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Sony Announces Xperia™ P and Xperia™ U

Morgan — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:43:20 +0000

Sony Mobile just announced the Xperia™ U and Xperia™ P at its conference in Barcelona at MWC 2012. The two smart-phones share the similar design aesthetics as the Xperia™ S which was announced at CES in January. Together they represent Sony’s NXT series for 2012. There is a planned upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, planned in Quarter 2 2012 for all phones announced today and at the start of the year. The Xperia™ P & U should be available in mid Q2. Xperia™ S should be available as of the first week of March.

Sony Xperia™ P Specification Overview

4′TFT Display powered by Whitemagic™ technology
16 million colours, 960 x 540 pixels
1 GHz ST-E U8500 NovaThor Dual Core processor
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Internal phone storage: 16GB (up to 13GB user-accessible memory)
RAM: 1GB
8 megapixel camera with LED flash and Auto focus
HD video recording (1080p)
Aluminium Body

Networks

GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
UMTS HSPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

Sony Xperia™ P Product Page

Sony Xperia™ U Specification Overview

3.5? scratch-resistant TFT
16 million colours, 854 x 480 pixels
1 GHz ST-E U8500 NovaThor Dual Core processor
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
VGA front facing camera
5 megapixel camera with auto focus
Exchangeable bottom caps, light that changes color to suit themes, photos, music

Sony Xperia™ U Product Page

Sony Ericsson announces Xperia™ S

Max — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:31:29 +0000

Today Sony Ericsson (or I can say just Sony) announced it’s new Android-based phone Xperia™ S also known as Nozomi LT26i. As you can see from PR-images the new device has “Sony” logotype on the front, while on old prototype devices we still can clearly see “Sony Ericsson” logo.

Xperia™ S has 4.3″ 16, 000,000 colour TFT 1280×720 pixels touchscreen, a 12 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor R™ sensor featuring 1080p video recording.

Xperia S™ will be powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor (MSM8260 chipset) and 32GB of internal memory. The phone support Android 2.3 at launch. Upgrade to Android 4.0 will be possible in 2nd half of 2012.

Xperia™ S weighs 144 grams and sizes 128 x 64 x 10.6 mm. The phone will be availble from 2nd quater 2012 in two colours: Black and Silver.

Official press-release will coming soon. Also today Sony Ericsson shows some very nice accessories.

Sony Ericsson 2011 Xperia ™ Phones To Get Ice Cream Sandwich

Morgan — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:55:34 +0000

The Latest and greatest update Ice Cream Sandwich will be coming to all 2011 Xperia™ models. Right after the realease of Android 4.0 source code, Sony Ericsson made known its intent to up date all 2011 Xperia™ Phones. They are working on transferring their current Xperia™ experience with the new features in Android 4.0. Availability and timing of this update will be communicated through its Product Launch Blog.

2011 Xperia ™ Portfolio

Xperia™ arc and arc S
Xperia™ PLAY
Xperia™ neo and neo V
Xperia™ mini and mini pro
Xperia™ pro
Xperia™ active
Xperia™ ray

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Live with Walkman™

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) At A Glance

Sony acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake of Sony Ericsson

Max — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:18:08 +0000

Sony Corporation and Ericsson today announced that Sony will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson company, making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony.

The transaction gives Sony an opportunity to rapidly integrate smartphones into its broad array of network-connected consumer electronics devices – including tablets, televisions and personal computers – for the benefit of consumers and the growth of its business. The transaction also provides Sony with a broad intellectual property cross-licensing agreement covering all products and services of Sony as well as ownership of five essential patent families relating to wireless handset technology.

As part of the transaction, Ericsson will receive a cash consideration of EUR 1.05 billion.

Read full press release you can here.

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Sony Ericsson Announces Xperia™ Neo V

Morgan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:47:51 +0000

Sony Ericsson announced today Xperia™ Neo V with Gingerbread 2.3.4. This beast is powered by 1GHz Snapdragon processor running on the latest android version 2.3.4. Enjoy your multimedia experiences on a 3.7″ touch screen, Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. A 5 megapixel camera is on board for those candid shots.

