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Sony Ericsson has released a new application for the Xperia X10 called Panorama, which — as you can imagine — allows users to take panoramic photos with their smartphones. The official description goes like this: This application gives you an easy panoramic photo experience on your Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 phone, and works in firmware…
Sony Ericsson is extending its “brand ambassador” agreement with tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. Denmark’s world number one began the cooperation with the Swedish-Japanese handset maker in 2007 and has now renewed the deal, extending the partnership to 2013. As part of the plan, Wozniacki will take part in the Sony Ericsson events, and also wear…
Remember that Facebook competition Sony Ericsson organized to get names for two of its upcoming phones? Well we now know how the two phones are called. The first of the two is the Mix Walkman and it’s obviously a music-centric device with some neat features. One of them, called Zappin, lets users browse through songs…
One of the two upcoming Android Honeycomb tablets from Sony, the S1, has passed through the FCC. The 9.4 inch tablet looks to have all the bells and whistles we’ve come to expect from it, but this time around it’s toting AT&T bands and HSPA+ support. While having AT&T support within one of the models…
Some shots of an upcoming Sony Ericsson handset, code-named the Urushi ST18i, have bubbled up, alongside some general specs. The style of the hardware keys follow closely in what we’ve seen in the next generation of Sony Ericsson’s Mini phones, . The Urushi will have a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and 3.2-inch 854 x 480…
Good news for the Vodafone customers owning the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc or Xperia PLAY. The Big Red carrier is now offering the Android 2.3.3 update for both devices. It’s not a major feature update, but definitely one everyone should install. Included in this firmware release are a number of fixes and improvements, including improved…
Sony Ericsson announced that Tommi Laine-Ylijoki has joined the company as Corporate Vice President and Head of Operations, reporting to President and CEO Bert Nordberg, from his new office in Lund, Sweden. Tommi joins the Swedish-Japanese handset maker from Nokia Oyj where his last post was Vice President of Materials Management. In total, Tommi Laine-Ylijoki…
Those of you prone to storing files in the cloud will probably be familiar with Dropbox. They’ve made apps for Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry, letting you upload, download, and share files stored in your personal locker from your phone. Recently, they’ve announced that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Xperia Play would come preloaded with…
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 for AT&T is now being brought up to speed with Android 2.1 Eclair. Perhaps Xperia X10 owners had resigned themselves to an antiquated version of Android, with hopes of upgrading hardware being the only option if they really wanted a later version of the operating system. It must be exciting…
This week was so jam-packed full of news that I can’t wait to have Memorial Day off to recover. Google Wallet was introduced and it could change the way we pay for goods, Microsoft unwrapped the details of Windows Phone Mango and Verizon had a big week with the release of four high-quality smartphones on…