Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc now on pre order in UK

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will be available in the UK from the 1st of April 2011, and it will available for £459.99 SIM free through online retailer Play’s.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc features a 4.2 inch multitouch display, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and an 8.1 megapixel camera with a Sony Exmor R sensor, 720p HD video playback.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc also features a 1GHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB of RAM, microSD card slot, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and a microHDMI port.

Sony Ericsson MT15i/Halon aka Vivaz 2 Previewed

Sony Ericsson MT15i/Halon aka Vivaz 2 which is the successor to the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is powered by Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread.
Sony Ericsson MT15i/Halon features a large 4 inch screen and supports a higher 480×854 pixels resolution, 8 Megapixel EXMOR camera equipped with LED flash capable of recording HD videos, front video call camera.

Vivaz 2 also has 3.5mm audio jack, HDMI port, microUSB port, 1500 mAh Battery Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 512MB RAM, Qualcomm MSM7630 800 Mhz processor, 300 MB internal memory, and microSD Card Slot.

Vivaz 2 is expected to be announced in Mobile World Congress.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro successor leaked

A Chinese forum known as IT168 has posted specifications and some new images of the SE Xperia X10 Mini Pro successor leaked.

It is reported that the phone comes with Android 2.3, a 3-inch 320×480 pixels multi-touch display, slide out QWERTY keyboard, 1GHz or 800 MHz CPU (not confirmed yet), and Adreno 205 GPU. The Xperia X10 Mini Pro successor is also capable to record HD videos.

Xperia X10 Mini Pro successor might launch in MWC next month.

No Android updates for Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 beyond 2.1,, Xperia Arc will get Gingerbread update

Sony Ericsson has just confirmed that there will be no further updates to X10, X10 mini or X10 mini pro devices beyond Android 2.1. However, Sony Ericsson insists that there will be future enhancements to the X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro, for instance a multitouch update for the X10 in Q1 2011,

Also Sony Ericsson has confirmed that Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Android smartphone will get Honeycomb update within a month and half of the official Honeycomb launch. Company said that the update will be hell lot of quicker this year.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc with Android 2.3 announced at CES

Previously known as Sony Ericsson Xperia X12 (also known Sony Ericsson Anzu) has been officially launched in CES as Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.

Measuring 8.7 mm thick with a concave back, Xperia Arc runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and comes with a 4.2 inch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, 1GHz Qualcomm Processor, 8.1 megapixel camera with LED Flash, Sony Exmor R camera sensor, mini-HDMI port, 720p HD Video Recording, A-GPS and the connectivity options like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, 3.5 mm audio jack, UMTS/HSPA 800, 850, 1900, 2100 MHz and DLNA.

Xperia Arc also comes with Exclusive Sony Ericsson apps such as Timescape, PlayNow, TrackID music recognition and has an internal memory of 32GB with support for microSD cards. The phone comes bundled with an 8GB memory card and an 1500mAH battery.

The phone is expected to be available in selected markets in Q1 2011 and will come in 2 different colors namely Midnight Blue and Misty Silver

Sony Ericsso Xperia Play PlayStation Phone previewd in China

Sony did not launch their highly anticipated new Xperia Play PlayStation Phone at CES but Chinese blog IT168 got their hands on Xperia Play and posted an preview of the phone.

Xperia Play PlayStation Phone will be powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon QSD8255 processor with Qualcomm Adreno 205 graphics processor, a 4-inch touchscreen 854 x 480-pixel display, an 5 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, a 1,500 mAh battery, microSD support, Dual microphones and 512 MB RAM and ROM.

Probably, Xperia Play PlayStation Phone will be officially announced at MWC in February