Tag: xperia

Sony Xperia P and Xperia U Delayed

Announce earlier this year at MWC and shown here on Coolsmartphone, the Xperia P and Xperia U have had their launch date delayed according to this blog post on Clove.co.uk Originally expected to launch on May 7th, both handsets will now be available from May 28th. The Xperia P will be …

Sony Ericsson Xperia ray gets ICS

If you’ve got yourself an Xperia ray, have a look for updates because ICS appears to have been delivered. Martin Frow tipped us off after getting a notification on his handset.. Just thought I’d let you know that I plugged my Xperia Ray into my PC this morning …

Sony Xperia S vs HTC One X camera shoot-out

Two recently released high-end smartphones from Sony and HTC, namely the Xperia S and One X are both touted as top-class camera phones. Imaging specs are pretty impressive – the Sony Xperia S sports 12-megapixel “Exmor R” sensor, while the HTC One X has 8-megapixel shooter backed by …

Win tickets to see Labrinth

Labrinth, Come in! He’s launching his debut album – Electronic Earth – on April 4th. Sony Mobile are chipping in with the launch and there’s to be a live and exclusive set of unheard mixes and a secret collaboration at the “Night of Imagination” event. Hmm.. that story …

Sony show their interesting new Xperia ads

Sony Mobile, now that they’ve dropped the “Ericsson” part, have launched a new marketing campaign for their new Xperia device. It’s not, as you may expect, a flashy campaign with random shots of people running through the rain and showing how “connected” they are with their family, social …

Xperia S now available to buy on T-Mobile

OK. The title pretty much sums things up here. If you’re looking to get the Sony Xperia S on the T-Mobile network, click over there now to get it for £36 a month, and no up-front payment. If you’d like a bit more info before signing up check …

Xperia S losing power, even when plugged in?

Now, don’t get us wrong, we know that the USB port on your laptop or PC isn’t the most ideal place to put your phone if you need a quick battery charge. It will, at best, provide a “trickle charge” but isn’t as good as the usual wall …

Xperia S available unlocked from Expansys

If you’re after the Sony Xperia S and don’t want to dive into one of the many contract deals the Expansys have the unlocked version for £449.99 with free postage and packing. They’re expecting stock in a few days and the Xperia S is the showpiece of the …

Sony Xperia S now selling on O2 too

Earlier we spotted the Xperia S hanging about on the Orange website. Now it’s popped up on O2 too. It’s available for absolutely nothing on plans costing more than just £21.50 a month. This is a plan that has been advertised today in our usual broadsheet newspaper The …

Xperia S, now available to buy on Orange

Matt Gough has mailed in because the new Sony Xperia S has just become available on Orange. It’s available for free on plans costing £36. Matt has a big question though.. Do I get this, or wait for the HTC One X to replace my Desire? Hmm.. now …

Sony Announce Xperia Sola

Sony have today announced the Xperia Sola which is in addition to those announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona just a few weeks go. We have had the full press release and images through just now to share with you. The Xperia Sola is the Pepper we …

Xperia MT27i “Pepper” Rendered

A render of the Sony MT27i “Pepper” handset have appeared online. This is a device which, according to the earlier leak, should be appearing in April. Now, sit tight, because according to what we know.. – The Xperia P is the MT22i – The Xperia U is the …

Sony Xperia S Review

Just in case you did not know, recently Sony Ericsson decided to part ways with Sony buying up the Ericsson part of the business. This means all future phones will be Sony branded and this Xperia S is the first of this new batch of android powered smartphones. …

Xperia S Lands On Three

Three have just sent out a press release confirming the new Sony Xperia S is available on their network. If you want to see a great hands-on demo and some up close shots of the device, have a look at our earlier story from Barcelona or head over …

Impressions from MWC 2012

Although I’m a self-proclaimed mobile gadgets maniac, somehow I don’t usually follow major events in the industry as closely as perhaps I should. However, since I’m looking to replace my current HTC Desire Z sometime soon’ish, I was keeping an extra eye on the recent happenings at Mobile …

MWC – Xperia S – Up close

The Xperia S has the largest screen in the NXT range at 4.3″ (720×1280) and is seen here running Android 2.3, although ICS will be along shortly via an upgrade. It’s got a powerful 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, NFC and a 12 megapixel camera around the back plus another …

MWC – Xperia P – Up close

It’s time for a bit of close-up photo-time with the Xperia P. We were there for the launch so we figured you’d like a few more pictures, just because we can. As we mentioned earlier, the Xperia NXT phones have different screen sizes. The Xperia S has a …

MWC – Xperia U – Up close

Although we were at the launch, we thought you’d appreciate yet more up-close shots of the Xperia U. The Xperia NXT range goes down in screen size. The Xperia S has a 4.3″ screen (720×1280), the Xperia P has a 4″ and this here is the baby of …

Xperia S Hands-on photos and first unboxing

The Xperia S went on sale here in Barcelona today and in true Dan style I had to go and buy one for myself in white!. So in what might well be the FIRST unboxing of a retail Xperia S device we bring you the brand new just …

Live At Sony Store Xperia Launch

Whilst all the press are running around Fira for Mobile World Congress we go one further and head outside of the event to cover something rather special You might remember yesterday we exclusively broke the news that the Sony Xperia S was going on sale Wednesday (today) here …

