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Custom Froyo ROM for Xperia X10 landing next week
The xda-developer ninjas recently brought us the first Android 2.1 custom ROM for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. They’ve since been beavering away and are now close to making the stock Android 2.2 (Froyo) firmware available for download next week. This will include Flash support and even faster performance (Quadrant score of 2,588). A dual-boot […]
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Sony Ericsson’s CEO hints at February release for Playstation Phone
Sony Ericsson’s CEO, Bert Nordberg, has hinted that it is indeed working with Sony Corp to deliver a Playstation/PSP Phone. “There’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere,” Mr. Nordberg said during an interview. “Sony has an extremely strong offering in the gaming market, and that’s very interesting.” […]
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Sony Ericsson has no plans for Windows Phone 7 after all?
We recently brought you rumours that Sony Ericsson were planning to launch a couple of handsets under the Xperia brand running the fledgling WP7 OS. However, if SE France CEO, Pierre Perron, is to be believed a WP7 handset could be a long time coming. Whilst SE are still in discussions with Microsoft, the company […]
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O2 UK X10 update now released, T-Mobile says next week, Vodafone still quiet
We thought we’d just update you on how far along the UK operator’s are with the Android 2.1 Xperia X10 update. The good news for O2 customers is that the update finally started to roll out this afternoon. T-Mobile have also updated their customers, tweeting that they expect the update for the X10 family to […]
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Official: Xperia X10 will get multi-touch in Q1 2011
Sony Ericsson has officially confirmed that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will get some form of multi-touch during an OTA firmware update in Q1 2011. Rikard Skoberg from the SE Product Blog has said that there will be pinch-to-zoom (dual-touch) functionality on the web browser and Google Maps. So what’s changed you might be asking? […]
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Custom Android 2.1 now available to download for all tinkerers
A week ago, we reported that the gurus over at xda-developers were well on their way to getting a custom Android ROM working on the Xperia X10. Whilst the bootloader hasn’t been cracked, they’ve managed to get a new ROM on the existing kernel. This morning, the devs have released the firmware that will allow […]
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Sony Ericsson’s ANZU get’s a first look preview
Mobile-Review has come up trumps with the first detailed preview of the next Sony Ericsson Android flagship, codenamed ANZU. There are a ton of pictures in the preview that shows the same device we leaked last week. He confirmed some of the leaked specs we saw last night including 800MHz MSM7230 chipset and a Q1 […]
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Sony Ericsson ANZU specs leaked?
Last week we brought you some exclusive pictures of what is believed to be Sony Ericsson’s next Android flagship, codenamed ANZU. We have not heard any additional information from our tipster, but since then, a raft of rumours have hit the web. Respected blogger Elder Murtazin from Mobile-Review has said that a preview on the […]
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Orange UK and Three get X10 update; O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone users still waiting
Despite the fact that the generic UK Android 2.1 update for the Xperia X10 family rolled out 11 days ago, we are only now seeing some of the operators release their branded firmware. Orange and Three released the update yesterday according to user comments. However, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone Xperia X10 owners are still waiting. […]
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Xperia X10 update hits Germany for generic and O2 handsets
Just a quick heads-up to let you know that Germany is now rolling out the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 update for all generic handsets along with those on O2 Germany. We believe the generic German update started rolling out last night but Sony Ericsson Germany officially confirmed it this morning through their twitter account.
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Competition: Win one of three Sony Ericsson MW600 Bluetooth headsets
We have three white Sony Ericsson MW600 Bluetooth headsets up for grabs, courtesy of Sony Ericsson. We recently reviewed the MW600 and found it to be a very competent headset that marries some great features at a reasonable price point. To win one all you have to do is to ‘Like’ our new Facebook page […]
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Rogers Android 2.1 Xperia X10 update finally lands
Rogers has released the Android 2.1 update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. A tipster pointed to a release date at some point this week and it looks like he was right. A number of people have already downloaded the firmware successfully according to the comments in our last Rogers post. Looks like Sony Ericsson […]
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Sony Ericsson LiveView already on sale in select markets
Sony Ericsson’s LiveView Bluetooth accessory is already on sale across a number of European markets, including the UK, Germany and France. LiveView is a unique device that acts as a small remote 1.3-inch display mirroring the activity of your phone. This enables you to show incoming calls, calendar events as well as facebook and twitter […]
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Xperia X7 and X7 mini Windows Phone 7 handsets outed?
Sony Ericsson management reaffirmed at their recent results that they will be concentrating their efforts on Android and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) handsets in 2011. We’ve come across a video that seems to leak the specs of two handsets in SE’s WP7 range, the aptly titled Xperia X7 and X7 mini. According to the leaked […]
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Winner Announcement: 16GB microSD memory card
First of all we just wanted to say thanks to all that entered our competition to win a 16GB microSD memory card. In the end, we had over a thousand entries, but only 12 correct answers. This pointed to pretty good odds for the 12 that guessed the correct date of the Android 2.1 release […]