Category: Sony Ericsson (Android)
O2 hit a few niggles with their Xperia PLAY and decided to iron out some bugs first. They’ve now announced that the phone will be arriving at the start of June. Although other networks are already selling this gaming handset, O2 seem to have found some bugs and …
Sony have just announced two new Android tablets, one looking like a traditional tablet and the other looking very much like a Nintendo DS with dual screen design. The full press release with images has been released and can be found below. Sony Announces Optimally Designed “Sony Tablet” …
The Sony Ericsson Q1 results are out and, by the looks of it, Android has played a huge part in their fortunes. Although the first quarter of 2011 saw less phones shipping (8.1 million instead of 11.2 million), they made a greater margin per phone. President & CEO …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is now showing on the O2 website. You can buy it on Pay & Go for £359.99, which seems like a pretty good deal. If you’re after a contract then you can grab it for nothing on a £27 p/m deal over 2 …
A few of you have asked about the Xperia PLAY on O2. The official line is that it’s still “Coming Soon” and you can register your interest on their mini-site. O2 are saying that the handset has been delayed due to testing and bugs. We’re not quite sure …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is now available to buy on the T-Mobile UK website. It now sits alongside the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc which we reviewed recently and the Samsung Galaxy Ace we reviewed a week or two ago. T-Mobile also have the Motorola Atrix and LG …
Vodafone have started selling the Xperia PLAY today too. The handset is available for free on plans costing £35 or more. It comes with 6 pre-loaded games – Crash Bandicoot, Fifa 10, Star Battalion, Tetris, Sims 3 andBruce Lee. We’ve already had a hands-on and there’s a great …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY is now available for on Three with plans over £40 per month. You pay a £49 up-front cost to get the phone but after that there’s all-you-can-eat data courtesy of The One Plan, 5000 texts, 500 Three-to-Three minutes and 2,000 other minutes. We …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc has a lot going for it. A curvy yet painfully thin design, with an 8.1 megapixel camera, HDMI output, a massive 4.2″ screen and HD video recording with constant focus. It has the Sony Bravia display engine for a crystal-clear display and something …
We have just had a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play turn up for review today so here is a quick video overview of the device and what you get in the box. This device was kindly loaned to us by Clove Technology One thing I did miss in the …
OK, so we’ve compared the camera quality between the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc and the HTC Desire S, but what about video ? We went out with both phones and cranked up the resolution to 720p HD. The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc records MP4 videos as default and …
Sony Ericsson have announced that their new Xperia PLAY handset will have more than 60 games available in the first week. Need for Speed, The Sims and Assassins Creed will be available, as will Worms, Guns ‘n Glory, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell and many more. Owners will also …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is now available on Three. It’ll be free on contracts over £35 a month and you can enjoy All-You-Can-Eat Data (and it really, really is because we tested it) on The One Plan for £40 a month with 2000 anytime, any network minutes …
Sony Ericsson tell us that they’ve improved camera technology. This new Xperia arc has a Sony Exmor R CMOS sensor that lets you “capture high-quality movies and stills in low light”. Well, tonight I was in the garage. The sun was setting and I was snapping pictures for …
A lot of you wanted to know just how fast the new Sony Ericsson Xperia arc was so today we decided to give it a spin. To get a benchmark we used Quadrant and, just for fun, put it up against a brand new HTC Desire S. Now, …
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is a device we got a brief hands-on with at Mobile World Congress but alas it was all too brief. The handset has a large 4.2″ screen but is remarkably thin – just 8.7mm. Around back is a fantastic 8.1 megapixel camera with …
Last month we were lucky enough to get some sweaty hands-on time with the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY. Now you can too, with a hands-on event kicking off this Thursday in London. Sony Ericsson will be hosting the event at 21-31 New Oxford Street and it’s completely free, …
Crumbs. What is happening over at Sony Ericsson ? Just days after announcing that the X10 would be updated to Gingerbread they’ve now announced that developers will be able to unlock the boot loader in “a secure and legal way”. This is good news. They say… “Over the …
The o2 Coming Soon pages are now awash with Android handsets. In addition to their exclusive white Xperia PLAY and the Xperia Arc they’ll also be selling the HTC Desire S in April. Before that you can now expect to see the Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Mini. Link …
During our close-up with the Sony Ericsson PLAY we felt that we’d somehow seen the phone before. We couldn’t put our finger on it, but tonight, thanks to ITV1 showing the old James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies”, it all became clear. Here’s the Ericsson device from the …
