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MWC 2012; Expectations

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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It is the first day of february and I thought of reminding you all about the major event of this month. It’s the MWC 2012 which is to commence from 27 February 2012 in Barcelona. So, what to expect from Sony? New Xperias? Yes, it’s evident from this invitation letter from Sony Ericsson:

“Find out what’s new and what’s next! Join us at our Press Conference at Mobile World Congress for the latest news on our Xperia smartphone portfolio and strategy.”

There are rumours about some phones that would be announced by Sony. There are no official statements regarding any of those phones but we get a lot of details in the form of leaked pictures and benchmark results. We have reported them here and to them who had no time to look into it, I’d like to gather everything here.

Among the rumored phones, the most desirable and eye catching one is the LT22i ‘Nypon’ (Xperia P). It’s one among the phones expected to be announced in the event.

LT22i ‘Nypon’ Specsheet:

  • 1.0 GHz Dual-Core Processor
  • ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 Platform
  • 1GB RAM
  • 4.0-inch (540 x 960 resolution) display
  • 8.1MP (1080p video recording) Exmor R back-illuminated sensor with LED Flash
  • Gingerbread (2.3.7)

Another interesting phone is the MT27i ‘Pepper’.

MT27i ‘Pepper’ Specsheet:

  • 1GHz dual-core processor
  • ARM Mali-400 MP GPU ST-Ericsson chipset
  • 5MP camera
  • 3.7-inch (480×854) display
  • Sealed battery

Yet another one with some decent configuration and is highly expected to be announced in the event is the ST25i ‘Kumquat’. (Xperia U)

ST25i ‘Kumquat’ Specsheet:

  • 1GHz dual-core processor
  • 3.5-inch qHD display with Bravia Engine
  • 5-megapixel rear camera with Exmor R, 720p HD video recording
  • Gingerbread (Ice Cream Sandwich update later)

Also, we have the details of a mid range phone which could be possibly the successor of Xperia X8; that is the ST21i ‘Tapioca’.

ST21i ‘Tapioca’ Specsheet:

  • 800MHz processor
  • 3.2-inch display with 320 x 480 pixel resolution
  • 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM
  • 3.2MP camera
  • Android Gingerbread

And then we have a list of another 6 phones with their price and expected launch dates, but we know little about their hardware or software. We don’t have any pictures either.

Also, there were talks about LT28at/LT28i; the ‘at’ version for US and ‘i’ for the rest of the world. Sadly there is no mentioning of this phone in the price list and hence concluded that it doesn’t exist or it’s already released as the Xperia ion (for the US) and Xperia S (Worldwide).

For now these are all rumors and what is real is the event itself and the fact that Sony is a part of it. On the other hand there are no reasons why you shouldn’t believe the existence of these phones. Sadly, you have to wait 25 days more to get to a conclusion.

Most of us don’t bother this. Once the phones are launched, we analyse and judge it. But for the real hardcore Sony Ericsson fans out there, the wait is painful, especially when they loose their sleep on “Will that be a dual core…?” or “Will it be affordable?” or “Will it have a nice cam” and so on!

Leaked Pictures of Pepper, Kumquat and Nypon:

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…2-expectations/

Posted in Kumquat, LT22i, Nypon, Price, Tapioca, android, bravia, comparison, future, mwc, news, rumour, upcoming, xperia | No Comments »

L22i Nypon to be named Xperia P?

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Heard of the Sony tablets? We are not going to discuss anything about the tablets here, but I guess you noticed the names,Tablet S and Tablet P. It looks like since the the take over of Sony Ericsson, Sony decided to follow the same single alphabet naming procedure with their smartphones as well. The first Sony Xperia was named Xperia S (release in March 2012). There are rumors about ST25i ‘Kumquat‘ to get the name Xperia U and now we have another. This time it is LT22i ‘Nypon’.

Details emerge from the same source; and that is the Indonesian Telecoms Regulatory body. They claim that the LT22i Nypon will be called Xperia P on release.

LT22i ‘Nypon’ details:

  • 1.0 GHz Dual-Core Processor
  • ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 Platform
  • 1GB RAM
  • 4.0-inch (540 x 960 resolution) WhiteMagic display
  • 8.1MP (1080p video recording) Exmor R back-illuminated sensor with LED Flash
  • Android Gingerbread (2.3.7)

Source: Xperiablog

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Kumquat to be named Xperia U?

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

We have been hearing a lot about ST25i Kumquat these days and details regarding this phone emerges each day. Now there is another reason to believe its existence in the Sony labs. The information is from the Indonesian Postel website (the site represents the Indonesian Telecoms Regulatory body). In the list, we see a mysterious entry ‘Sony Ericsson Xperia U ST25i‘. If it was before the official announcement of Xperia S that this news emerged, I wouldn’t have bothered to lend my eyes on this piece of information because no companies bother to name their product like this!

