The European Commission has approved the sales of Ericsson’s share in joint venture Sony Ericsson to Sony as of January 26, 2012. This paves the way for upcoming phones to be branded under the ‘Sony’ badge/ logotype. It has been roughly 11 years since the joint venture and it has been a interesting experience with models such as T68, K750, P900. Sony Ericsson is no more and should be phased out by June 2012.

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Sony Ericsson/Sony will announce today “Smart Watch”, which will be branded with a “Sony” badge. This device is indeed the successor to the Live View that Sony Ericsson launched last year and will most likely be dubbed “Live View ” by media and such. With just a few hours before announcement The Verge got hold of picture showing the device. In this pic the accessory is branded with Sony Ericsson, which our source tell us is because its a prototype and when launched in markets will have Sony brand name.

Picture Source: The Verge

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Sony and Sony Ericsson will announced Xperia™ S and Xperia™ Ion devices. The Xperia S is the Nozomi that we have seen thus far. Xperia™ Ion has a 4.6 inch display.

Update

At this moment it is unclear which model correlates to Xperia™ Ion , but from the screen size we may come to the conclusion that it is LT28at. But it is not, if we take the info we got on the brand name placement and also that the LT28at was rumoured to have a 5 inch display. Our Source went further on to say that the Xperia™ Ion has brand name “Sony” below the screen while LT26i (Nozomi) has name “Sony” upside the screen. Still this is unclear if the phones will have both Sony Ericsson and Sony branding on them. The gist is that we will see two phones being revealed On Monday. Also smart things are expected to be announced such as a watch, wireless headset. We can’t wait for the announcement, just 2 days to go.

Update 2
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ Ion is apparently AT&T branded. Model is indeed LT28at. We will know all tomorrow.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia™ HD is set to be announced at CES Las Vegas next week as rumors suggest. This will supposedly be one of the flagships for Sony Ericsson this year. These new pictures include a comparison with the Xperia™ Arc S, though to my opinion the Arc S stands out. It is now confirmed that the model LT26i (Xperia HD) will have 3.5 mm jack at the top of the device which should be a pleasure for music lovers like myself. Android OS 2.3.7 is running on this dual core HD pumping beast in the picture. It is unclear if the device will be launched with Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) or Gingerbread then update later to ICS. Are you Looking forward to the Xperia’s? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section.

Specification (Unofficial) Overview

1. Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread
2. 4.3″ LCD display HD res (1280 x 720 pixels)
3. 12 megapixel camera with FullHD video recording
4. 1.5GHz Dualcore Qualcomm Scorpion CPU with Adreno 220 GPU
5. 1GB of RAM
6. 16GB or 32GB Onboard Storage
7. Front facing camera
8. micro-SIM
9. micro-usb and HDMI port

Source: ITPro Portal

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Sony Ericsson as 1 upped other android OEM’s in the last few days with availability of a ice cream sandwich alpha ROM for select Xperia™ phones. This shows the continued support that the company has for developers. The alpha ROM can be loaded onto Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo V and Xperia™ ray.

This ROM is strictly targeting advanced developers, and it will not work for ordinary everyday usage, as it only has a limited set of features working (you can for example not make any phone calls). Several more legal and usage conditions apply

If you are developer visit the blog below for more info:
Developer Blog

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A new Sony Ericsson Xperia model possibly the real LT22 (Nypon) showed up courtesy of Xperia Blog. As I said yesterday that the pic that leaked yesterday may or may not be the Nypon. While the pictures form yesterday might just be a fan made concept, the specs were not. In this new pic the model looks like the LT26i (Nozomi) with a few differences and in spec and placement of front facing camera. Take a look at the new picture and read here. This one is quite the looker and please note this may not be the nypon.

Rumoured Specs

1. 1GHz dual-core U8500 chipset from ST-Ericsson
2. 4-inch qHD (540 x 960) display
3. 8MP Exmor R camera
4. 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM
5. Android Gingerbread on launch and upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich later

Source: Xperia Blog

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What we have here are two pics allegedly showing a Sony branded Xperia™ phone which may or may not be the rumoured LT22 code-name Nyphon. So we might be seeing Sony branded devices very soon. Sony Ericsson allegedly will be phased out by June 2012 where thereafter all phones will be Sony branded. Take a gander at the pics and tell us what you think.

Rumoured Specs

1. 1GHz dual-core U8500 chipset from ST-Ericsson
2. 4-inch qHD display
3. 8MP Exmor R camera
4. 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM
5. Android Gingerbread on launch and upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich later

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Each week the leaks keep getting better and this week no exception; Sony Ericsson LT26i Nozomi high-res pics got revealed by GSM Arena. From the pictures we can conclude that Nozomi is a looker though the white version leaked earlier seems to be better aesthetically. With all these leaks one can tell a announcement is upon us most likely at CES next month and a realease thereafter around March sounds just about right.

At a glance we see there is a New Xperia UI design. Among other things Nozomi will sport Android OS 2.3.5 Gingerbread at launch with a possible update to Ice Cream sandwich thereafter. Three capacitive buttons above the thin white strip (Notification LED) are present where the three dots are. Nozomi does not have mircoSD or a user-removable battery and it supports micro-SIM, micro-usb and HDMI port.

Specification (Unofficial) Overview

1. Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread
2. 4.3″ LCD display HD res (1280 x 720 pixels)
3. 12 megapixel camera with FullHD video recording
4. 1.5GHz Dualcore Qualcomm Scorpion CPU with Adreno 220 GPU
5. 1GB of RAM
6. 16GB or 32GB Onboard Storage
7. Front facing camera

Source: GSM Arena

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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

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Sony Ericsson 2012 flagship code named Nozomi has been leaked with pictures which confirms previous rumors around the web. It allegedly slated for a February announcement at MWC and a release in March thereafter. As you can see with the pictures below, the device is button-less at the front and there is a clear piece at the bottom of the phone that’s different from the rest of the Body. We reckon that this part will function as a notification LED. The device make come with Ice Cream Sandwich at launch or updated shortly after. In the pictures Nozomi is running the 2.3.5 version of Android OS. It is also a possibility that this Xperia™ device will be re-branded as Sony and we won’t devices built/developed fully by Sony themselves until Q3 2012. Tell us what you think about the device, will you pass on it or wait till Sony in house devices are released.

Rumored Specs:

• 1.5 Dual Core CPU
• 4.3′ Inch 1280×720 screen (320 DPI)
• 1 GB RAM
• Shoot full-res stills and 1080p video simultaneously
• Front facing camera
• Running Gingerbread 2.3.5

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