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Sony Ericsson has just announced LiveView, a 1.3 inch OLED screen that uses Bluetooth technology to pair with Android devices and gives users the ability to do things such as view missed calls, text messages, Facebook and Twitter updates, even RSS. It’s coming out in Q4 of this year, and no price point has been…
It’s not really much of a surprise but Sony Ericsson said it is not working on any more Symbian devices in the near future. The handset maker will likely focus on Android to help it claw its way back into the top rungs of the market. “We have no plans for the time being to…
Fans and owners of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 have some gloomy news to wake up to this morning: the Android 2.1, or Eclair, update has been delayed. This means your smartphone will continue rocking an antiquated version of the Google platform for another month or so. Yes, I know you’re upset but you did…
If you’ve written off Sony Ericsson this past year due to the underwhelming Xperia 10 and the mini versions that followed, it might be worth waiting to see what the company has in store. CEO Bert Nordberg was asked about how he would compare SE products with BlackBerry and iPhone, and while Nordberg was candid…
Sony Ericsson fans were probably sorely disappointed when the Xperia X10 finally hit the states, but was sporting Android 1.6 — well behind all the newer, hotter Android handsets. After all, the X10 was announced last November and seemed to have all the time in the world before its recent launch. A leaked roadmap for…
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is one incredibly sexy Android device but it’s been under fire for quite a few spec-sheet omissions. From missing multitouch capabilities to Android OS upgrades, the handset feels somewhat dated in its functionality, but some of those issues may be coming to an end sometime soon. A video of the…
Symbian-powered Sony Ericsson Vivaz and Vivaz Pro just got an improved user interface thanks to Sony Ericsson’s partnership with SPB Software. As you may know, SPB has been working on its SPB Mobile Shell UI for quite some time now, ever since they noticed the user experience on Windows Mobile sucks. In the meantime, they’ve…
Sony Ericsson is aiming high, as the company said it wants to be the world’s biggest supplier of Android phones. It has its work cut out for it. Sony Ericsson said it has about 17% of the Android market, although it didn’t cite the sources. We’re not huge fans of its Xperia lineup but these…
I know many of the Xperia X10 (whether the original, Mini or Mini Pro) smartphone owners keep asking – WHEN? When will Sony Ericsson finally release the Android 2.1 and hopefully soon afterwards the 2.2 Froyo update for its devices? We don’t know the latter, but regarding the former, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker used its…
Sony Ericsson will launch the A8i handset for the largest carrier in the most heavily populated place on the planet. China Mobile will be home to Sony Ericsson’s first TD-SCDMA smartphone, the A8i, and will be featuring the carrier’s OMS (Open Mobile System) 2.0 platform, which uses Google’s code and is like the Chinese version…