Sony today issued a correction to comments made earlier by a company representative that suggested that there would be no Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades for 2011 Xperia smartphones. It turns out that Sony is still looking at offering such upgrades according to its statement: A quick note – during a Q&A session last week on our Sony Mobile GB […]
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Rumour: 9.4-inch Sony Xperia tablet revealed
A leaked slide deck has revealed what appears to be Sony’s next generation tablet. It retains the distinctive wedge design of the Tablet S but has been improved in a number of areas. Along with the expected hardware upgrades, it is also thinner (by 42%) and lighter than its predecessor. Unlike its first generation tablets, Sony will bear the Xperia […]
More pictures and videos of the Sony LT29i Hayabusa prototype
More pictures as well as a number of videos of the upcoming Sony LT29i ‘Hayabusa’ have turned up. These follow pictures leaked a week ago. Like the first ones, these still bear the Sony Ericsson brand name. The first of two videos focuses on the hardware: A second video focuses on the software and shows Sony’s ‘Small app’ widget works: […]
2011 Sony Xperia models unlikely to receive Android 4.1 upgrades
A number of recent comments by Sony UK suggest that the company will not provide Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrades to its 2011 Xperia device lineup. In a question and answer session conducted on Facebook, John Cooper, UK Product Manager for Sony Mobile, confirmed that neither the Sony Xperia Arc S nor the Sony Xperia Mini Pro would be upgraded […]
Rumour: Sony Xperia Mint (LT30p) specifications and pictures leaked
The Sony LT30 ‘Mint’ has been the topic of rumours in the past. A detailed review of the device (identified here as the LT30p) complete with plenty of pictures and new details about specifications has now surfaced courtesy of Mobile-Review. Rumoured Sony Xperia ‘Mint’ (LT30p) specifications: Processor: 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 Operating system: Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) […]
Rumour: Sony to unveil new smartphones at IFA 2012
Sony has sent out press invitations to an IFA 2012 press conference. While the invitation itself makes no mention of what will be announced or what the “exclusive booth unveiling” will reveal, expectations are that Sony will unveil new smartphones at the event. On the other hand, it could also unveil a new generation of tablets. A number of Sony […]
Rumour: Pictures of the upcoming Sony LT29i ‘Hayabusa’ surface
The Sony LT29i ‘Hayabusa’ has been the topic of rumours for some time now. It is expected to be an international version of the Sony Xperia GX which was released in Japan last month. A number of pictures of the device have now turned up courtesy of Xperia Blog. The presence of the Sony Ericsson logo suggests that these pictures […]
Benchmarks confirm 1.7GHz processor for Sony Xperia SL
It appears that the AnTuTu benchmark has confirmed that the Sony Xperia SL (LT26ii) will indeed come with a 1.7GHz dual-core processor as earlier rumours suggested. The specific chipset is not specified but is believed to be an overclocked version of the Qualcomm S3 Snapdragon MSM8260 chipset presently found in the Sony Xperia S. The benchmarks also show the Sony […]