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You can expect Sony to announce even more new Xperia devices at Mobile World Congress as they are sending out invitations to members of the press. Not even a month ago, Sony unveiled new phones at CES in the Xperia S and the Xperia Ion, the first phones to drop the Ericsson branding due to [...]

Sony unveiled the first members of their 2012 handset lineup back at CES, emphasizing the Xperia Ion for AT&T and its international brother the Xperia S. In The phone will be released with a set of features catering to the needs of Japanese mobile users as the Xperia NX, which has been announced for a [...]

The official Google TV Twitter account tweeted just moments ago that a software update for Sony Blu-ray players has begun rolling out. The 260MB update will bring about the ability for the players to now playback Blu-rays in the 3rd dimension and much needed speed enhancements to the Chrome browser. Lord knows, my Revue browser [...]

Inching one step closer to completely eradicating the Ericsson name from all future Xperia handsets, the European Commission has approved Sony’s takeover of Sony Ericsson. The deal comes as Sony looks to integrate its line of Android smartphones more deeply into its product lineup, allowing for greater interoperability between Xperia handsets and internet-connected televisions, tablets, [...]

The Sony Xperia S has made the prerequisite visit to the FCC en route to a release on AT&T with all sorts of connectivity in two. The handset’s quad-band GMS/EDGE radio was put through its paces on the 850/900/1900/2100 UMTS bands along with HSPA, RFID, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and GPS. We also [...]

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Sony [Ericsson] looks to be sticking to the design trends set with the Xperia S for the rest of their 2012 lineup, as evidenced in this leaked image of the handset currently codenamed Kumquat. The Sony Ericsson ST25i may have a goofy placeholder name, but it carries the sleek styling that had us praising Sony’s [...]

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Sony Ericsson has reported their earnings for Q4 2011, and anything but earnings they are. The company responsible for the Xperia line of Android phones took a loss of €247 million (~$ 317 million) for that period. The joint venture between Sony and Ericsson had its reasons for the poor showing, including everything from stiff competition [...]

Although Ericsson’s name has been dropped off of the Xperia-branded line of devices, we fully expect Sony to attack the smartphone market just as fiercely as they did. It appears they will be doing just that as a new leak has suggested they will be coming to market with no less than 12 smartphones. We’re [...]