It’s funny but this is going to be real:

In the Shop:

‘Hey, I want an S.’

‘A what?!’

‘Yeah, S.’

‘Oh, I get it, What about U? It’s cheaper.’

‘U?!’

‘Yeah U, the dual core thing with a downgraded camera. And we have more coming in a couple of months like the Q, R, T etc.‘

I don’t know how many more alphabets are reserved by Sony! The sales may be a tough job for Sony Ericsson but it seems the smartphone naming procedure is an extremely easy job!

source: xperiablog

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Sony Ericsson Windows Phone: More photos leaked

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Sony Ericsson has released only two phones running on Windows platform; the Xperia X1 and X2 (in 2010). Since then, it was like the company abandoned their projects on Windows Phones. In March 2011 news emerged from unofficial sources that Sony Ericsson would release the next set of Windows phones. There were also pictures of the prototype version of the phone leaked. Anyway, there are no phones released till date. Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson also commented on these rumors. They didn’t make an official statement in their blogs. In an interview to a news channel here in India, a Sony Ericsson Executive mentioned that there are no plans to release a Windows phone in the near future even though they have not abandoned Windows development.

Sony Ericsson seems highly interested on developing on Android platform and they do believe that their sales highly depend on android phones:

“…throughout 2011 we’ve shifted our business from feature phones to smartphones, and our Android-based smartphone sales in the quarter increased by 65% year-on-year.“

-Bert Nordberg, President and CEO of Sony Ericsson

Anyway, pictures keep coming. Now we have the recent set of pictures that shows a Windows phone from Sony Ericsson. It’s a QWERTY phone running on WP7 or WP 7.5.

source: xperiablog

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ST25i Kumquat; Shrunk Xperia S?

Saturday, January 21st, 2012
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First we had the Xperia arc, then its compact version; the Xperia ray. Now we have the Xperia S and there is a compact version for Xperia S too? The recent picture of the rumored ST25i Kumquat seems to take this honor.

Details of Kumquat (ST25)

1GHz dual-core processor

3.5-inch Reality display with Bravia Engine

5MP camera with Exmor R, 720p HD video recording

Android Gingerbread (Ice Cream Sandwich update later)

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As more and more pictures of the phone appears in the wild, we are forced to believe its existence and an official announcement at MWC 2012.

source : xperiablog

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…hrunk-xperia-s/

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Price list and Launch dates of entire 2012 Xperia portfolio

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Interested in knowing the prices and launch dates of all the phones in 2012 Xperia lineup?! The gsmarena team got a scoop on the unannounced smartphone  prices and launch dates. They say the information was leaked through Sony’s Sales report in India. The prices and dates are for the Indian market but there is no reason why it won’t be the same for the rest of the world. The prices were in INR but they managed to convert it into Euro.

Some of the phones mentioned are familiar to us, like the ST25i Kumquat, LT22i Nypon, MT27i Pepper and ST21 Tapioca but the rest of the phones are unfamiliar; there had not been any information available regarding them in the past.

Prices and Launch dates:

The majority of them will be launched in MWC 2012.

source: gsmarena

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SE Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – Date Rumours Begin!

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Following on from the official announcement of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on SE’s Xperia 2011 range, we now are starting to see a couple of rumours fly when we will get the newest version of Android will hit our handsets.

The first date came from SE Italy, via a reply on their Facebook page by Maurizio De Palma, the Head of Marketing for SE Italy, saying that the update should arrive by March 2012. As pointed out by our source, this would normally be within the release of a flagship phone (at this time of writing, expected to be the much rumoured Xperia Nozomi) based on the past two years (Xperia X10 and Xperia Arc)

However, just to throw another spanner into the works, a Sony employee has tweeted some comments about Ice Cream Sandwich and suggests a date of the first week of January 2012, but finds it rather confusing with the March date being mentioned. He also said that SE are working on a “skinless” version of ICS and that there is a chance of getting Android 2.3.4 to the X10 etc Personally though I wouldn’t get your hopes up about the latter.

It is nice to see some rumours about when we will get the update. However I would still prefer an official announcement, and it kept to.

The fact that the Sony employee is talking about a “skinless version of ICS” does puzzle me though. Recently I brought the Xperia Pro, and, going through the (generic) user guide for Android 2.3.4, it seems to match it pretty much apart from the Facebook Inside Xperia. I can’t honestly see SE ditching Facebook Inside Xperia, unless Google have forced them to. Anyway, speaking of the Xperia Pro, I will be posting a review of it soon.

