[Breaking] Sony buys out Ericsson’s 50% share in Sony Ericsson

We’re still waiting for more information regarding this but Reuters reports that Sony has bought out Ericsson’s 50% share in the Sony Ericsson joint venture. Sony Ericsson has recently completed 10 years of the JV and started off making feature phones and the iconic Walkman , Cybershot series of devices.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray review

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray is one of the most intriguing smartphone I have ever used. This phone goes against the current trend of expensive larger screen smartphones with high-specs or small and fat smartphones with low-specs. So I found it refreshing when Sony Ericsson announced the XPERIA Ray, a small screen smartphone with a reasonably high specifications. For all intent and purpose, the XPERIA Ray is a midget version of the rather excellent XPERIA Arc. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray review”

Sony Ericsson CEO Prefers Android Over Windows Phone

For quite a while it had been rumored that Sony Ericsson is getting ready to use the Windows Phone platform for its mobile phones.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V up for pre-order at Rs. 17999

The Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V is now available for pre-order in India from LetsBuy. The phone was announced last month. It runs on 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) and has 3.7 inch (854 x 480 pixels) LCD TFT display with Mobile Bravia Engine, 5 Megapixel Auto focus camera with 720p HD video recording, front camera for video calling feature and HDMI-out. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V up for pre-order at Rs. 17999”

Lara Croft to make Android debut on Xperia Play

Keen on boosting the Xperia Play’s gaming credential, Sony Ericsson has today announced a partnership with Japanese video gaming developer and publisher Square Enix, to bring exclusive titles to the Xperia Play smartphone.

The first of such titles is Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a well received Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game, and will be released in November 2011. More established Square Enix hits will follow in the coming months. Continue reading “Lara Croft to make Android debut on Xperia Play”

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray now available in India for Rs. 18995

Sony Ericsson announced the new Android 2.3 phones Xperia ray and Xperia active in India at the end of last month. Flipkart announced the price of the phone last week but it was not available for pre-order. Now the Xperia ray is available from the online retail store LetsBuy. The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is just 9.4mm thick and comes with 3.3 inch (854 x 480 pixels) Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia ray now available in India for Rs. 18995”

Sony Ericsson Android update 2.3.4 with 3D sweep panorama hands-on

On Wednesday I attended a Sony Ericsson event where I had some hands-on time with new XPERIA ray and XPERIA arc S which has a beta version of Gingerbread 2.3.4 update. This update will bring about a number of improvements and features, including the ability to record still pictures in 3D.

As the name implies, the XPERIA arc S is a refresh of the XPERIA Arc. If you have read my review you would be aware by how impressed I am by the original arc. But I also questioned whether it would be able to withstand the onslaught of dual core flagships by Samsung and HTC. Well for better or worse, it is exactly the same device as the original Arc with a higher clock speed. It certainly feels speedy but so was the original Arc. It will ship with Android 2.3.4 and comes with Sony Ericsson 3D sweep panorama which I will touch on below. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Android update 2.3.4 with 3D sweep panorama hands-on”

Sony Ericsson announces Xperia arc S, coming in Q4

Sony Ericsson has announced their new Xperia arc Android smartphone. This has been upgraded from their previous Xperia arc and they claim that this has 25% faster camera start up and 20% faster web page rendering compared to Xperia arc. This runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and the it is powered by 1.4Ghz processor. It has 4.2 inch Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine and 8 MP camera with Exmor R image sensor. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson announces Xperia arc S, coming in Q4”

Sony Ericsson Android 2.3.4 update includes 3D sweep panorama, Google Talk

In addition to announcing the XPERIA neo V Android smartphone today, Sony Ericsson has announced details on the upcoming Android 2.3.4 update.

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SE Live with Walkman handset announced

Following in the footsteps of the Sony Ericsson W8 , the company has just unveiled a new budget Android based Walkman handset. The phone is powered by a 1Ghz processor with a 320MB of RAM. The screen is 3.2″ with the same disappointing HVGA resolution as the W8. The OS running the show here is Gingerbread along with the custom SE UI layer on top.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini ST15i up for pre-order at Rs. 13000

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini (ST15i) is now available for pre-order in India. This Android phone was announced this May and it runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS and has 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro was launched in India earlier this month. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini ST15i up for pre-order at Rs. 13000”

FIFA 12 coming to Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY


Sony Ericsson has announced that they have made limited time agreement with EA Mobile to offer FIFA 12 game optimized for Xperia PLAY. This would offer the Xperia PLAY owners to experience the FIFA 12 exclusively, before it comes to the Android Market. They launched Battlefield: Bad Company 2 last month.

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Sony Ericsson Txt Pro now available in India for Rs.7500

Sony Ericsson Txt Pro is now available in India. This phone was unveiled by Sony Ericsson this June that lets you stay connected with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and Google and it is also suitable for quick messaging and chatting, since it has slide out QWERTY keypad. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Txt Pro now available in India for Rs.7500”

Sony Ericsson launching smartphone with 3D display?

Sony Ericsson is one of the famous mobile phone companies in the world and they are offering a lot of good handsets, and most of their smartphones are Android powered. They launched number of devices earlier this year at MWC and we recently told you that they are working on another Android device, which will be known as Xperia Duo. It seems that Duo isn’t the only device SE is working on as SEMC Blog is reporting that according to a famous Chinese site, SE is working on a 3D phone which will be out next year and it will feature a 4.7 inch display, that’s huge, right? Continue reading “Sony Ericsson launching smartphone with 3D display?”