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Football fans always seems to know best, or at least that’s what I feel whenever I find myself in a company of one. And I am sure there are a couple of football fans here. Well, don’t you ever wished you could control your own real life footballers? Sony Ericsson and Umbro thought they could. They teamed up together to create a live football game called the Kasabian Football Gaming Live.

Check out the video below where Tom from the pop band Kasabian and England striker Darren Bent battles it out via their very own footballer minions, from the comfort of their Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phones. I can only imagine a certain rich Russian oligarchs in London will be hoping to equip this on his team next.

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Sony Ericsson launched its much anticipated Neo V in India today. We got a chance to get our hands on the Android device . Click through to check it out.

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V is now available for pre-order in India from LetsBuy. The phone was announced last month. It runs on 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) and has 3.7 inch (854 x 480 pixels) LCD TFT display with Mobile Bravia Engine, 5 Megapixel Auto focus camera with 720p HD video recording, front camera for video calling feature and HDMI-out.

It is 13 mm thick and weighs 126.0 g. It also has 3D Sweep Panorama, Swipe keyboard and DLNA. It has Music Player, FM Radio with RDS, 512MB RAM, 320MB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD. The connectivity features include, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and aGPS.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V is now available for pre-order in India from LetsBuy with the expected release date of 12th October 2011.

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Steve Kondik, CyanogenMod’s chief developer, has confirmed that CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) will be coming to Sony Ericsson Xperia handsets in its upcoming release. They have been working with FreeXperia team to make this happen and this team is now part of the CyanogenMod development group.

According to the Steve Kondik’s Google Plus Post, The list of 10 Xperia phones to get the CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) include

Xperia ArcXperia NeoXperia MiniXperia Mini ProXperia PlayXperia RayXperia X10Xperia X8Xperia X10 MiniXperia X10 Mini Pro

Most these phones already run on the Android 2.3, with the Xperia X10 being the latest one to get this update. This is definitely a happy news for the Xperia X8, Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro users who are still with Android 2.1.

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Sony Ericsson announced the new Android 2.3 phones Xperia ray and Xperia active in India at the end of last month. Flipkart announced the price of the phone last week but it was not available for pre-order. Now the Xperia ray is available from the online retail store LetsBuy. The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is just 9.4mm thick and comes with 3.3 inch (854 x 480 pixels) Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine.

It has 8MP Auto focus camera with Sony Exmor R CMOS sensor and offers 720p HD video recording. The connectivity options include, 3G, Bluetooth with A2DP, Wi-Fi and aGPS and has a 1500mAh battery.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia ray is now available in 2 colors, Gold and Black, from LetsBuy for Rs. 18,995 and available for pre-order from Flipkart (Shipping from October 1st week) for the same price.

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Sony Ericsson announced earlier that they would roll out Android 2.3.4 for new Xperia phones that would bring Gtalk video calling support, Swype Keyboard and 3D sweep panorama. The update is expected to be available in October, but these updates are rolling out in some regions for devices such as Xperia PLAY, Xperia Neo and Xperia arc.

Other than the Gtalk video calling, Swype keyboard, this update would also bring option to take screenshot without rooting the phone, when the power button is pressed, share apps directly Facebook, option to set auto brightness, new smooth screen on/off animation, Ability to change playlist order, Option to enable/disable extensions and New icons for Folder and Widgets.

This update is available in the European countries, and this update is not available over-the-air (OTA), you need perform the update via Sony Ericsson PC Companion. There is no information about the Android 2.3.4 update for other phones like Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro and Xperia Pro. Check out our hands on of the 3D sweep panorama feature in the Xperia Neo V.

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In addition to announcing the XPERIA neo V Android smartphone today, Sony Ericsson has announced details on the upcoming Android 2.3.4 update.

The update will introduce a couple of new features including 3D sweep panorama technology which allows users to capture images to view on 3D TV via HDMI-out. The Facebook Inside XPERIA will also be enhanced to include a number of new features such as allowing users to share and discover apps via Facebook.

