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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
In the 2012 iF product design awards ceremony that took place in Munich, Germany on February 9, Sony Ericsson received four product design awards in the telecommunications category. The judging criteria included quality of design and finish, choice of materials, environmental impact and functionality.
The Indestructible Droid, Xperia active received the highest level of recognition, the Gold award. Jeanna Kimbré, Director of Creative Product Design for Sony Ericsson commented on Xperia active’s achievement:
The Xperia active smartphone reflects our commitment to offer handsets for active consumers with stunning design inside and out. Design has always been a cornerstone of how we approach innovation and we will continue to build on this success with the new iconic design language introduced as part of our 2012 portfolio.
Ralph Wiegmann, Managing Director of iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hannover commented:
We warmly congratulate Sony Ericsson for its first iF gold award. Xperia active is a very functional smartphone with a highly elegant design. Especially for sport users, it is the number one choice and the water and dust-resistance make it a very special product – a symbiosis of functionality and elegance.
The other smartphones eligible for the design awards are Xperia ray, Mix Walkman and Xperia mini pro.
Source: Sony Ericsson Press release
Posted in Mix walkman, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia active, Xperia ray, android, awards, design, xperia | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
It seems Sony Ericsson continues the support for the open dev community as they are making the the sensor HAL for the 2011 Xperia phones available as open source. Earlier they made the WebGL for android 4.0 as open source and the new step is from the feedbacks they received. So what does the developers benefit from this? They are now able to access and configure the sensors of a 2011 Xperia phone deeper than it was possible earlier.
The Sensor HAL now releasing as opensource includes source code files, and ‘make’ files that describes how the sensors are configured. So, in your ROM, you can enable or disable multiple sets of sensors for each device and in some cases also second-source sensors, when you are compiling. The sensor HAL also makes it possible to configure the sensors, so that you can mount the “sensor chip” in different ways without having to change the code.
The developers can either adapt the sensor HAL to their ROM, or use it as it is. For more information on this, just read through the README file included in the pack.
More information on Hardware Abstraction Layer can be found in this blog post.
Posted in Hardware Abstraction Layer, Xperia Arc, Xperia Arc S, Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Neo, Xperia Pro, Xperia active, Xperia neo V, Xperia ray, android, customization, developer, sensor HAL, xperia | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Xperia active, the indestructible droid has attracted very many sports enthusiasts out there. The phone did really prove its ability to withstand any odd situations. If you’re a dirt race biker, a swimmer or a surfer or whoever it is for that matter, Xperia active is your android.
Now for the time being, for the cyclists we have some interesting stuff. It’s an accessory for Xperia active, that is a bicycle mount. Clove has some interesting pictures of the new accessory but it seems they are not stocking it now. So if you’re a cyclist or someone interested in this new accessory do let them know.
Xperia active is with a 1GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, a 5MP camera, a 1200mAh battery, Reality display with Mobile Bravia Engine and above all, a phone you can never destroy!
Source: Clove.co.uk
Posted in Xperia active, accessories, android, fun, hardware, xperia | No Comments »
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Sony Ericsson tried their level best to compete in the market with the Windows OS, Symbian and Android. Despite all this, the company suffered great financial loss last year. This might be the reason for Sony to think differently. The company’s upcoming CEO has hinted that they have plans to expand the Vita OS to smartphones and tablets. Phones running on Windows mobile and Symbian failed to bring any joy to Sony Ericsson but the case was different with Android. Since they released the Xperia arc, their smartphone sales showed decent figures and hence it’s hard to believe that Sony will ditch Android just to pave the way for Vita OS. However, it’s evident from Yoshio Matsumoto’s comment that they are eyeing on Vita OS for smartphones.
“If you’re asking if we’ve made it in a way that’s expandable, so that it’s possible to apply to smartphones and tablets on top of achieving the high responsiveness we need for gaming devices — it is possible. That doesn’t mean that we’re applying it to smartphones and tablets at this point in time, but it’s been designed with expandability in mind.”
It’s obvious that it won’t happen any time soon but we wouldn’t like to see Sony completely getting rid of Android because we love the Xperia series and the company’s Android customizations. They should really account the fact that android did really boost the sales and if they can fine tune the OS, the sales can even get impressive.
People who hesitated to buy a Sony Ericsson justified that the company lacked quality and reliability. Now since the take over of the joint venture, they think the other way.
Source: theverge
Posted in Vita OS, android, future, operating-platform, sony, xperia | No Comments »
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Sony announced Xperia ion exclusively for the US and at&t, but the phone is to be available in UK as well?
Mobile fun, the Birmingham based UK company is offering Xperia ion for UK just after the release in US, ie by June 2012. There is no information about the exact dates or the price tag. This is just a rumour because the company announced the phone only for US and there was nothing said about its release in UK or any other part of the world. So we advice to take this with a pinch of salt.
For more information about Xperia ion go to here
Source: mobilefun
Posted in Xperia ion, android, future, market, release, rumour | No Comments »
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Company’s new flagship, Xperia S is getting a lot of attention from the public. Many hope that the buyout of Ericsson from Sony Ericsson and Sony’s decision to revamp the mobile department (Sony Mobile Communications from now on) will eventually help the company to gain the number one position in smart phone sales.
Sony is now planning to spend £15 million in the first three months of the launch of Xperia S just for marketing the phone; that includes, TV, cinema and billboard advertisements. Xperia S is the first smart phone from Sony and there is no wonder why Sony takes it seriously. I think they believe in “Well begun is half done.”!!!
Source: Xperiablog
Posted in Xperia S, android, campaign, market, release, sony, xperia | No Comments »
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Sony Ericsson is happy to help you if you are in search of localised keyboard mapping information to develop your own ROM. On their developer blog, they have added the keyboard variants of Xperia pro and Xperia mini pro to those who are interested in developing region specific custom ROMs. So, if you’re one among them, it’s essential to make sure that your ROM handles the physical keyboard corresponding to the region you are developing it for. ie, your ROM should support the special characters or extra keys if your region specific keyboard demands it.
Sony Ericsson welcomes your feedback and queries regarding this and the developers out there are willing to help you achieve your goal on developing your own ROM.
For more information on the keyboard layout and to get support from the Sony Ericsson team, visit their developer blog.
Posted in Keyboard, Official, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, android, customization, developer, firmware, guides, news, xperia | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Interested in spending time on creating apps or extensions for the Sony Ericsson Smart Accessories?
The Smart Extension SDK (v1.01) is available for download.
Note: The new version of LiveWare manager version is now available on Android Market. Please install this before installing the emulator in the SDK. If you have already installed the emulator, you will need to re-install it when you have installed the new version of LiveWare manager. The emulator will only work with LiveWare manager version 3.1.13 and onwards.
Source: developerworld
Posted in accessories, android, application, developer, news, xperia | No Comments »
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Sony confirmed the presence in the MWC 2012, that is to commence from 26 Feb 2012. They wrote in their invitation letter,
“Find out what’s new and what’s next!”
It’s evident that more phones will be announced. A couple of days back we reported about what to expect from Sony in the event. You can get an idea of what could possibly be the next set of smartphones from the company.
source: Xperiablog
Posted in Corporate, Official, android, conference, future, mwc, news, sony, xperia | No Comments »
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