At a Glance:

Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread version 2.3.4)
Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
3.7 inches Capacitive touchscreen (multi-touch)
1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255
5 megapixel camera
3D sweep panorama
Video chat ready

Networks

UMTS HSPA 900, 2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
UMTS HSPA 850, 1900, 2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900

In the kit
Xperia™ neo V
1500 mAh battery
Stereo portable handsfree
2GB microSD™ memory card
Charger
Micro USB cable for charging
Synchronisation and file transfer
User documentation

** Check out the product page for more info here

Gingerbread 2.3.4 Update Official Coming October

Morgan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:57:24 +0000

Sony Ericsson announced today that it will update all 2011 Xperia™ models to Gingerbread 2.3.4 in October. This update will start to roll out in select markets in October. Update will be in phased as with previous one’s. Once available owners will get a notification in phone instructing them to instantaneously download the software over the air via 3G or WiFi. The update can also be done through Sony Ericsson’s PC Companion software.

Overview of Features:

Google Talk with Video Chat for smartphones with front-facing cameras
Updated Facebook inside Xperia™ functionality for enhanced like, share and discover abilities.
Xperia™ smartphones introducing world’s first 3D sweep panorama functionality powered by Sony.
The software upgrade will enable consumers to turn their Xperia™ smartphone into a mini-mobile PC by connecting USB peripherals (mouse, keyboard or game controller) to Sony Ericsson LiveDock™ multimedia station. Connect the smartphone to a TV via HDMI to get a big screen experience.
Swipe text input – text input by swiping the finger from one letter to the next.
Screen capture – allows the user to share a screen grab from anywhere in the phone.

Video Overview Below

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Sony Ericsson announce Live with Walkman™

Max — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:18:08 +0000

Today Sony Ericsson announce it’s new mobile phone called Live with Walkman™ previously known as WT19i. You can call the new Live with Walkman™ a Walkman-based version of Xperia™ mini. Live with Walkman™ basically have the same features but it is more thick than Xperia™ mini and provide more music features inlude Walkman™ player and stereospeakers as well as the new xLoud™ technology, TrackID™ etc.

The new phone features 3.2″ 16M colour 320×480 pixels multi-touch TFT screen, a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and 720p video recording and a front-facing camera for Skype video calling.

The new Live with Walkman™ is based on 1 GHz processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform (probably version 2.3.4 after release). All these features are packed in 14.2 mm slim body with weight about 115 gramms. Sony Ericsson WT19i will be released in selected markets in Q4, 2011 in two nice colours: Black and White.

Read the official press-release.

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Sony Ericsson announces Xperia™ active

Max — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:50:49 +0000

Sony Ericsson announces Xperia™ active, previously known as ST17i. Xperia™ active, a compact smartphone targeting consumers with an active lifestyle. Do you remember well-known Sony Ericsson C702? Yeah-yeah! Xperia™ active is dust proof and water resistant and uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to ensure the phone works perfectly when either the screen or a user’s fingers are wet. ST17i features Google™ Android 2.3 OS, 3.0″ 16M colour 320 x 480 pixels touch-screen, 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, 3.5 mm audio jack, aGPS, Wi-Fi, etc. The phone sizes only 55 x 92 x 16.5 mm and weights 110.8 grams. Xperia™ active will be available globally in selected markets from Q3 2011.

White paper of this phone you can download here.

Read press-release of Xperia ray you can read here.

Meet the new Sony Ericsson txt

Max — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:17:52 +0000

Sony Ericsson today announces it’s new entertaining messaging phone with QWERTY-keyboard – Sony Ericsson txt also known as CK13i. Sony Ericsson txt is a sister phone to recently announced Sony Ericsson txt pro The phone is based on Sony Ericsson proprietary OS and features full QWERTY-keyboard, 2.6″ screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi™, 3.5 mm audio jack, etc. The phone sizes 106 x 60 x 14.5 mm and weights 95 grams. CK13i will be available globally in selected markets from Q3 2011 in four different colours: White, Black, Pink, Blue.

White paper of this phone you can download here.
Read press-release of Sony Ericsson txt you can read here.

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Sony Ericsson announces Xperia™ ray

Max — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:02:36 +0000

Sony Ericsson today announces Xperia™ ray previously known as ST18i -a stunning new smartphone with a 3.3” screen and the latest Android platform Gingerbread 2.3. The phone packs in a powerful 1Ghz processor, Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine, a 8.1mp camera with Exmor R™ for mobile and HD video functionality. At only 9.4mm thin, Xperia™ ray incorporates market leading design for which Sony Ericsson has become known. Xperia™ ray will be available globally in selected markets, including Japan, from Q3 2011 in four different colours: Black, Gold, White, Pink.

White paper of this phone you can download here.
Read press-release of Xperia™ ray you can read here.