Sony Xperia Z1 Honami leaks again in clear images

Sony Xperia Z1 leak

The Xperia Z1 Honami had been leaked several times. Sony released the final teaser of the phone recently, ahead of the September 4th launch. Now more images of the phone has appeared in a Chinese site that are more clearer and offers more information about the device.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Honami leaks again in clear images”

LG Optimus G Pro vs Sony Xperia Z

LG Optimus G Pro is LG’s first Full HD smartphone and it comes with a 5.5inch display making it more phablet than phone. Sony’s first Full HD smartphone, Xperia Z comes with a 5inch display giving it a more compact body. Powerful quad-core Snapdragon processors power both the phones although the Optimus G Pro has newer generation processor.

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Lets check out how the phones fare against each other.

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets a major update, brings X-Reality for mobile finally

Sony Xperia Z Ultra 14.1.B.1.510 Update

Sony Mobile has started rolling out a new software update (v 14.1.B.1.510) for the Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) that brings lot of new features including the most expected X-Reality for mobile, support for one-handed text input in the international Xperia keyboard and lots more. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra got the first minor update from version 14.1.B.0.461 to 14.1.B.0.471 earlier this month. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets a major update, brings X-Reality for mobile finally”

Sony teases the Xperia Z1 Honami in a video ahead of September 4th announcement

Sony Xperia Z1 Teaser

Sony had been teasing their upcoming flagship smartphone codenamed Honami, now the company has released the official teaser video of the phone. In a blogpost titled “3…2….what comes next?” Sony has teased the name of the device, so the name of the device might be the Xperia Z1. Sony claims that this phone would be their best with the hash tag best of Sony in promotions and the teaser is titled “The best of Sony is about to get even better”. Continue reading “Sony teases the Xperia Z1 Honami in a video ahead of September 4th announcement”

Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S get a new update with performance and stability improvements

Sony Xperia S Software update

Sony Mobile has announced that they have started rolling out a new software update (v6.2.B.1.96) for the Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S that brings lot of performance and stability tweaks / improvements. Sony says that they have received lot of feed back regarding issues in the recent Android 4.1 build that started rolling out back in May. Sony announced the list of high-end devices that would get the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update and promised that they would roll out the updates faster. Continue reading “Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S get a new update with performance and stability improvements”

Sony Xperia Z Ultra Review

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Every once in a while we come across a product that is a bit ahead of the curve or perhaps such a niche that it is hard to accept it in its current incarnation. The Xperia Z Ultra while not exactly revolutionary, does have the inklings of what might be come the future of smart computing. But is it good enough to convince us ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra Review”

Sony Wireless NFC Speaker SRS-BTV5 Unboxing

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Sony has always been known for making audio accessories for its TVs and home entertainment systems, and to an extent, even for its yesteryear Walkman series of phones but it gradually reduced until recently when they released smartphone focused accessories. These devices were launched to complement the new Xperia smartphones that come with the built-in NFC functionality. One of those accessories launched is the Sony Wireless NFC speaker codenamed SRS-BTV5(priced at Rs. 3,990) that works with any smartphone with Bluetooth A2DP. We got the cyan version of this spherically shaped wireless speaker and unboxed it for a video demo, watch it –

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 vs Sony Xperia Z

Sony used to be one of the innovators in the mobile industry until Samsung took over the Android smartphones campaign. Ever since, Sony has been struggling to make a mark in the market. Sony’s flagships have always been short of the competition, but Sony realized that quite soon and was one of the first to bring 5inch Full HD displays to the market with their Xperia Z.

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Sony Honami Mini rumored specs surface, 4.3 inch display and 20 MP camera

Sony Honami is probably the most awaited Sony smartphone now and with IFA just around the corner, we have nearly all the information about Sony’s upcoming flagship camera smartphone. The Sony Honami has leaked various times suggesting its specifications and its G lens 20.7MP camera along with Bionz Image processor. Today, we have rumored specifications of its brother, the Sony Honami Mini .

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Sony Honami could come with 4K video recording reveals leaked slide

Sony Honami has been going around the internet for quite some time now and we will have to wait for another couple of weeks before it goes official just before the IFA. We have been hearing various things about this Sony flagship that is expected to take Sony forward in the race for the best smartphone camera.

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Sony Xperia M now available in India for Rs. 12990


Sony Xperia M that was announced back in June, is now available in India from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8227 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and 720p HD video recording and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has LED illuminations for notification and NFC connectivity for one-touch functions. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M now available in India for Rs. 12990”

Sony’s Lens Camera leak shows off external lens attachment on a Xperia Honami

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Sony has been known for its innovative attempts at consumer technology, but the leak you see above takes it to a whole new level. What you see, is a Sony Lens Camera. It’s a lens, and a camera, yet it doesn’t have a viewfinder like a normal camera. This is where the Xperia i1 Honami comes in, acting as a wireless viewfinder to the Sony Lens. This crazy contraption is actually inspired(?) from a critically acclaimed Wireless ViewFinder Interchangeble lens(WVIL) camera concept shown off by a company called Artefact, way back at CES 2011. Here’s a video demo, to help you ease you into the concept of a wireless viewfinder lens camera –

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Sony Media apps update now rolling out globally for select Xperia devices

Sony Media Apps update

Sony Mobile has announced that they have started to roll out an update to the Sony Media apps, WALKMAN, Album and Movies that brings lot of new features including integraded cloud services. Other features include, better playback, Clear Audio+ presents and social features for the WALKMAN app, Recall Playback and Favorites feature in the Album, option to resume playback from the paused location and a revamped UI for the Movies app.

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Sony Xperia Honami new images and camera UI leaks out

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Sony Xperia Honami is expected to be the company’s next flagship model and the distinguishing feature on this device is expected to be its 20MP camera. A live picture of the Honami’s camera UI has leaked on the internet along with fresh images of the device. Rumors of the 20-megapixel camera phone surfaced back in April.  The new leak shows ‘X’ placeholders for the camera specs (resolution and focal length). Continue reading “Sony Xperia Honami new images and camera UI leaks out”

Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets its first software update

Sony Xperia Z Ultra 14.1.B.0.471 Update

Sony Mobile has started rolling out the first firmware update v14.1.B.0.471 for the recently launched Xperia Z Ultra (C6802). The stock firmware is 14.1.B.0.461, so this might be a minor change. The baseband version and the kernel version has a minor change. The new firmware has a build date of July 19th. There is no changelog so this might be a an update to fix some bugs and improve the performance of the device. We did not notice any changes or any new apps on the device after the update. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets its first software update”