Google and Sony Ericsson team up

Posted February 28, 2006 at 06:47 PM by Adam Berger

Section: Web, Web Browsers, Google, Cellphones

Sony Ericsson and Google today 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 integration to the camera and automatic set-up for consumers who do not have a personal blogs. Icons leading to Google Web Search have been integrated into the phone user interface to provide easy access to the information that Google Web Search can provide.

Additionally, Google will become the standard search engine for all new Sony Ericsson Internet-capable phones. Users can directly activate a Google Web Search option from whichever page they are viewing without the need to launch a new web page to complete a search.

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.