EXCLUSIVE: Xperia S In Barcelona Tomorrow

We have exclusive news that the new Sony Xperia S will be available to buy here in Barcelona tomorrow in both black and white and it will cost €599 sim free The Xperia S features a very impressive set of features which we have already covered on the …

MWC – Sony Event Photos

Last night we saw the Xperia S, Xperia U and Xperia P in Barcelona and managed to get some photos of all three devices together.  Due to the WiFi problem we were unable to upload from the event live so here are the photos now The Xperia S …

MWC – Orange to sell Xperia U in white

Orange have just announced that they will carry the Sony Xperia U exclusively in white. To be honest there’s not a great deal we can tell you about this currently but we’ll get a hands-on with the device shortly as it’s literally been announced in the last few …

Sony announce Xperia P & U devices

Sony have announced the Xperia P & U devices in Barcelona…specifications of the Xperia P have not been said yet but for the full information on the U check out our earlier post from Three with their hands on video The Xperia P specs are: Aluminium Unibody 4 …

Three to sell the Xperia U

The Sony event just kicked off here in Barcelona and you can watch it live. Already Three have confirmed they are to sell the Xperia U which will be announced in seconds.. The lovely Sedge from Three has a hands on of a pre-release version below. Click on …

Is an Xperia Play 2 on the horizon?

Was it really a year ago that we saw the original Xperia Play? Rumours of a follow-up have now hit the web, with this image appearing on a site called “Concept Phones“.. hmmm.. is it merely just a … concept phone then? The site begs to differ, saying …

Orange add the Xperia S to Coming Soon pages

Well, we knew that Orange were taking the Xperia S, but now things have moved a step closer with the new Sony Mobile proudly sitting on the “Coming Soon” section. We’re hearing very good things about this phone, and we can’t wait to take a look in Barcelona. …

Demo of Sony Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich beta ROM

Here is a long awaited demo of what the new Sony UX will look like with Ice Cream Sandwhich installed. I for one am very excited by this as it’s really flying along on the Arc S. On the Xperia S well we can only imagine how good …

Sony Xperia S coming to T-Mobile in March (and Three)

On my daily flick through the different networks coming soon sections I found the upcoming Sony Xperia S on T-Mobile. No prices, no solid dates, it just says March. I also found it on Three as well here. There is only a form to fill in if you …

Sony Ericsson Xperia Smartphones Receive Four iF Design Awards

Yesterday Sony Ericsson announced that they had won four iF awards in the telecommunications category, these awards were for the design of the Xperia active, Xperia ray, Xperia mini pro and Mix Walkman. The Xperia active smartphone receives highest level gold award. The ceremony actually took place in Munich, …

Sony Xperia S in shops on March 5th?

We’ve had a nudge from Best Mobile Contracts with news of the upcoming Xperia S. Now if I didn’t know better I’d say that they’re after free advertising, and for some reason they don’t want to send us free beer, but it all sounds pretty plausible so here …

Nypon to be released as the Sony Xperia P

OK, quick check. So far we have the Sony Xperia U, the Xperia S and now the LT22I (Nypon) is to be known as the Xperia P. A launch is expected at Mobile World Congress and we’re looking with an 8 megapixel camera, 1GB RAM, PlayStation capabilities, WiFi, …

No change – Xperia S still due in March

We were pretty surprised and pretty much ignored earlier indications that the Xperia S was set to arrive on Play.com in January. We’ve had contact from Sony Ericsson to confirm that the release date is, and always has been, March. The guys at Play.com have now altered the …

White Xperia S Anti-stain demo

On Saturday Leigh posted a piece about the upcoming Xperia S and it’s “light belt” he also mentioned another feature that the Xperia S is going to have. that feature is the anti-stain shell. Sounds like a great idea. I remember my white HTC Hero got some red …

Xperia S – Light belt tells you what’s happening

Over on Facebook the Sony Ericsson guys have posted a close-up of the Sony Xperia S and highlights the “illuminating transparent belt”. We saw this earlier in our in-depth look but it seems that it’s not just a funky part of the design. It’s a notification light, and …

Sony ST25i Kumquat leaked image

One of the phones on the leaked Sony roadmap is called the Sony ST25i “Kumquat” and we figured it would be quite small just because of the name. The lovely people at the Xperia Blog have received a leaked picture of it and it seems to maintain the …

T-Mobile to take the Xperia S too

Joining the ever-expanding group of networks carrying the sexy Sony Xperia S is T-Mobile. They sent this tweet a few days ago but we completely missed it because someone put the mail into the “to do” pile (that’ll be me). We’ve already got lots of detail on this …

Sony Xperia S CPU Explained in video

Sony answers questions from Facebook followers via this Youtube video. Today it’s information about the dual core CPU…. We asked our Sony Ericsson Facebook fans what feature they would like to know more about in the Xperia S. They chose to find out more about the 1.5GHz dual …

Handtec add the Xperia S to their site, pre-orders are go

It’s there, proudly sitting on the Handtec website in pearly white or black. If you’ve got £467.99 (or £389.99 if you can claim the VAT back) you can get this all-new Sony handset unlocked, which comes complete with a 12 megapixel camera, 4.3″ screen, dual 1.5 GHz CPU, …

Confirmed, yes the Xperia S is coming to O2

Earlier this week we saw that someone from a website had heard someone confirming that the spanky new Xperia S was coming to O2. Now we can definitely, positively, absolutely confirm that it’s coming soon to the network after it appeared on their website. No prices as yet, …