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Sony Ericsson released small firmware updates for two of its smartphones – Xperia Arc and Xperia Play. It’s not the Android core update — two phones will keep running Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread — rather it will affect Sony Ericsson’s own software that runs on top of Google’s mobile OS. More precisely, once your phones get…
Hunting around for an iPhone 5 release date? A bunch of dates from Telus have leaked, revealing that Canada is getting the iPhone 5 on October 1. At best, we have an idea of what it might look like, but any other info on the device itself is still the subject of speculation. That same…
It seems Sony Ericsson is working on another single-core Android smartphone, codenamed MT11i. The lack of “K” usually means the phone won’t come with any sort of physical keyboard, relying only on a touchscreen for all the input. Aside from the phone’s codename, which we got from IT168 — and they got it from the…
On the heels of the Music Unlimited launch, Sony is bringing its Qriocity video service to select Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphones. The phased launch will start on August 1st, allowing users to buy and/or rent movies and TV shows from NBC, Universal, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and Warner Bros, as well as…
Aside from making an array of mobile phones — from entry-level feature phones for the emerging markets to high-end smartphone like the Galaxy S II — Samsung also offers mobile accessories. One of their accessories is the newly launched HM1200 Mono Bluetooth headset, which is touted as an “easy-to-use mono Bluetooth headset that provides outstanding…
Sony Ericsson announced that Yoshihisa (Bob) Ishida will be joining the company as Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President with effect from 1 September. At the same time, Rikko Sakaguchi will be leaving Sony Ericsson to take up a position at Sony Corporation. Bob will be based at Sony Ericsson’s R&D facility in Lund, Sweden…
Sony Ericsson opened a Research and Development (R&D) operation center in Beijing, China. At the same time, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker has also extended its partnership with Suning, one of the leading retailers in China, to work together to drive further adoption of Sony Ericsson’s smartphones across the world’s most populous country. And that’s about…
We caught our first glimpse of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc at CES 2011, and I remember thinking, “Finally! A decent Android device from Sony Ericsson, and hopefully it won’t take ages to hit the market.” A short seven months later and it’s going to hit U.S. customers. This August, you can grab the Xperia…
Sony Ericsson has finally released the Gingerbread update for the Xperia X10. As you can imagine, the new software packs a ton of changes including: Facebook inside Xperia – a series of integrations of Facebook into your multimedia apps, phonebook and calendar Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot and USB tethering support Music player with equalizer New photo…
If you’re one of those folks living an “active” lifestyle, you may like Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Active smartphone. The device is specially made to allow users to quickly track their outdoor activities such as running, biking and so on. In that sense, it comes with a number of pre-installed apps, as well as sensors needed…