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Kazuo Hirai named new Sony CEO
Kazuo Hirai has replaced Howard Stringer as the CEO of Sony and it will be interesting to see how big a role mobile will play under his leadership, especially now that Sony is poised to completely take over the Sony Ericsson phone-making business. “I believe his tough-mindedness and leadership skills will be of great benefit to the company and its customers in the months and years ahead. I look forward to helping Kaz in every way I can so that succession leads inevitably to success,” Stringer said in a prepared … Read more
Marin Perez
European Commission greenlights Sony’s acquisition of Ericsson’s stake in Sony Ericsson
The European Commission has nothing against Sony’s acquisition of Ericsson’s stake in the joint-venture (Sony Ericsson). As far as Europeans are concerned, the Japanese giant can pay its former partner $1.05 billion and start selling its own branded phones on the old continent. Big transactions like these are always a subject to regulatory approval to protect the competition. Sony Ericsson is far from dominating the market, which at the moment sees such companies as Samsung, HTC, LG and Motorola competing for the users’ hearts, minds and ultimately wallets. The first … Read more
Dusan Belic
Sony Ericsson ST25i Kumquat to be announced next month as the Xperia U
Earlier this week we saw an image of a devilishly handsome Sony Ericsson device called the ST25i “Kumquat” hit the internet. It looks exactly like the Sony Ericsson Xperia S that was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month, except that it has a 3.5 inch screen instead of a 4.3 inch screen. Under the hood you’re looking at a 1 GHz dual core processor, 5 megapixel rear facing camera, and while that 3.5 screen isn’t going to be pushing 720p like today’s Android superphones, it’s going to … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
Kristen Schaal is back with a new ad for an old phone – Xperia Play
Kristen Schaal is back to show the world how she plays Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 with the Xperia Play in a new ad. Still, it’s a bit hard to sit back and watch new ads for essentially the same phone that was saw back in May of 2011. It’s a bit hard to really try to figure out what’s going on with Sony and the future of the Play. To say that the Xperia Play was a little underwhelming is a lot of an understatement, as the world was expecting … Read more
Blake Stimac
Sony shows off next gen image CMOS for future cameraphones
If you thought the current crop of cameras in smartphones are good, then you probably can’t wait to see what the next generation of devices will have with the just-introduced image CMOS sensors from Sony. The main appeal of the new back-illuminated CMOS image sensors is that it will be able to fit into even thinner form factors. With devices like the Droid Razr pushing the limit on how thin smartphones can be, we’ll definitely be needing CMOS image sensors which can fit into thinner devices. Sony also pointed out … Read more
Marin Perez
Sony Ericsson Q4 2011 financial results: 6 million smartphones shipped, $266 million in the red
Sony Ericsson has just posted their Q4 2011 financial results and boy they’re not pretty. The company managed to lose 207 million Euros during the last three months of 2011, which translates to roughly $266 million. They shipped 9 million mobile phones, down 20% from the same quarter last year, and down 5% from Q3 2011. How the hell do you sell fewer devices during the holiday quarter? Anyway, while Sony Ericsson doesn’t specifically mention how many smartphones they sold, we do have two important data points. In their Q3 … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
CES 2012: Sony Xperia S hands-on [Video]
The Sony Xperia S was introduced at CES 2012 and we had a chance to take this gorgeous phone out for a spin. As you can see from the video below, the Sony Xperia S has a unique design in that there’s a clear strip at the base of the phone underneath the standard Android buttons. I’m not sure how clearly it came out in the video below but if take a look at the right angles, you’ll notice a grid pattern. That’s actually the antenna for the device and … Read more
Marin Perez
CES 2012: Sony Xperia Ion hands-on [Video]
We’re at CES 2012 and Sony just announced its first 4G LTE handset and the Xperia Ion will be coming exclusively to AT&T within a few months. Let’s take a look at it and see if you should get excited. The Xperia Ion hits all the major check boxes for a high-end smartphone. You want a 4.6-inch, 720p HD screen? It has that. A 12-megapixel camera with a super-fast shutter lag? Check. It also has the capability to utilize AT&T’s blazing-fast 4G LTE network and this really changes the way … Read more
Marin Perez
CES 2012: Sony intros Xperia ion, Xperia S smartphone
Sony likes to make a big splash at CES and the 2012 conference is no different, as it introduced a bevy of new products including two new Xperia smartphones. As you may know, Sony is buying out Sony Ericsson to make mobile devices a bigger part of its brand and we already heard about the Xperia ion earlier this morning. Coming exclusively to AT&T, this is the first LTE smartphone from Sony and it has a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, a 4.6-inch 1280 x 720 screen, HDMI-out support, a 12-megapixel … Read more
Marin Perez
AT&T announces six new Android-based 4G devices
AT&T rounded out its CES presentation with the announcement of six new Android handsets including the: Sony Xperia Ion: a high-end handset that’ll launch in Q2 2012 Samsung Skyrocket HD: another high-end handset in the Galaxy S2 lineup Samsung Galaxy Note, the phone-tablet with a custom stylus/pen. The Note will be available in blue or white. Pantech Element: a budget 4G tablet. Pantech Burst: Available for less than $50. Samsung Exhilarate: a sustainable handset that’ll retail for less than $50. For a limited time, customers can get the Pantech Element tablet and the Burst handset for … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Sony Ericsson to unveil “something big” next week; Xperia Arc HD?
Sony Ericsson has turned to social media (Google+ and Facebook) to prepare the world for “something big” that the company will announce next week at CES in Las Vegas. While the handset maker is naturally quiet about its plans, it did share an image of covered device which we think hides the Xperia Arc HD aka Nozomi, the one that we’ve already seen in the wild before. In any case, we do look forward to see Sony Ericsson announcing its first smartphone with dual-core processor and also its first device … Read more