As for the current rumoured dates; lets take those as a pinch of salt. I can’t see SE giving away ICS for its current platform before its even released its new range yet, with we hope ICS on it already. I suspect the update will be delivered in late Q1 or early Q2. That’s not to say that I wouldn’t mind having it in January or March though.

Source for the January date: XperiaBlog

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…-rumours-begin/

Posted in X10, Xperia Arc, Xperia Arc S, Xperia Duo, Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Neo, Xperia Play, Xperia Pro, Xperia active, Xperia ray, android, firmware, flashing, future, rumour, update, xperia | 10 Comments »

Sony Ericsson Xperia Nozomi

Sunday, November 6th, 2011
As most of you all know, Sony Ericsson is preparing a new device, which will be their first dual core phone.

We already talked about it here. The rumour was it will be called Xperia Duo.
Now few things changed from then.

It will be driven by snapdragon 1.5GHz(MSM8660) dual core processor, with help of 1GB RAM, although as you may notice, images shows only 691MB. It’s jet to be seen how many MB of RAM will it have. It also has a 4.3″ screen with amazing resolution of 720 by 1280, which gives 320dpi. You will have 32GB of storage for keeping your data, unfortunately without memory card option.
And all that will be powered with 1750mAh battery.

More rumours also suggest that this will be first Sony Ericsson phone to be used with micro-SIM and will have NFC. Of course, the exception being the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arco, which is released only in Japan and is their only model with an NFC chip.

All this specifications are maybe the reason they called it Nozomi, which is also used for fastest train service in Japan.
Here are few pictures of the phone itself:
Nozomi system information

Nozomi menu

Nozomi back

Also on next picture you can see NenaMark1 results for Nozomi:
Nozomi NenaMark1 results

Sources:
XperiaBlog facebook page
iandroid

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…-xperia-nozomi/

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Sony Ericsson LT18i Ayame benchmark leaked

Thursday, August 11th, 2011
We’ve already posted about a leaked handset with 1.4GHz CPU and a 720p display with the codename Nozomi which is said to be released in Japan only.
The LT18i with codenamed Ayame is more likely a global handset but it has only a FWVGA display with 480×854 resolution.

The proof came from NenaMark1 benchmark where an anonymous user posted up a score of 46.8fps and revealed the processor speed as 1.4GHz and GPU as the Adreno 205.
That means it scores 2fps more than the Xperia Arc (44.8fps) and has the same GPU as the Xperia Arc and just a more powerfull CPU. 1.4GHz on the LT18i compared to 1GHz on the LT15i (Arc).
This could even be the same single-core Snapdragon S2 chipset (MSM8655T) that is rumoured to be used in the Nozomi.

We believe that the LT18i Ayame will be quite similar to the Xperia Arc.
Question to you folks, would you upgrade from your Xperia Arc?

Screenshot of the benchmark:

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…nchmark-leaked/

Source: XPERIA Blog

Posted in android, concept, hardware, prototype, rumour, xperia | 3 Comments »

X10 Gingerbread: The Leaks

Thursday, July 28th, 2011
For the past few days I have been monitoring a certain thread over at XDA regarding the Gingerbread update, mainly to find out when SE have released it, and where has it. We know that it is delayed slightly (maybe until tomorrow?), and of course with a post dedicated to the Gingerbread update, they certainly have a few facts, and even a couple of rumours.


For a start, the above image is the latest picture taken of a X10 running Gingerbread. Now what is confusing with this image is that appears to be using the same kernel as the current Android 2.1 update, which would mean that the new range of Xperia phones (like Xperia Arc etc)  would still be quicker than having a new kernel for the phone. In fact one user claims that cos of the lack of a new kernel, that it is basically SE trying to release a custom ROM.

Then there is a youtube video of a X10 with Gingerbread:

It appears to be using the old UI for the Timescape widget, but then again since the video is so short it is very hard to form an opinion of the video. All we do know is that the person that posted up the video has said that that this will be out in a few weeks. Hmm. Ok, until we see the video below:

Now this looks a lot more official. Pity it is in chinese hebrew, but Im sure that this is pretty much what the X10 will look like once Gingerbread starts rolling out.

In any case, needless to say that for the update you will need to be running official stock SE software. And my tip to you is to run the generic kit for your region (or location, as thats what they are normally based on).  Thankfully, another user at XDA has decided to post most (if not, all) the kits available. Now Ive just had a look at the topic, and I suspect that this is old firmware, so it might just be worth using PC Companion or Sony Ericsson Update Service to make sure you are on the latest firmware, this way not making you too disappointed if you see a “new update”, and then find out it’s not the Gingerbread update that most people want.

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…read-the-leaks/

Posted in X10, android, customization, firmware, flashing, rumour, update, videos, x-series, xperia | 3 Comments »

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