Other features that will be made available includes Swipe text input (which is like Swype), the ability to capture screenshots without root, USB peripherals such as keyboard, mouse and gamepad support via Sony Ericsson LiveDock and the much awaited Google Talk.

The update will be applicable to all 2011 XPERIA smartphones and will be made available from October 2011 in select markets. It will be preinstalled on the new XPERIA neo V.

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Sony Ericsson today announced the XPERIA neo V, a new mid-range Android smartphone to its XPERIA range and successor to the XPERIA neo.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA neo V will feature a 1 GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, 3.7? LCD TFT display with Mobile Bravia Engine, 5 Megapixel AF camera with 720p HD video recording, front camera for video calling feature and HDMI-out feature. The neo V has the same ‘human curvature’ design as the XPERIA neo and Vivaz smartphones. It will be available in white, silver and blue gradient variants.

The XPERIA neo V will ship with Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 preinstalled, complete with Sony Ericsson’s Facebook Inside and Google Talk.

The XPERIA neo V will be made available from Q4 of this year. No pricing has been announced.

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In past few months, Sony Ericsson launched some amazing looking devices and Xperia Arc is worth mentioning. Xperia Arc is not the best Android device available but personally I think it’s one of the most beautiful looking devices. Last month, we saw first ever leaked shot of the Xperia Duo twice but it was blurry. Now another leaked shot of Xperia Duo is posted on a Chinese forum known as IT168 and it’s also a press shot, but this is currently the best and the most clear shot of it, and trust me the device looks sexier than Arc. Well, beauty is there but what’s under the hood of this beast?

DigiTech is reporting that it will feature a dual-core 1.4 GHz processor, and it will be either Qualcomm MSM8260 or ST-Ericsson’s U8500 or A9500 dual-core processor, but most likely it will be Qualcomm or maybe SE will launch it with their very own processor. It will feature a powerful 12 MP camera with a next generation Exmor R CMOS sensor, and you all may know that Xperia X10 and Arc camera is also amazing, so I am sure that Duo camera will be breathtaking. It will also offer 1080p HD video recording along with image stabilization. It will feature a huge 4.5 Inch touchscreen display with qHD display and Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine which will make the viewing experience even better. It will also feature NFC capability, and it will feature 1.5 GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, and a huge 2500 mAh battery. It’s rumored that Sony Ericsson will be launching it in September, but still take this all with grain of salt, because rumors can’t be trusted.

Well, that’s all we know about this device so far but if it’s true, then I am sure this device will be a very big challenge for devices like Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Sensation. So who’s looking forward to it?

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Xperia Arc was announced by SE at MWC which is  a good and attractive device. Michael Hell and Jonathan reviewed it and they were satisfied with it. We recently told you that it will be hitting USA soon and I guessed that it will hit AT&T but now Sony Ericsson is finally offering it in USA but they are offering the unlocked version and it’s available directly from Sony. This unlocked version can run on AT&T 3G and EDGE network and only on T-Mobile EDGE network. Sony is offering it for $599.99 and now you can order it as it’s in stock. If you don’t want to get stuck with a contract and looking for a good phone, then Arc isn’t a bad choice at all. I think in future, maybe it will be available on contract via AT&T or T-Mobile where it will probably cost you around $199.99 on contract, let’s see what SE is planning to do in future.

To refresh your memory, Arc comes with a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 4.2-inch capacitive screen with Sony mobile Bravia engine, and an 8-megapixel Exmor R camera with autofocus and LED flash, capable to record video in 720p HD video recording, and some other good features under the hood. So who’s planning to get one from Sony?

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Sony seems to be facing a lot of problems with hackers these days. After the breach in the PSN (Playstation Network), now the Sony Ericsson Canadian Store has become the latest in the series of attacks from hackers.

The personal information of around 2000 consumers have been stolen from the Canadian store The information that was stolen includes emails, password and phone numbers.

The details of around 8500 users were also stolen from the Sony Music Entertainment website in Greece. Apart from this, the Music Entertainment site in Indonesia and the Sony site in Thailand have also been hacked although no information has been leaked.

