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Wednesday morning in Hong Kong, Google launched the latest iteration of the Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, alongside the Samsung announcement of the Galaxy Nexus. While Samsung certainly wowed the audience with a truly impressive phone, the real star of the show was Android 4.0.  Ice Cream Sandwich makes Android simple and beautiful, and takes the smartphone to beyond smart.

Yesterday we learned a couple of new details about Google’s latest mobile operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. First off, Android chief Andy Rubin revealed that it would start rolling out to other Android 2.3 devices a few weeks after that Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch. Untill now, we learned that the Nexus S would be the first Android Phones get update to Android 4.0, follow by Motorola Droid Razr and Samsung Galaxy S2.

How about, Sony Ericsson Android Phones? Sony Ericsson Plans Ice Cream Sandwich Updates for Xperia Devices. Today Sony Erricsson said that Sony Ericsson is apparently ready to take a bite out of Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich and here is what Sony Ericsson had to say in regards to Ice Cream Sandwich,

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Sony Ericsson today announced Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, Android smartphone that delivers a unique social music experience.

Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman is powered by a 1GHz processor, 3.2″ TFT with HVGA resolution and scratch-resistant coating.  The Live with Walkman integrate with Sony’s new ‘xLOUD’ technology that provides an enhanced audio experience, according to Sony. Besides this the phone also feature with ‘deep Facebook’ integration that allows users to instantly access Facebook through the most used areas of the phone such as the picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar. The Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman will be out some time in the final quarter but there’s no exact date or pricing info.

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Sony Ericsson’s latest home launcher that will arrive in the newest Xperia range with the 2.3.4 update for the 2011 range Xperia handsets has been leaked. This latest home launcher come with some new features and improvement, that are,

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Coming Sony  Ericsson Android Phones,  Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo spec and image was leaked. This leaked press shot gives us nothing special but the accompanying information suggests a beast of a smartphone. Here is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo Leaked specs,

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and the Xperia Active have just been announced by the manufacturer at CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray packs in a powerful 1Ghz processor with a 3.3” screen and running the latest Android platform for smartphones (Gingerbread 2.3). Acording to Daniel Sandblom, Sony Ericsson Global Product Marketing Manager,

“We expect Xperia™ ray to appeal to consumers who are looking for a combination of beautiful design and a rich feature set. We are able to uniquely deliver this with a combination of premium materials and multimedia features provided by Sony.”

Like the Xperia Arc and Xperia Neo, the Ray also comes equipped with Sony’s Mobile Bravia Engine and Exmor R technology powering its 8.1MP rear camera for mobile and HD video functionality. The phone weighs 100grams and just 9.4mm in terms of thickness. It looks similar to the Xperia X10 and X10 mini launched last year. It will be available in 4 colors – gold, white, black, pink.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Features:

Android 2.3.X.

1GHz Processor.

Thickness: 9.4m.

Weight: 100grams.

8.1-megapixel camera with HD recording.

Front-facing camera.

Scratch-resistant 3.3-inch screen (854 x 480 pixels) with Bravia Engine.

Sony Ericsson Timescape UI.

Available in four colors, black, gold, white and pink.

More info: sonyericsson.com

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Today, Sony Ericsson has announced the arrival of the Sony Ericsson Active which is a Android  smart phone that’s special built and targeting for the extreme sports user. Xperia active is dust proof and water resistant* and uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to ensure the phone works perfectly when either the screen or a user’s fingers are wet. The phone comes pre-loaded with sports apps that enable consumers to easily track their fitness levels such as screen heart rate and pulse app that can be monitored in realtime. Besides this, users also can set their ideal training route using the built-in GPS, Barometer and Compass.

Sony Ericsson Active running the Android Gingerbread 2.3 with 1Ghz processor, 3” Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine and 5mp camera with HD video functionality.

Here is the Sony Ericsson Active main spec,

Operating system: Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Size: 55 x 92 x 16.5mm.

Weight: 110.8 grams.

