new Web page and users will also be able to post blogs through a pre-loaded application linked to the Google-owned Blogger site. A blog, short for Web log, is an online journal people use to express opinions, post pictures and share experiences.
Sony Ericsson said the new services would be launched in the second quarter of the year and be available on the K610 UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) phone and the newly launched K800 and K790 imaging phones.
These phones come with integrated 3.2-megapixel digital cameras with Autofocus, Xenon flash and a unique imaging technology developed by Sony Ericsson. The K800 is a dual-mode UMTS/GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) phone, and the K790 is a Tri Band EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) handset. Both will be available in the second quarter of 2006, the company said.
Sony Ericsson also announced that the Google search engine will become the standard search engine for all of its Internet phones. Other phone manufacturers, such as Vodafone and Motorola, also have announced that their phones will use Google's search tool.