All four sites have been temporarily shut down.

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It’s been some time since i last had a Sony Ericsson smartphone in my hand. After the desaster named Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, i was almost frightened to go back to SE again. Sony sure had it’s qualities, but they kinda missed it with the X10. big time. Fast forward into 2011, Sony Ericsson seemed to have learned from their mistakes and CES was a first sign of things to come, with the introduction of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Slim, sexy and Gingerbread under the hood. A recipe, i thought, could breath new life into SE’s Smartphone division.

Impressed with SE’s latest try, I was eager to get my hands on the Arc. It attracted me in many ways. Even more so, when i had my hands on one shortly at the Sony Ericsson on Ice event some time ago! The time has come, when the fine folks of Sony Ericsson’s PR agency (thanks Marlene!) thankfully sent a review unit over.

So did it live up to it’s hype? Read on, once again divided into hits and misses (which will follow up later on):

Sony Ericsson Xperia Hits:

Form Factor: Although I’m no fan of the material choice (more on that later on), i gotta say that the 8,7mm body (on the thinnest spot) is really hitting one of my weak spots. I’ve always been a big fan of slim, sexy devices, and the Arc is definitely that. With only 117g it’s very light, and features a good size, 125 x 63 mm. SE made sure to not waste a lot of space above and below the display, so the phone was not made unneccessarily big. Yes, big fan there.

The Battery: Yes, i know there’s the Samsung Galaxy S 2 too, but cramming a 1.500mAh battery in such a slim device deserves a mention. The battery is ridiculously thin, yet a very powerful solution, compared to devices with a desperate need of some extra juice. Yes, i’m looking at my own HTC Desire HD right now. Battery life was decent, and without Juice Defender, i was able to get through a whole day. i like, a lot.

Display: Sony Ericsson has equipped the Arc with yet another next step in technology, the so called Reality Display, powered by the mobile Bravia engine. Promising less noise, enhanced colours and richer contrasts, SE really went into town here. The 4,2? 854×480 pixels LCD-screen does indeed promise a lot – did it deliver? Yes, partly. For once, i gotta say that this has to be one of the best LCD-screens around. Mind you, things are different when coming from more extreme viewing angles, which just happens if the screen is backlit, but in normal situations, the display was very, very good. Colours and even black tones are very good, readability in sunny weather conditions equally good. It’s difficult to see big differences when the Bravia Engine is on and off (which apparently happens when looking at pictures and videos), but still, i am impressed here.

Camera: Ladies and Gentlemen, what you are looking at, is undoubtedly the best camera I have seen so far on an Android Device. The 8 MP, Exmor R sensor-equipped camera comes with a single LED flash (no dual solution, for reasons unknown) and some neat little software features. Pictures in daylight turn out to be very good, although sometimes a bit oversaturated pictures. If you compare the Nokia N8 with the Sony Ericsson Arc, you will notice that the N8 is producing the pictures in a more realistic color tone, while the Arc gives each picture a more vibrant color. Don’t get me wrong here, the Nokia N8 obviously remains king of camera phones, but compared to some of cr*p I have seen on other Android devices, the Arc is a very, VERY welcome change here.

The Exmor R sensor helps when the light isn’t that great anymore, and while most cameras struggle in poor light situations, the Arc did a surprisingly good job. It’s no thing of wonder, but still works decently. The LED flash is not exactly powerful, but with the addition of the new sensor, things usually turn out very nice. The camera app has been overhauled by Sony Ericsson, equipping it with features like an auto-scene mode, touch-to focus, etc. The auto-scene mode is especially nice, given that it even chooses between normal or macro mode! Videos are shot in 720p HD resolution at 720p, complete with continuous autofocus.

