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Xperia X8 now shipping around the world
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X8 is now shipping in a number of markets around the world. It’s already been on sale in the UK over the last week and other markets should have it very soon, if not already on sale. As we already knew the phone is shipping with Android 1.6 but will get the […]
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Sony Ericsson market share shift doesn’t make for pretty reading
The guys over at asymco have produced some interesting data that looks at mobile phone market share data since 2007. They plotted the data in easy to understand vector charts and it makes for depressing reading from the perspective of Sony Ericsson. It’s had the biggest fall from grace bar one company, Nokia. Nokia moved […]
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Sony Ericsson releases Happiness Android app for Xperia users
Sony Ericsson has exclusively released a new Android app for the Xperia family called ‘Happiness’ in the UK. The app relates to various deals, bargains and special offers that can be shared with your mates. Some of the offers include a 25% discount on shoes, 2-for-1 pamper treatments and a free milkshake. They are marketing […]
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AmbientTime Home Launcher brings Live wallpaper to your Xperia X10
Sony Ericsson Japan has released a fancy new home launcher called AmbientTime Home. AmbientTime Home offers live wallpaper on your Xperia X10, 5 homescreens and a very fancy new lock screen. This follows an Android clock app called AmbientTime Lite that SE Japan launched this time last year. It’s really quite beautiful to play with […]
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O2 UK gets Xperia X8 exclusive
It looks like UK mobile operator O2 will be getting an exclusive on the upcoming Xperia X8. The phone is listed in the latest October catalogue at a very reasonable price point of £129.99 on Pay & Go (when bought with £10 top up) along with the words “Only on O2”. The X8 is broadly […]
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X10 Éclair update hitting France in late November plus more details on improvements
As news of the Xperia X10 Android 2.1 delay filters throughout the globe, many regional offices have been providing their own response to local (frustrated) X10 owners. We’ve come across two such pieces of communication one from Sony Ericsson France and the other from SE Brazil. Whilst much of the detail has already been covered, […]
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Ingenious marketing campaign for X10 mini [Video]
We’re not sure how this slipped through our net, but around three months ago Sony Ericsson France launched an ingenious viral marketing campaign for the X10 mini on the streets of Paris. It involved a fleet of small radio-controlled vehicles including cars, trucks, buses and even boats with an obligatory X10 mini mounted on top. […]
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Sony Ericsson intros LiveView Bluetooth mini-display for Android
Sony Ericsson has announced a new Bluetooth accessory for Android smartphones called LiveView. To understand what LiveView is, think of it as a small remote display that mirrors the activity of your phone. It connects via Bluetooth with your phone to control it without taking it out of your pocket or bag. This means keeping […]
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Xperia X8 gets benchmarked, a new colour and indicative pricing
The Xperia X8 should be hitting retail shelves during the next few weeks and as we get closer to launch, new details are trickling out. First of all is confirmation that the Xperia X8 will also be available in black (we’ve only seen a white model in the previews and official promo videos so far). […]
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More details on Android 2.1 Xperia X10 delay
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 owners have been up in arms following yesterday’s announcement that the Android 2.1 update has been delayed by a month. The post on the SE Product Blog is nearly 1,000 comments strong, with some very harsh words for SE, and we’ve had over 200 similar comments on our post regarding the […]
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Xperia X8 photo and video samples
Those guys over at SE-First have been hard at work, following on from their unboxing video, they are first on the scene with some photo and video samples. As a quick reminder, the handset comes with a 3.2MP camera sensor (lower than the X10 mini series) and has no flash and no autofocus. The latter […]
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Xperia X10 Android 2.1 update officially delayed to end of October
Uh-oh, this is going to get ugly. We don’t like to be the bearer of bad news but Sony Ericsson’s Rikard Skogberg has confirmed over on the SE Product Blog that the planned Android 2.1 (Éclair) update for the Xperia X10 family has been delayed until the end of October. Just yesterday, Sony Ericsson UK […]
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Sony Ericsson CEO says “big surprise” coming soon
Bert Nordberg, Sony Ericsson’s CEO, has promised that “big surprises” are coming soon from the company over the next few months. He was talking at the grand opening of Sony Ericsson’s new US HQ in Atlanta. Whether this relates to rumours around a Playstation/Xperia branded Android Gingerbread phone remains to be seen. It could also […]
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SE white paper suggests no 16m colours for Xperia X10 Éclair update
Sony Ericsson has released a new white paper for the Xperia X10 that gives some more details on what to expect from the forthcoming Android 2.1 (Éclair) update. The paper (dated 16 September 2010) highlights that the TFT display will remain at 65,536 colours after the update. This will be a big disappointment for those […]
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SE Russia says Android 2.1 Xperia release is “much sooner than you think”
The Android 2.1 Xperia update appears to be imminent according to Sony Ericsson Russia. They just tweeted that the “Android 2.1 Xperia update is close (translated)”. It then followed that with another tweet saying that the release is “much closer than you think (translated)”. Obviously there is only a couple of weeks left for the […]