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Xperia Lounge users have got an early Christmas present: an Xperia theme inspired by the original PlayStation® console for free (its normally £1.49).
Despite launching over two decades ago the PlayStation remains as iconic as ever. This theme includes the circle, square, triangle, and cross icons as well as a throwback to the classic controller.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY, the world’s first PlayStation® certified smartphone, is now on sale in shops in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan with further availability in an additional 6 markets over the next 2 weeks. The Xperia™ PLAY launches with more than 60 games from the industry’s biggest content providers including Sony Computer Entertainment, Gameloft, Electronic Arts and Glu Mobile. The range of games available to download at launch is a combination of original PlayStation® titles, well known 3D titles that take the full advantage of the graphical capabilities and controls of Xperia™ PLAY as well as popular casual games all optimized for the unique game pad.
Sony Ericsson has formed partnerships with over 20 developers from big publishers to independents, from middleware providers Havok and Unity to engaging Android developers, to ensure a steady flow of new titles for Xperia™ PLAY.
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Last week Sony Ericsson unveiled the new Xperia™ arc smartphone with cutting edge Sony technology and an exceptional multimedia experience on the latest version of the Android™ platform – 2.3. Xperia™ arc is the first of a new generation of Xperia smartphones to be announced in 2011.
Bert Nordberg, President, Sony Ericsson said, “We’re starting strong in 2011 by introducing our most exciting Xperia™ product yet. Xperia™ arc combines state-of-the-art Sony technology with breathtaking design to entertain and wow consumers. All on the latest Android™ release.”
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Rogers Wireless, the largest Canadian mobile carrier, has just released two new handsets: Samsung J706 and a white version of Sony Ericsson W200a. Both phones are only available with Pay As You Go plans.
Samsung J706 has features quad-band GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, a 2 inch TFT display with 128 x 160 pixels and 65K colors, Music player (MP3, AMR, AAC and WMA), Video player, Bluetooth, FM radio, MMS and SMS capabilities, WAP browser, email, USB, Bluetooth, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, calendar, calculator, currency converter and To Do list. The price is $114.99.
W200a offers the following: a 1.8 inch TFT display with 128 x 160 pixels and 65K colors, Walkman player, external speakers, Mega Bass, access to Rogers Music Store, FM radio, MMS, email and Web capabilities, alarm clock, calendar, stopwatch, PC synch, embedded games, a VGA camera with video recording, tri-band GSM connectivity with GPRS, USB, 25MB of internal memory, and a 128MB card. The Pay As You Go prices of Sony Ericsson W200a in white start at $99.99.
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Sony Ericsson recently unveiled its W580im handset, a new version of the W580i music phone. The W580im packs all the features the original phone has and also brings i-mode compatibility for high-speed Internet access.
Sony Ericsson W580im comes as a quad-band (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) GSM device with EDGE and GPRS connectivity and it’s a slim, nice looking slider that measures 99 x 47 x 14 millimeters and weighs 94 grams, Walkman 2.0 player, TrackID music recognition, PlayNow for fast MP3 downloads, MegaBass, Flight mode, FM radio with RDS, Music tones and Polyphonic ringtones. Furthermore, it has Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, built-in handsfree, Voice memo and Memory Stick Micro 512 MB card included.
The i-mode compatible Sony Ericsson also features a 2 inch 240 x 320 pixel TFT 256K colors screen, a 2 megapixel camera with video, NetFront browser, e-mail capabilities, RSS feeds, Java MIDP 2.0 and a standard Li-Po 900 mAh battery.
Sony Ericsson W580im will hit the market during February, for an unknown price, probably in the same color options as the W580i model: Style White, Boulevard Black, Urban Grey and Metro Pink.
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