Display: Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, 3 inches, Capacitive touchscreen (multi-touch) with wet finger tracking, Scratch-resistant mineral glass

Camera 5 megapixel camera, 8x digital zoom, Auto focus, Aperture f/2.6, Face detection,Face recognition, Flash/Photo light, Flash/LED, Geo tagging, HD video recording (720p), Image stabiliser.

Connectivity: Radio (FM) ,3.5 mm audio jack ,aGPS ,Bluetooth technology,Micro USB support

Memory: Phone memory (user-free) up to 320MB,

Memory card support: microSD up to 32GB, Memory card included 2GB microSD.

More info: sonyericsson.com

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Previously, engadget reported and showed us some of the blurrycam snapshot  purported to be Sony Ericsson’s resurrection of its Cyber-shot phone. The images are not clear but show a touchscreen Sony Ericsson handset carrying the Cyber-shot logo on the front. The three buttons on the bottom of the phone would imply it would run Android, with the return, home and menu keys in the same order as the newest Xperia handsets.

Rumor around the network would like to Android as the base operating system, and should Cybershot (almost certainly) to refer to a device intended more to photography . Here was was a concept created by Shane A. Bygrave who now details his work in the following pics, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot Android phone.

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Sony Ericsson has just announced their first phone from the Walkman series Android phones which comes in four different vibrant colors, that are Azur, Metallic Red and the iconic Walkman Orange. The phone will be available in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam from Q2 2011.

Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman design look is a sleek and slim. The phone carries a weight of 104g and has a 3.0-inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen display with 320 x 480 resolution. Sony Ericsson W8 features  with  600 MHz processor, 128 MB internal memory with microSD card support up to 16GB, 3.2 MP camera, support WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and micro-USB. The phone has built-in multi-languages support including English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphone brand running Android 2.3  is the first device to be part of the PlayStation Certified program that  able to play PlayStation Suite games. This Xperial Play most interesting feature is its slide-out game pad which can slips out from beneath the screen just like the Qwerty keyboard on plenty of other smart phones.

Sure, This Xperia Play smartphones not only offer you the best in class entertainment experiences, but also integrate with some of their specific and unique features on GUI, connectivity, apps and more. Lets discover Xperia Play Home screen, connectivity and calling manage features as video below.

Video: Sony Xperia Play HomeScreen

Video: Sony Xperia play connectivity

Video: Sony Xperia Play calling and contacts

Sony Ericsson New  Xperia series Android Phones, Xperia acro  was leaked. The Xperia acro is making an appearance on SE’s PC Companion software tool in Japan. The Xperia acro design seem very similar to Xperia arc and will power with 1GHz single-core Snapdragon, 4.2-inch display and 8.1MP Exmor R camer.

From the leaked image, we knows that there have 2 different versions of the Xperia Acro SO-02C which is the GSM version will likely land up on NTT DoCoMo and the IS11S, might be launched by KDDI’s CDMA network. This new Android Phones from Sony is expected to launch between May/June this year.

Source: xperiablog.net

Sony Ericsson today announced that it has developed a secure mechanism for developers to unlock the boot loader of select Xperia devices.

“It will be possible to unlock the boot loader for certain releases of our 2011 Xperia phones, such as Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia pro and Xperia PLAY”.

According to the blog post, It will be possible to unlock the boot loader for some releases of upcoming Xperia phones series, such as Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia pro and Xperia PLAY. Not all versions of these Xperia devices will be so open to development. If the phone comes locked to a carrier you won’t have the same access, and Sony Ericsson says there are other factors that may prevent an unlockable bootloader depending on market and phone configuration.

This will be limited to only sim-unlocked phones, so carrier-partnered versions are out of luck here.  Anyway It isn’t the perfect situation because Sony Ericsson states that once you unlock the boot loader you may void the warranty of the device . Sony Ericsson explain that they are strongly recommend that standard users NOT unlock the boot loader, as it is not needed.

Source: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com