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  Sony has finally parted with its decade-old partner, Ericsson from its Sony Ericsson joint venture. As was confirmed during the announcement in October, Sony has taken over the 50 percent stake held by Ericsson in the mobile phone unit. The unit is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony and will be renamed to “Sony [...]

  Handing out Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs for devices seems to be the newest trend for phone manufacturers. After Huawei released a demo code for their Honor phone, Sony Ericsson has released the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray. The ROMs are still in alpha which means [...]

  New images of Sony Ericsson Arc HD aka Nozomi has been published by GSMArena. The phone adopts a clean rectangular look but does not go for a slender design opposed to the recent handset trend. Arc HD will apparently be the first device from Sony Ericsson to sport an HD resolution (1280×720 pixels) and [...]

  The often prophesied move is now a reality. Sony and Ericsson have announced to break the decade-old partnership to make phones and move forward on their own. Sony will buy Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in the joint venture and make Sony’s wholly-owned subsidiary. In return, Ericsson will be compensated with a cash consideration of [...]

  Sony’s Kazuo Hirai just announced a new Sony Ericsson device at the IFA press conference. The Xperia Arc S takes over the original Xperia Arc and is more slimmer and faster than the predecessor. We’re awaiting the full specs but the Xperia Arc S will be powered by a 1.4GHz processor, Reality Display supporting [...]

  Sony Ericsson has announced a new Xperia phone. Building on the success of Xperia neo, the Xperia neo V takes advantage of latest Android 2.3.4 OS and Sony technologies. The phone is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm processor and features 3.7-inch FWVGA (480×854) Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5MP camera with 720p [...]

  Google’s acquisition announcement might have sent some shockwaves around the technology arena but big Android manufacturers have welcomed the Motorola takeover. Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC and LG feel Motorola’s fleet of 17,000 patents will help them to protect them against ongoing and future Android-related lawsuits. This is what the business heads of different organizations [...]

  Need more proof that NFC will be the next big thing in mobile devices? Sony Ericsson is the new company that will integrate NFC chips in their upcoming Android phones. NFC maker, NXP Technologies has confirmed that Sony Ericsson will use their PN65 NFC solution that includes the NFC controller, embedded secure element and [...]

  UPDATE: Hang on! Recombu was contacted by Sony Ericsson who confirm that its Android 2.3.3 coming and not Android 2.3.4 as reported earlier. Looks like Sony Ericsson will be the first company outside Google to get the latest Android update for their devices. The Android 2.3.4 which is only available for Nexus devices, will [...]

  Companies can’t really save themselves from eagle-eyed readers. One such reader spotted a reference to Sony Ericsson’s acro phone on SE’s Japanese website. The acro goes with two different model numbers which means the SO-02C is meant for the NTT DoCoMo network whereas the IS11S is for KDDI. As for the specs, acro will [...]

  The world’s first PlayStation certified smartphone is now available. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play has been launched in UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan and has a wide choice of over 60 games to choose from. Some of the games include Asphalt 6, Need for Speed, Worms and [...]

  Here is some good news for Xperia X10 users. Sony Ericsson who previously shut doors to update the Xperia phone beyond Android 2.1, has now confirmed to give the Android 2.3.3 update. Sony Ericsson’s change of heart decision came after working on their 2011 range and felt Xperia X10 can be upgraded for a [...]

  Sony Ericsson expanded its Xperia family further by unveiling Xperia neo and Xperia pro. Both the phone are similarly spec’d but one major differentiator is the inclusion of a sliding QWERTY keyboard on the pro. Anyways, both the devices run on Android 2.3 OS and feature 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch FWVGA Reality display [...]

  Son Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone aka Xperia Play has finally been acknowledged at the Mobile World Congress. The Xperia Play will be the latest device in the Xperia range but will be targeted at gamers with its gaming prowess and integrated PlayStation controls like a D Pad, two analogue touch pads, shoulder buttons and four [...]

  Feb 13 will be a busy day for mobile enthusiasts. Samsung will unveil their new Galaxy S and now Sony Ericsson has confirmed to unveil its Xperia Play aka the PlayStation Phone on the same day. Xperia Play as many of you know, has been subjected to many leaks and even a full-fledged preview [...]