Sony-Ericsson handsets are displayed in Barcelona, February 13, 2006. Sony Ericsson said on Tuesday it was linking up with Google Inc. to incorporate the company's Web search and blog features into its mobile phones. (Reuters photo)

    BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Sony Ericsson said on Tuesday it was teaming up with Google Inc. to incorporate the company's Web search and blog features into its mobile phones.

     The pre-loaded blog feature enables callers to upload photos by selecting the blog feature instead of e-mail or picture messaging. Callers are automatically linked to Google's Blogger application.

    The first phones to offer the new feature are the K610 UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) phone and the K800 and K790 imaging phones, which were announced Tuesday.

    These phones come with integrated 3.2-megapixel digital cameras with Autofocus, Xenon flash and a unique imaging technology developed by Sony Ericsson.

    Sony Ericsson also announced that the Google search engine will become the standard search engine for all of its Internet phones.

    The search feature has been tightly integrated into the phones, so that consumers can directly activate a Google Web search option from whichever page they are viewing but without launching a new Web page to complete a search.

    Sony Ericsson said the new services would be launched in the second quarter of the year.

    "By providing users with direct access to features like mobile search and blogging, we're able to create a more personalized, user-friendly experience," said Google's European operations, vice president, Nikesh Arora. Enditem

(Agencies)