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If you own the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, you may be frustrated by the limited number of available games optimized for your phone’s built-in gamepad. While Sony Ericsson (now just Sony) tried its best to convince many major publishers to release such titles, the fact is that most games rely exclusively on touchscreen controls. Enter…
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…
Here’s a scenario – let’s say you own the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and also some solid Honeycomb tablet. Don’t you want to use your smartphone’s gamepad to play games on a tablet’s bigger screen? Yeah you do want the capability and now you can have it. The name of the application is DroidMote and…
We don’t usually get much smartphone-related news from Cellcom, the Wisconsin-based regional carrier. Today we’re glad to say they’ve spiced up their offering just in time for the Christmas shopping season. However, you shouldn’t expect the very best phones from them — after all they don’t actually compete with the big boys like Verizon, AT&T,…
Sony Ericsson is now pushing the Android 2.3.4 update for most of its Xperia phones sold all around the world. The new software is released for the following Sony Ericsson devices: Xperia arc, Xperia PLAY, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro, Xperia ray, Xperia active, Xperia neo V, Xperia arc S and…
Sony Ericsson confirmed that all of its 2011 smartphones will get Android 4.0. The Dutch arm of the Swedish-Japanese handset maker turned to Facebook to announce the news, which will affect a number of devices such as Xperia Play, neo, neo V, mini, mini pro, Ray, Pro, active, arc and arc S. In other words,…
Sony Ericsson and Electronic Arts just announced some great news for all you Xperia Play owners out there. The two companies have put together an exclusive offer called “Get in the Game,” which gives users special access to four top notch EA game titles. The games available for free download include: Battlefield Bad Company 2…
If you ever thought to grab the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, now’s your chance to do so. Simply put, there are no excuses any more, with Argos asking 179 GBP (about $275) for the unlocked (SIM-free) device. We’re not sure what to take from it. It could be that the first PlayStation certified smartphone isn’t…
For some reason some versions of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play don’t come with the built-in capability to record HD videos, even though the phone rocks a pretty fast 1GHz processor that we know is capable for such things. No more, as the Swedish-Japanese handset maker decided to change that by releasing a brand new…
As part of a plan to make its game-centric Xperia Play smartphone more appealing, Sony Ericsson has struck an exclusive launch deal with Tozai Games for their Lode Runner X. The remake of the legendary game will be available “from November 2011” on Xperia PLAY and “other Xperia devices,” while the rest of the Android…