O2-UK have got an exclusive White version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play due on it’s network in the near future instead of the original Black version. Steve Adler in charge of Devices at O2 said “Selling the Xperia Play in an exclusive white colour will help give …
Also over on eXpansys are the prices for the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Xperia Neo yet nothing as of yet on the Xperia Pro?. As expected all come with a rather high price tag at launch but as always these prices can change before release date and …
Vodafone UK have updated their coming soon section to include two new devices announced at Mobile World Congress, the Sony Erctton Neo and Xperia Play Both devices will be available on pay monthly conracts although at present no release date or price has been made official. To keep …
The Xperia pro packs all the extra camera tweaks that the PLAY and the neo have but also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Sony Ericsson have added a feature which will let you begin typing onto the screen the second you pull out the keyboard. After you’ve typed …
Whilst at the Sony Ericsson stand we were particularly impressed with some of the ideas Sony Ericsson have had. The camera, as we mentioned in our earlier story, performs very well in low light. It’s called the “Exmor R” and ensures that low-light photos don’t always need a …
We’ve just come back from the Sony Ericsson stand. The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, neo, arc and pro are all getting the hands-on treatment so we wanted to see just what it could do. Initial reactions are very positive. Sony Ericsson have added a graphics processor which makes …
Sony Ericsson today announced three new devices, the first we already covered is the long awaited Xperia Play aka Playstation Phone. There were also the Xperia Pro and the Xperia Neo to add to that range. Below is the press release with images. You can also enjoy our …
In the last couple of hours Sony Ericsson (finally) officially announced the Xperia play. Sony have just made this long rumoured device official, and dished out lots of information for our reading pleasure! Running: Android 2.3 1GHz Snapdragon CPu Qualcomm Adreno 205 Graphics 4″ 854×480 LCD display Sony …
Orange have just announced that they will have the exclusive on the Black Sony Ericson Xperia arc. They will also be carrying the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY and Xperia neo. Nicola Shenton, Head of Device Portfolio at Everything Everywhere told us.. “Orange is a one stop shop for …
UK network Three have just announced that they will be carrying the all new Xperia Play handset. Sylvia Chind, Head of Branded Devices said.. “At Three we’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA play. We believe this handset celebrates a further step change in the …
Everything Everywhere have become the latest company to confirm they will be stocking the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play device on both the T-Mobile and Orange brands here in the UK MobileToday had the following information today: Everything Everywhere has confirmed it will stock the Sony Ericsson ‘PlayStation’ Xperia …
Sony Ericsson seem to have thrown the towel in when it comes to keeping the Xperia Play a secret and has now made public that this device will be announced at MWC on the Sony Ericsson event on the evening of the 13th February in Barcelona where we …
Is there much left for Sony Ericsson to actually announce at Mobile World Congress?. We have seen photos, videos, hands on time and Engadget even had it at their latest live show in America. Now the commercial for the Xperia Play has been leaked so there really is …
Vodafone are the latest network to announce they will stock the Sony Ericsson Arc handset on their network just minutes after we reported that the network Three had also decided to take this device. No details yet on a launch date but it looks and sounds like April …
The all-new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has shown up on the o2 website and should be hitting stores in April. The new handset runs Android 2.3 and has an 8.1 megapixel camera, FM Radio, aGPS, Wifi, aGPS, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 and a huge 4.2″ 854×480 (FWVGA) screen. There’s …
We did review of the SonyEricsson LiveView before Christmas, and it was not without its teething problems – especially around connections. Sony promised an early update, and true to their word they have now released it. The release promises much improved connections, improved compatibility with 3rd party phones, …
Sony have just announced a new software framework to bring advanced PlayStation games to more and more phones. Soon their “PlayStation Suite” will help create games for all sorts of Android handsets more easily. They’re to kick things off with “PlayStation Store” for Android devices and an emulator …
This phone has to be one of the worst kept secrets in the mobile phone industry for quite a while with various prototype devices floating around various websites. We have had video’s of the device running, loads of pictures at every possible angle and a run down of specifications, all we need …
The shiny new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has appeared on the play.com site ready for an April 1st launch with a price-tag of £459.99. The new handset was officially announced a couple of weeks back and runs Android 2.3. Inside there’s a 4.2″ 854×480 (FWVGA) multi-touch screen with …
Sony Ericsson are having a hard time keeping control of leaked devices due at Mobile World Congress next month, First there was the PlayStation Phone and now comes the Vivaz 2 which runs Android instead of Symbian which powered the original Vivaz and Vivaz Pro. Eldar from Mobile-Review has put …
