Bad news for Xperia PLAY owners as Sony Mobile changed its mind and will not deploy an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, as previously promised.Although the Japanese company confirmed earlier this year that most of 2011 Xperia smartphones will be upgraded to Android 4.0, it appears that Xperia PLAY ...

Even though Samsung launched the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Beam smartphones back in February at the Mobile World Congress 2012, the handset vendor failed to offer any details regarding the phones’ processors.Although we knew the smartphones are equipped with dual-core processors, there was no info... (read more)

HTC seems to be getting into the custom chip game, probably bothered by the production problems of the Snapdragon S4, found in the HTC One Xl smartphone. We all know that Apple makes it own custom chip designs, while Samsung has the Exynos and Sony has ST-Ericsson chips. Even Huawei ...

It appears that Sony is trying to attract more Android fans with special offers and bundles. The latest promotional offer launched by the Japanese company is now available via US major carrier AT&T.Starting this weekend, the carrier offers the Sony Tablet P and Sony Ericsson PLAY bundled together for onl... ...

Sony Ericsson joint-venture is history, but the company's handsets will remain on the market for a while, until a new wave of Sony-branded devices will take their place.Rumor has it that Rogers plans to launch the Xperia arc S, one of the last Sony Ericsson smartphones announced last year in ...

Sony on Thursday announced the transaction to acquire Ericsson’s 50% stake in Sony Ericsson has been completed. Sony and Ericsson announced the deal last October, which was worth €1.05 billion in cash and made Sony Ericsson a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. The company will be renamed to Sony Mobile Communications ...

Today, Sony has announced that it has completed the purchase of Sony Ericsson, the joint venture it formed in collaboration with infrastructure provider Ericsson.In fact, Sony has completed the purchase of Ericsson’s stake in the joint venture, as part of a deal that was announced back in October. ...

Although Sony Ericsson’s Xperia family did not have the success the Japanese-Swedish joint-venture was expecting, at least it gets awards for design. The company has just announced that four of its products have received 2012 iF product design awards in the telecommunications category. Sony Er... (read more)

Sony Ericsson’s partnership with Billabong has been announced back in October when the handset maker released the Xperia active Billabong Edition in New Zealand.   The smartphone was exclusively avail... (read more)

2011 was the year of takeovers, with Motorola Mobility becoming part of Google, while Sony announced a buyout of all the Ericsson stakes into Sony Ericsson. This news came in October and now we’re in the final stages of the deal, with some Sony-branded phones already appearing in press conferences. ...

Sony Ericsson has just leaked extra info about the Pepper handset, also known under the codename MT27i. I’m talking about a picture of the phone, plus some benchmark details, that are shown below. This model is perceived as an Xperia Neo follow-up and its specs that have been previously leaked ...

Sony Ericsson Xperia pro made its debut in India last year and was priced pretty steep at Rs 25,000 (500 USD or 385 EUR) outright. However, only a few months after its initial launch in the country, the Xperia pro gets a $100 price cut.