Category: Sony

Sony Smart Tennis Sensor announced, lets you track tennis racket swings on your smartphone

Sony Smart Tennis Sensor

Sony unveiled a tennis racket sensor at the CES 2014 earlier this month, now the company has officially announced the Smart Tennis Sensor (SSE-TN1) that would help you improve your tennis racket swing. This latches on to the bottom of your tennis racket and connects to your smartphone over Bluetooth to send data about your swing. This lets you immediately analyze the shot using the dedicated Smart Tennis Sensor application on your iPhone or Android. Continue reading “Sony Smart Tennis Sensor announced, lets you track tennis racket swings on your smartphone”

Sony Xperia E1 with 1.2Ghz dual core processor, 4inch WVGA display announced

Sony Xperia E1

Sony’s brand new launch, the Xperia E1 is its latest entrant into the mid range segment. Aimed at competing in the entry level, budget segment, the Xperia E1 is the successor to the fairly popular Xperia E that was launched last year.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia E1 with 1.2Ghz dual core processor, 4inch WVGA display announced”

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra and T2 Ultra dual with 6-inch 720p display, 13MP camera announced

Sony Xperia T2 Ultra

Sony Mobile has announced the Xperia T2 Ultra and its dual SIM variant, the Xperia T2 Ultra dual. These have a 6” (1280 x 720 pixels) HD TRILUMINOS Display for mobile with X-Reality picture engine, powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). These pack a 13-megapixel rear camera Sony Exmor RS sensor, LED flash and 1080p video recording and a 1.1-megapixel HD front-facing camera with Sony Exmor R sensor.

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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact price revealed for UK, coming mid-February

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Sony Xperia Z1 compact that was unveiled at the CES 2014, has been priced in the UK. Clove UK has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone in UK.  The Xperia Z1 Compact is the Global variant of the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) that bring all the Xperia Z1 features in a compact form factor. It has a bright 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact price revealed for UK, coming mid-February”

Sony Xperia Z1s Hands on

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Sony launched their current flagship – Sony Xperia Z1 in September, 2013 during IFA and it has been the company’s flagship till now. Last year at CES 2013, Sony had announced their twin flagships – Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, and hence we expected there was some speculation that Sony will be unveiling something in the smartphone category at CES 2014. We were right, they did announce a smartphone with top of the line specifications, but it isn’t exactly the company’s flagship. They announced the Sony Xperia Z1s or Xperia Z1 for T-Mobile which is the entire Sony Xperia Z1 package. Check out our hands on video with the Sony Xperia Z1s right below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1s Hands on”

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Hands On

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Sony unveiled the Xperia Z1 compact, the smaller version of their flagship Xperia Z1 at the CES earlier this week. We already brought you the live images of the Xperia Z1 Compact yesterday, here we have the hands-on video of the smartphone. The phone has the same solid build with single aluminium frame with tempered glass on the front and back that we had seen on the Xperia Z1. It has a smaller, 4.3-inch 720p  Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine. Check out the hands on video below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Hands On”

Sony SmartBand new SmartWear with removable core unit announced

Sony Smart Band

Sony has just announced SmartBand (SWR10), their first SmartWear that lets you record your activities. It is light and flexible and comes with a removable core unit. It connects to your smartphone over Bluetooth, using the Lifelog application on Android. The SmartBand also lets you track of entertainment and information.

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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Live Images

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact-1

Sony unveiled the Z1 Compact, a mini version of the Xperia Z1 at the CES 2014 earlier today. We could not get our hands on the device, but here are some live images of the device. The Xperia Z1 Compact is the Global variant of the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) for NTT Docomo. It has a bright 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Live Images”

Sony Xperia Z1s with 5-inch 1080p display announced exclusively for T-Mobile in the U.S

Sony Xperia Z1s

Sony Mobile has announced that they would bring Xperia Z1S, the US variant of the flagship waterproof, the Xperia Z1 exclusively for  T-Mobile in U.S. It has the same specifications of the Z1, including a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1s with 5-inch 1080p display announced exclusively for T-Mobile in the U.S”

Sony SBH-80 Stereo Bluetooth Wireless headset with NFC announced

Sony SBH-80

Sony has announced their new Stereo Bluetooth headset, SBH-80 at the CES 2014. It has a stylish and splash proof neckband-style design, supports NFC, HD Voice and aptX, and features has controls for music and hands-free call handling. Continue reading “Sony SBH-80 Stereo Bluetooth Wireless headset with NFC announced”

Sony Xperia Z1 compact with 4.3-inch 720p display, 20.7 MP camera announced

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

At their CES keynote, Sony has just announced a brand new device that brings flagship level features in a much smaller shell. Called the Sony Xperia Z1 compact, the smartphone is practically the same as the Z1 internally but the difference lies in how much smaller it is now. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 compact with 4.3-inch 720p display, 20.7 MP camera announced”

Sony schedules an event on January 14th in China, Xperia Z1 mini expected

Sony Jan 14th Invite China

Sony would unveil a host of home appliances, gadgets and mobile devices at the International CES next week. Sony China has set a press event in China on January 14th 2014. Even though the press invite doesn’t reveal much details , the colors in the Sony China invite shows Lime, Black, White and Pink, similar to the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F), the Japanese variant of the Z1 mini that was released for NTT Docomo last year. Continue reading “Sony schedules an event on January 14th in China, Xperia Z1 mini expected”

Sony Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 dual spotted at FCC

 Sony Xperia E1 and E1 Dual FCC

Sony is preparing successors for last year’s Xperia E and E dual. The Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 dual has cleared FCC, as spotted by Xperia Blog. Codenames of upcoming Sony smartphones – D200X (D2004, D2005) and D210X (D2104, D2105) appeared online recently, and these upcoming Xperia smartphones have codes names Falcon SS (D200X) and Falcon DS (D210X), respectively, as mentioned on the FCC. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 dual spotted at FCC”

Sony launches My Cloud app for Android devices

Sony MyCloud

Taking a break from the usual routine of releasing smartphones, Sony is now launching an Android app – My Cloud. Sony’s My Cloud application hopes to be your one stop app for connecting all your cloud accounts. At launch, Sony’s My Cloud application lets you connect with three services – DropBox, Box and Tonido. Continue reading “Sony launches My Cloud app for Android devices”

Sony launches 2 in 1 Dual Connector USB Drive for smartphones and tablets in India

Sony has announced and launched a very interesting USB storage device that can connect to both PCs and Smartphones. In the days where smartphone storage is becoming increasingly insufficient, Sony has launched a USB device with microUSB port on side and a regular USB port on the other. The tiny device can be used as an external storage for smartphones. Earlier this year, we unboxed a similar Verbatim USB OTG drive and Sony has followed in the footsteps of Verbatim, but have greatly reduced the size of the device making it very compact and easy to use.

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