The Sony Ericsson line of 2011 smartphones that were accidentally said on Facebook not to receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, still might receive the update. On the Sony Mobile Blog, Sony says they “are actively investigating Android OS upgrades for all devices, but in the meantime our Ice Cream Sandwich rollout for Xperia S and 2011 Xperia… Read more
With the recent announcement of the Xperia lineup receiving ICS, Xperia owners will be excited to know that a leaked build of Android’s latest has been made available to developers on XDA. Senior XDA Member ameer1234567890 leaked the files a few weeks ago for Xperia Pro. Different developers have been slowly working with the files to make them… Read more
Sony Ericsson has tried to stay honest about their plans to roll out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in 2012, but obviously there have been some major changes recently, which makes it impossible for Sony Ericsson to actually announce or do anything. It’s been left to Sony to take the reigns, and the company has come forward this morning to officially… Read more
Despite the fact that the XPERIA Play for AT&T has been out for awhile now, AT&T is offering up a new bundle for those of you out there who are wanting to pick up Sony’s new Tablet P (new for AT&T, at least), in a nice little bundle. It’s not a great bundle, though, considering you’ll have to walk into a store and leave with two different contracts, but at… Read more
Back in December of last year, Sony –when it still had the Ericsson name on there, too– released an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Alpha ROM for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, Xperia neo V, and the Xperia Arc S, which was mainly meant for developmental uses, but was also released to any civilians out there who wanted to give it a go. Sony has officially… Read more
It’s been a road, but no one could say it was a hard one. Ever since the first report concerning Sony’s planned acquisition of Ericsson’s stake in the mobile phone partnership, the journey up until now has been pretty straight forward and smooth. While we already knew the process was in its final stages, Sony has officially announced today that the endeavor… Read more
In the land of Android, differentiation is a major point of contest. Companies strive to create proprietary software to stand out, compared to other manufacturer’s custom user interfaces. For Sony, which has recently acquired Ericsson’s share in a multi-year deal, bringing their PlayStation games to their branded phones made sense, and for anyone serious… Read more
While Sony is moving forward with their smartphone endeavors into 2012, and many people thought we had seen the last of Sony Ericsson-branded devices late last year, it looks like the Sony Ericsson partnership isn’t quite over yet, at least not with partnerships. It has been announced that Sony Ericsson has partnered with Billabong, a clothing brand based… Read more
Back in October of last year Sony decided that it would buy Ericsson’s part in the joint venture of Sony Ericsson, and that has just been approved by the European Commission. This means an end to phones with Sony Ericsson branding, and the start of just Sony Xperia phones. The acquisition is costing Sony a cool €1.05 billion, and they will have full… Read more
While Sony’s already showcasing their next devices coming down the pipe, that doesn’t mean that Sony Ericsson still doesn’t have handsets lingering around out there. We’ve seen as much recently, with leaks like the Pepper. And now we’ve got what is reported to be the Sony Ericsson ST25i, or Kumquat, posing in front of the camera. The Kumquat lines up… Read more
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