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O2 has finally green-lighted the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. According to the Telefónica-owned mobile operator, there were significant problems with the new firmware, causing the delay. Heck, even now things are not running smoothly and O2 suggests installing the new software with a caution – X10 may run slower…
While the U.S. may be the biggest smartphone market out there, and RIM’s foothold there is slipping, BlackBerry continues to be popular in the UK and Canada according to recent survey data. In Canada, BlackBerry has snatched 41% of the smartphone market, which is more or less in line with where RIM sat at the…
RIM made its debut in the Greenpaece Guide to Greener Electronics this month, and it’s not a good start. The maker of BlackBerry is dead last among other electronics manufacturers, including LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, and Apple. RIM gets a beating in the ratings for not providing external verification of its greenhouse gas emission…
Less than 100 hours ago we were tipped off about the release of an upcoming Sony Ericsson device called the Xperia Arc HD. As the name implies, it’s set to feature a screen with a 720p resolution, similar to the recently announced HTC Rezound and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Now we have images of the device,…
File this under “rumors” and “common sense” at the same time. Apparently Sony Ericsson is working on a new flagship handset that will rock a 720p screen (1280×720 pixels) a la Google Nexus Galaxy. What’s more, the forthcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD (or that’s just Sony Xperia Arc HD) is said to come with…
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…
Third-party phone retailer Phones4U has a great deal for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, offering the sexy smartphone for free with Orange’s 20.50 GBP per month plan. That money won’t get you too far though, but for some folks it could be a good enough solution – you get 200 voice minutes, 3,000 texts…
Sony Ericsson, the joint venture between one of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies and one of the leaders in both mobile and fixed infrastructure equipment, will cease to exist in early 2012. Today they’ve announced that Sony has decided to give Ericsson 1.05 billion Euros so that Sony Ericsson, or whatever it’ll end up…
Seriously, Sony Ericsson, it’s a miracle you have any fan sites these days and you just want to shut them down? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that you don’t make halfway decent phones – the Xperia Arc is OK, but how’s that stacking up against the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus, DROID RAZR or…
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,…