Nokia and Microsoft Update Business Mobility Capabilities to Symbian Belle

Nokia announced forthcoming updates to its Symbian Belle operating system that turn the latest range of smartphones into a mobile office for any business. The free updates, called Microsoft® Apps, deliver a suite of Microsoft productivity applications to compatible Nokia smartphones to add to the comprehensive security and manageability features already contained in Symbian Belle. Requiring no additional infrastructure, these apps help add immediate business advantage to the first Symbian Belle devices as well as delivering significant additional value to existing Nokia business customers who upgrade to Symbian Belle.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Now Playable on Xperia PLAY

There is good news for you, gamers! Sony Ericsson is once again teaming up with EA Mobile™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and the world’s leading mobile games publisher, to deliver games for its flagship gaming smartphone – Xperia™ PLAY – with access to one of the most popular modern warfare action games of all time, Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2.

Taking full advantage of the smartphone’s outstanding graphic capabilities and game-changing control pad, Xperia™ PLAY brings realistic, fast-paced gameplay to the Android operating system for the first time. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is available to download from today for all Xperia™ PLAY customers in all markets outside the US.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY Launches with Over 60 Games

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.

Xperia PLAY

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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Sony Ericsson Introduces Xperia™ arc

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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Tim Kring and Nokia push boundaries of mobile entertainment with Conspiracy For Good

Heroes creator Tim Kring and the Ovi by Nokia-powered new social benefit entertainment pilot, Conspiracy For Good(TM) (CFG, http://www.conspiracyforgood.com/), concluded successfully this past weekend with more than half a million downloads of CFG casual games and apps from Nokia’s Ovi Store, over 4,000 dedicated members joining the global movement online, enthusiastic attendance at the four live events in London, and huge support recorded from partner charities.

“The Conspiracy For Good has been two years in the making with Nokia,” said Tim Kring, 2010 International Digital Emmy® Pioneer Award winner for transmedia storytelling. “We had a team of more than 130 experts working behind the scenes in five countries across three continents making sure that this was the best entertainment experience possible and to ensure the charity causes were the true heroes of this immersive story.”
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