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A couple of days ago we informed you that Sony Ericsson Satio was pulled from a bunch of British retailers, because of some software issues and following it was the Aino model. Now, the 12 megapixel cameraphone is back on sale, with a software update to correct the issues.

Very few details on the update have been released, except for the fact that it’ll enhance handset speed and battery usage. UK’s Phones4u is already selling the updated version of the phone right now, if you’re interesting and they even claim that the sales were pretty strong over the past weekend.

[via Engadget]

Google still has a ways to go in Europe where Symbian reigns supreme. Although Europeans easily recognize the Google brand, Android itself is still pretty foreign to them. It’s not surprising since there aren’t many Android offerings there, but numbers are still below expectations. At the end of the third quarter, Android’s market share in Western Europe was at 5.4%. “The lack of devices available didn’t help to raise awareness, though this is expected to change, with more handsets from LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and other vendors hitting the market soon,” says IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo. Right now, Nokia and Symbian are still at the top spot for Western Europe, but Samsung is surprisingly getting close to overtaking Nokia. How many of our European pals out there are using Android devices?

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There is word floating around that Sony Ericsson is planning on two variants of the XPERIA X10. While it’s far from confirmed, it appears as though SE’s plan of teaming with U.S. carriers to subsidize this bad boy is working out. Both versions will have 3G support for their respective carriers, which means the T-Mobile version will have support for the 1700MHz band. SE is also saying it plans to have this phone out in early 2010, so we’ll find out sooner than later. We’re just wondering what pricing will be like since this device will have to be heavily subsidized to come down from its $700+ price tag. Hit the jump for some device specs.

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When it rains, it pours, and for Sony Ericsson, this week has been one big torrential downpour. Earlier  we reported on the Sony Ericsson Satio which has been pulled from the shelves of the UK’s two major retailers due to a software glitch. Only a few days later, sales of the Sony Ericsson Aino were halted due to a growing number of customer complaints with the touchscreen. Once again, the source of the complaints was traced back to a glitch in the software. Trying to minimize this public relations nightmare, Sony Ericsson responded by saying “We are working as quickly as we can to solve it. Aino has sold limited numbers in the UK and this issue affects a very small number of consumers.” The promise of a future software fix is little consolation to Aino owners affected by this glitch and a thorn to angry stockholders who must be shaking their heads in utter disbelief.

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Remember when we announced that Sony Ericsson Satio and Nokia N97 were pulled back from some of the retailers selling them in the UK? Now, it turns out that Sony Ericsson Aino also has some serious issues, so it’ll suffer the same treatment.

The info comes via Reuters and we’ve learned that Aino has some problems with the touchscreen, that make it inoperable. Sony Ericsson is working to solve these issues, maybe via software updates, but know that this problem only affects a small number of customers in Britain. This remains a big blow towards the image of SE, specially now in the holiday season.

All of these issues come just as Sony Ericsson reported a 199 million euro loss in Q3 and the lack of profit ever since Q1 2008.

[via Reuters]