In 2010, it was all about the Xperia series for Sony Ericsson, which raised a lot of questions towards the outdated versions of Android, bulky design and lacking features. In 2011 Sony Ericsson has announced the addition of a new model in the series called the Xperia Arc, and it seems like it is a great design improvement when compared to all the previous Xperia models. Furthermore, It is one of the most slimmest and thinnest phone ever produced by any mobile company; sporting a 4.2 inch screen with a TFT LD screen and a distinct feature of Sony’s Bravia Engine image.
It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It boasts of 8.1 megapixel camera and here comes the real twist; it features the Exmor R CMOS sensor. The Xperia Arc would be the first phone to feature this in its model as only compact cameras had recently started to add this feature. It would be a feature packed phone with 8 GB memory expandable up to 32 GB, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1, micro USB slot and HDMI slot, IM services, Google maps, integrated social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Xperia Arc is set to be released in the first quarter of the year in UK but there has been no mention about its price. It could be expected to be on the higher side. Though the version of Android has been updated when compared to its previous models, but still its outdated when compared to phones of other leading companies which are running on Android 3.0. Latest announcements of phones like Motorola Atrix and LG Optimus 2x have dual core processor chip where as Xperia Arc has single core processor. However, its 2 distinct features of Bravia Engine and Exmor R CMOS sensor gives a new dimension to phones aimed at entertainment.
The new Mini Android smart phone from Sony Ericsson is now available through the Carphone Warehouse. It appears that there has been plenty of interest in this tiny mid range smart phone. Despite not having the high end hardware on the XPERIA X10 (which comes with a massive 4 inch capacitive touch screen, an 8 mega pixel camera and a Snapdragon 1GHz CPU), the X10 Mini is actually a pretty practical phone to have.
In fact, for those who are not too picky about their hardware –and are on a budget, the X10 Mini is the perfect solution to many smart phone needs.
In terms of hardware, the X10 Mini is a practical handset. The 2.5 inch capacitive touch screen is not as small as it may sound (compared to the significantly larger screen on the original device), and at close look, the display delivers a pretty solid Android experience for users. Even the phone’s interface comes with a stripped down version of the Timescape tool on the original XPERIA X10.
For now, the X10 Mini will be using the older Android 1.6 Donut operating system –just like the original handset. This probably means that when the larger handset gets an update, so might the mini version, and the original X10 is due to get an update on September (so anyone hoping for an update to the latest version might want to settle for another handset).
The device comes with a very small 128 MB of internal storage so users will certainly want to make use of the microSD card support –it will support up to 16GB cards and according to initial reports, a 2GB card will come packed with the handset.
A 5 mega pixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging and 30FPS VGA video recording will be replacing the larger 8MP camera on the original X10.
A Google Android sporting, Qualcomm 1ghs processor boasting, 8MP camera flaunting, Wifi’ing, GPS’ing, HSDPA’ing, 4-inch touchscreening phone is on its way in the form of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 and we’re very excited indeed. In the past, announcements of new Sony Ericsson phones have always prompted a pretty uniform response from us here. Something normally along the lines of: Mneh. Or: ‘k. Because as good looking and feature packed as many of them have been they’ve been consistently let down by simply two things that SE have now (finally!) addressed. And these, drum roll please, are:
1 – Proprietary technologies. In the past: Sony’s own brand of memory cards and headphones could be plugged into their handsets. The Sony Ericsson xperia X3 lets you use microSD cards and plug whatever the hell you want into the 3.5mm jack socket.
2 – Windows Mobile. The X3 is going to be SE’s first ever Google Android phone. And they’ve re-skinned it to look absolutely even more delicious than it already way. (See the video below). Yum
And in one fell swoop… or two swoops, actually, they’ve fixed. Whoop! So we just can’t wait for this thing to be released. There’s a Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 review to look at, or these Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 deals to peruse in the meantime, but annoyingly there’s no actual release date for the thing yet. We’ll pin our ears back and keep you posted though…
In 2010, it was all about the Xperia series for Sony Ericsson, which raised a lot of questions towards the outdated versions of Android, bulky design and lacking features. In 2011 Sony Ericsson has announced the addition of a new model in the series called the Xperia Arc, and it seems like it is a great design improvement when compared to all the previous Xperia models. Furthermore, It is one of the most slimmest and thinnest phone ever produced by any mobile company; sporting a 4.2 inch screen with a TFT LD screen and a distinct feature of Sony’s Bravia Engine image.
A Google Android sporting, Qualcomm 1ghs processor boasting, 8MP camera flaunting, Wifi’ing, GPS’ing, HSDPA’ing, 4-inch touchscreening phone is on its way in the form of the 
