Sony Ericsson gets a new CTO

Never mind what the company's official line says -- 2009 is likely a make-or-break year for Sony Ericsson, and to help turn around its fortunes, it's contributed to UIQ's demise as it tries to ramp up support for Android, Windows Mobile, and the Symbian Foundation. Out with the old, in with the new, as they say -- and to that end, CTO Mats Lindoff will be departing the company at the end of the month (seemingly of his own volition) after six years of marriage. He'll be replaced by Ron Louks, who currently holds the dual roles of Head of Technology, Americas and Deputy CTO, so it shouldn't be too foreign of a role for the guy. With an Americas-focused guy at the helm, maybe we can get a sudden firehose of awesome Sony Ericsson sets this side of the pond, eh?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 7:44PM]

Awesome Sony Ericsson sets uh?
LOL
On which planet are they sold?

Maybe the Idou, when/if will finally make it to market , will turn out to be OK; but taking into account SE past record and the dismal disaster the X1 Experia turned out to be, I'm far from optimist

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 8:39PM]

yeah I used to all about SE ,I still have my w710i which I love (mainly for an mp3 player)...they really need to change things ...you are right about the X1. I think it needed to be picked up by either Tmo or Att to even have a chance and be not more than $300 with contract.