Riki is Sony Ericsson’s Last “Thing” of 2008

We say “thing” alone because the Sony Ericsson Rika (W705) announcement to come on November 6th won’t exactly be a surprise nor anything big. It’s more or less another slightly different version of SE’s typical Walkmen line that - while solid - is all too familiar and lacks individual personality.

Where is the originality? What’s that you say? Xperia? Xperi-where?

Clear Audio Experience, WiFi, YouTube, 3.2MP camera and 4GB of possible memory make it a pretty decent device but nothing that’s going to blow you away. The phone will eventually be offered in 3 colors: Passionate Red, Luxury Silver and an Orange Something as well.

Sony Ericsson isn’t exactly going out with a BANG. I mean, for a holiday season that will have the iPhone 3G, T-Mobile G1, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Storm, you mighta thunk SE would make getting a real challenger in the mix sooner rather than later more of a priority. Or perhaps dropped the ball a couple less times.

[Via USEB, CellPhoneSail]

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