Sony has confirmed that they are rolling android 4.0 aka ice cream sandwich updates to their xperia mobiles in last week of march or the 1st week of april. its not fully confirmed yet that the upgrade will take place in march last of march or in first of april but the update for xperia phones will be out in Spring 2012.

If you have Xperia mobile and eagerly waiting for ice cream sandwich update get ready for it. Check the list below if your Xperia handset is getting the new android update or not. ice cream sandwich xperia.

Sony xperia ice cream update mobile list:

Sony Xperia Arc

Sony Xperia Arc S

Sony Xperia Neo

Sony Xperia Neo V

Sony Xperia Mini

Sony Xperia Mini Pro

Sony Xperia Active

Sony Xperia Play

Sony Xperia Ray

Bookmark site for further updates about updating your sony xperia phone. Will publish full guide how to upgrade your xperia and whats the changes so stay tuned.

Sony Ericsson has launched a new camera phone. The phone is expected Idou, which contains the 12.1-megapixel camera with auto focus and a set of touching the camera advanced features such as true 16:9 widescreen and xenon flash. In one of a number of projects that will be launched this year under the umbrella of the entertainment is unlimited. Idou encapsulates the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand to provide visual communication like never before. Building on what will become an institution of the Symbian operating system, and thousands of applications available on the Internet to allow applications to install new and exciting content.

Specifications : Size of 112.0 x 55.0 x 13.0 mm (4.4 × 2.2 × 0.5 inches) Weight 126.0 g Screen 360×640 pixels 16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen Available in black, silver Bordeaux SanDisk microSD memory support

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Firmware 3.10 brought limited Facebook integration and a fix for the ugly friends list. The unconfirmed firmware 3.15 will bring…well we don’t know.

[UPDATE] – All we know is that there should be fixes for controller pairing, the ability to transfer data between two PS3’s linked with an Ethernet cable (converting saves should be easier now), and PSP minis will now be…playable on PS3s.

The firmware, rumoured on Neogaf, is said to be posted in only two days time on December 10th.

Could this be the PS3 firmware update we’ve been waiting for? We doubt that it’s time for cross-game voice chat, since Sony would most likely have given the update a more significant collection of digits.

Our friends at TheSixthAxis have also brought us news that Sony will update the PlayStation Store on the 22nd December this Christmas and then over two weeks later on January 7th.

[UPDATE 2] – This firmware update has now been confirmed by Sony Europe. Find details on its key features on Playstation University.

Check out the official post

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Another rumor making the rounds is what seems to be another new Sony Ericsson Xperia-like handset that will apparently be ready to run on an Android OS. Once again we see leaked images arise. The images seem to portray a rather large touchscreen device with an Xperia branding on the rear. The handset is being called the Sony Ericsson Xperia Rachel.

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The images also depict a 3.5mm earphone socket and an 8MP camera. Reports also state that the handset would also feature -

• Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G with HSDPA
• A 4-inch TFT touchscreen with an 800 x 480 pixel resolution
• Bluetooth of course and mini USB connectivity

The same reports also mention that the handset will be based on the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon platform. This means we could expect better graphics and connectivity options.
The handset has not yet been confirmed officially but it seems it’s scheduled to be announced sometime later this year.

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As part of Sony’s announcement today that it will be cutting the PS2’s RRP by $30, SCEA CEO Jack Tretton took a moment to make parallels between old and new.
“Just as PlayStation 2 is delivering on a 10-year lifecycle and helped expand and solidify the DVD format for home entertainment along the way,” he said, “we believe Playstation 3 offers the same promise by helping secure the Blu-ray format.”
Tretton went on to say that the PS3 offers “unprecedented value” as the total home entertainment solution for the next decade, clarifying perhaps that the business has no immediate plans to reduce the price of the PS3.
The latest wave of PS3 price drop speculation passed by only just days ago, with an anonymous source incorrectly stating that an announcement will have occurred by now. Just weeks ago Screen Digest Games Analyst Ed Barton claimed that Sony was “under pressure” from various publishers to drop the retail price of its latest home console.
Sony states that the PlayStation 2 was the first home console to integrate DVD technology, and claims that the “rapid growth” of the PS2 install base “helped establish DVD as the standard optical disc media format worldwide.”

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The price cut could sustain the life of the PS2, which has sold more than 136 million units since its debut in 2000, making it the world’s popular gaming system, Sony said on Tuesday. The news follows recent rumors on video gaming websites and blogs about the possibility that Sony might cut the price of the PlayStation 3, its more powerful console.
The PS3′s least expensive model sells for about $400. Sony dominated the global video game industry for a decade starting in the mid-1990s, but sales of the PS3 have lagged behind those of Nintendo Co Ltd’s Wii console and Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360.

Sony Ericsson’s universal proprietary port is located on the other side. Thankfully, they’ve included their new charging cable that has a built-in socket for the handsfree so you can listen to your audio while charging. The handsfree has an adapter so you’re free to use any set of earphones of your personal preference. The bundled in-ear earphones were pleasantly comfortable to wear. A small Walkman button is located on the top of the device and can be used to activate the player as well as for the Shake-Control feature for changing tracks.

What really irked me initially is the fact that the W705’s M2 card slot is located under the rear panel. Although you don’t need to remove the battery to access it, I simply don’t see why it couldn’t have a removable panel on the outside. But SE has graciously provided a 4GB card with the package so removing the card itself for anything is redundant. The only problem is when transferring files to the handset via USB in Mass Storage mode, the handset goes into offline mode. In this case you can select Media transfer and the handset can be used as an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) device.

Which brings me to the panel itself. It has a very neat lock switch at the bottom that ensures it stays in place even if the handset is the receiver of a harsh jolt for whatever reason. The 3 megapixel camera is located at the rear and a secondary camera is placed in front near the earpiece.
Despite of the slider being a bit sluggish and the absence of an external hot-swap slot, the W705 is a stylish and funky looking handset.
Features and Performance
Interface
Nothing new here at all. I still got annoyed with SE’s attempt at a flashy animated menu that drains the handset’s battery and is not as fluid as the normal one with stationary icons. If you’re in agreement, I suggest you just download a few simpler themes. A couple of good sites are – Mobile9 and Zedge.net. The accelerometer may not be to fluid either but it is very responsive for all menus that it’s coupled with like the media interface, which is also the same with no visible changes incorporated. The new messaging interface actually looks like a chat application which is pretty neat and well arranged.

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