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The Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has a new sibling. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini has arrived at Rogers for all to see. The mini, which packs Android 1.6 (for now, a rumored upgrade to 2.1 is supposedly coming in Q4), a 2.6″ QVGA touchscreen display (240×320), WiFi, GPS, 5 megapixel camera with LED…
I’ve had the weekend to play with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro, and am so far pretty happy with it. There’s a lot that I’ll save for the full-blown review later this week, but here’s a quick warm-up. The X10 Mini Pro’s software is miles better than the original, larger Xperia X10. It…
When the economy took a steep nosedive in the fall of 2008, lots of manufacturers and companies announced restructurings and layoffs. One of them was Sony Ericsson, where 4,000 employees left the company or were let go during the downturn. It has been nearly two years since the start of the company’s restructuring, and Sony…
Sony Ericsson posted their second quarter financial results today, and things are looking up, mostly to the Xperia X10 and Vivaz, says CEO Bert Nordberg. Sales were up 25% from last quarter (which was also profitable), and 4% since last year, having shipped 11 million units since April. Pre-tax income for Q2 2010 was 63…
If you’re looking for an Android device, and live north-of-the-border (yes, Canadians I’m talking to you), Rogers has lowered the price on some very powerful Android-powered handsets… and more. The scoop? Here are the price drops: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is now available for $99.99 on a 3-year contract (previously $149.99) The Acer Liquid…
Good news for the Sony Ericsson Vivaz and Satio (Idou) owners. The Swedish-Japanese handset maker has teamed up with Fishlabs to make Rally Master Pro available as a free download. That’s actually in case you already don’t have the game pre-installed on your device, since it’s included as part of the latest firmware version. If…
Coinciding nicely with an ABI report last week, infrastructure giant Ericsson has revealed the the number of mobile subscribers has hit 5 billion as of yesterday. The same study claims 2 million additions are made every day, more than 500 million of those subscribers are on 3G, and by their forecast, we should hit 50…
I have good and bad news to share for all the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 owners out there. The good news is that your beloved device got a new firmware update. The bad one is that Android 2.1 is not part of the mix. Before you go nuts let me reassure you that it’s still…
If you’ve been a huge fan of Sony Ericsson’s Android UX with Timescape and Mediascape, but you weren’t too keen on the enormous Xperia X10, you’ll be glad to know that the Mini Pro version is out now. That’s right, nearly everything you wanted in the original X10, miniaturized. Sony Ericsson touts this as the…
If you’re the owner of an HTC Desire (or any AMOLED display that isn’t the Super AMOLED display), you may have the problem shown in the video below: It’s pretty much unreadable in direct sunlight. Well, Samsung hopes to change those woes with their Super AMOLED screens, giving a brighter, crisper, thinner screen that can…