(For more camera shots of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, click one of the pics or this link to get to my Flickr Set: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc cam shots)

Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread: Everyone who follows the mobile scene a bit, may remember the desaster of the Sony Ericsson X10. SE decided to overhaul the UI heavily, instead of being up to date. With the Arc, SE has learned from past mistakes, equipping it with Android 2.3.2 out of the box, with all it’s goodness and apart from that, promising faster updates for their devices. Alongside some of the new features, like for example an overview about all used homescreen widgets via pinch to zoom, Gingerbread gives every Android phone a notably better battery life, which is always appreciated when using one of those powerhungry Androids. Another new feature I’ve found out, is a new E-Mail preview function (which does not work in the Gmail App). This can be brought up using the menu button while at your mail list, in either portrait and landscape, or landscape only and gives you a very cool drag down preview of the selected E-mail. I’ll show you what I mean in a video in the next couple of days.

Now let me make one thing perfectly clear: The UI definitely looks pretty. Everything is animated nicely, and it’s fun to use, HOWEVER, it’s certainly not as functional as f.e. Sense UI from HTC, which is by far my favourite Android experience. Therefore yes, having Gingerbread is great and even though it’s working almost flawless and fluid, you will find the software part also in the second part 2 of my Arc review, which covers everything I wasn’t so happy about.

Sony Ericsson life.contacts: This is more an app than a feature, but since this one comes from SE, I definitely wanted to mention it here! life.contacts is a simple contacts widget, bringing up your frequently used contacts. The contacts will get resorted once you talk more to other people, so you always get your latest displayed. The widget comes now in 3 sizes (small, large and XXL), and gives you every possible connectivity feature for those contacts. Another gimmick is the notification email, which drops by, whenever you missed a call or received a SMS. Might come in handy for some people, but I found it rather annoying after some time, so thankfully this can be switched off. This widget comes from Sony Ericsson, but works on all Android devices (or at least on everyone I’ve had my hands on lately!)

As you can see, there is a lot of things to like about the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. I certainly love the slim package, the very good camera, and even the Display which performs nicely even if it’s no AMOLED unit. But, as usual for my reviews, there are things I was not happy about, so make sure to check back in a few days, when I’ll show you what I didn’t really like about the Arc!

Find my picture gallery of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc over at my Flickr page: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Gallery

Find a constantly updated Flickr set with camera shots by the 8MP camera of the Arc here: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Camshots

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Sony Ericsson have just prematurely announced the XPERIA Arc at CES (Consumer Electronics Show). It is in fact the same model that we previously referred to as the XPERIA X12/Anzu.

Initially the rumours stated that the phone would be announced in February at MWC (Mobile World Congress) but at the CES Expo, Sony Ericsson had placed various teasers of the phone and this is the phone in the teasers.

The phone gets its name from the unique arc shaped back. The design looks very similar to the XPERIA X10 but better.

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The Sony Ericsson XPERIA ARC which was leaked yesterday was finally made official at CES in Las Vegas. The handset is powered by Android 2.3 operating system and features a sexy Arc design which is just 8.7mm at the thinnest portion.The ARC sports a 4.2 inch display featuring a Mobile Bravia engine.

The phone packs a 8.1 MP Camera with HD Video recording and uses Sony’s Exmor R mobile sensor.You can beam them to your TV using the built in HDMI port.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is a bizzare-looking handset with a curved form (hence the Arc name) and dimensions of 4.92 x 2.48 x 0.34 (125 x 63 x 8.7 mm). It sports a 4.2-inch screen with a resolution of 480x854 and an 8-megapixel camera. Under the hood, the phone has a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, while Gingerbread is running the Arc show.
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Another Sony Ericsson XPERIA handset has been leaked on a Chinese Website and is reportedly the successor to the XPERIA X10 Mini Pro. It is expected to run on Android 2.3 and looks pretty fast considering the benchmark screen below. It has a better score than the Samsung Galaxy S and Nexus One.It is rumored to be powered by a 1 GHz CPU and pack a 3 inch 320x480px display. It might also have a slideout QWERTY keyboard which we can’t make out in the leaked pics.

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Sony Ericsson Hallon is set to be a SE Vivaz look-a-like running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

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