Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone to be called ‘Xperia Play’?
We've been hoodwinked by trademark filing and domain registrations before (cough, BlackPad and SurfBook ) so we wouldn't say this is anywhere near definite, but we just caught wind of a Sony Ericsson EU trademark registration for "Xperia Play," and SE PR firm Jung Relations has registered a variety of Xperia Play domain names, including XperiaPlay.com, .net, and .org. Yes, that certainly sounds like a promising name for the PlayStation Phone (although not quite as promising as, you know, "PlayStation Phone,") but honestly we wouldn't bet on anything at this point. We've got a feeling we'll either find out either at CES or at MWC in February -- hold on tight
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: arc, domain-names, mwc, promising-name, result, sonyericsson, station-phone, trademark, xperia-play
Sony Ericsson Yendo delayed right into a fiery pit of irrelevance
Look, we'll be honest: the idea of an X10 mini running dumbphone software never really appealed to us from the start, so the news that it's apparently been delayed into 2011 doesn't elicit much of a reaction from anyone here at Engadget HQ.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: ces, congress, delay, ericsson-yendo, keyboard, pit, sony, sonyericsson, walkman, walkman-branded
Sony Ericsson’s Zeus Z1 PlayStation phone contributes sample shots to Picasa
At this point, does it really surprise anyone that a new phone is leaking by way of a photo sharing site ? We totally understand the conundrum: when you're logged into a phone that you're testing and you're taking pictures, it's so easy to upload 'em. And hey, you need to test the sharing functionality at some point anyway, right
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: conundrum, data, entry, ericsson, ericsson-zeus, fri, picasa, result, sonyericsson, zeus
Sony Ericsson LiveView review
This isn't the first time that Sony Ericsson's dabbled in the field of spy-like Bluetooth wrist accessories, but as we all know, extortionate prices and limited functionality meant these old timers never really took off. But now, things may be different: SE's freshly baked LiveView promises to offer a generous set of features -- alongside your Android 2.x device -- while going a little easier on your wallet.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: cart, freshly-baked, little-easier, phone, sony-ericsson, sonyericsson, timers, watch strap, wireless
PlayStation Phone espied in Greece, said to have Gingerbread and 4-inch screen (video)
It's quite fitting for a device that's purportedly codenamed Zeus to make its first video appearance somewhere in the wilds of Greece. What we have here is the apparent full motion debut of Sony Ericsson's big crossover device, the PlayStation Phone , one half portable gaming console, one half Android smartphone. Unfortunately, we never see it flexing out its slider to reveal that delicious control pad , but judging from its curves and little design details, it does indeed look to be the real deal
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: design, ericsson, inthewild, leak, playstation, sony ericsson z1, sony-ericsson, sonyericsson, video, wilds
Sony Ericsson faults ‘especially rigorous’ firmware testing in US for X10′s Eclair update delay on AT&T
We think this is a veiled way of passing the buck to AT&T -- but whatever it is, Sony Ericsson USA has extended an old, crusty, TimeScape-enabled olive branch to Xperia X10 owners in the States by attempting to explain what's going on with the Eclair update 'round these parts. Basically, the company says that getting an update out in the US is way harder than it is elsewhere because of "the technical requirements that must be met" over which Sony Ericsson has "no control." The blame is levied on an "especially rigorous" testing cycle that can (and presumably, often does) take several months, which is why they've thus far refused to offer guidance on when the update will be released.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: att, buck, eclair, entry, offer-guidance, our-warranty, sony-ericsson, sonyericsson, states, technical, update, update-delay, upgrade, x10
Xperia X10 will get pinch-to-zoom in Q1 2011, with some limitation (video)
There's been a long back-and-forth from Sony Ericsson and the dev community as to whether or not the Xperia X10 was at all capable of multi-touch -- the company stance has been that the hardware just can't do it , but still whispers to the contrary have lingered. Consider those murmurs validated: Sony Ericsson Product Blog has announced that the X10 will, in fact, get multi-touch in the first quarter of next year -- with some caveats. The large asterisk that's destined to clarify the minutiae will tell you that pinch-to-zoom will be enabled for browser and maps, but as the blog post put it, "situations like when the movement of the two fingers cross each other on the X- or Y-axis that could cause strange behavior." Third-party apps should be able to join some functionality, too, with the similar limitations (including when buttons must be pressed simultaneously -- that won't work)
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: birds, engadget, ericsson, Fingers, get-multi-touch, murmurs, pinch zoom, pinchzoom, result, sonyericsson, video, whether-or-not, xperia-x10, zoom
Sony Ericsson’s 4.3-inch Anzu previewed: ain’t got no Gingerbread, but still looking tasty
Our hope for the recently leaked Anzu (likely to be known as the Xperia X12 at retail) handset from Sony Ericsson was that it'd be the company's Android Gingerbread flagship , but here comes international super-reviewer Eldar Murtazin popping that bubble for us. The good man from Russia has a preview unit in his secret lab and reports that it currently only runs Android 2.1, with the intention being that launch devices in early 2011 will start off with Android 2.2 before getting their Gingerbread (2.3) fix in a later update. He also notes a 4.3-inch display with 854 x 480 resolution (just an LCD, nothing exciting ), an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 (same as in the T-Mobile G2 / Desire Z ) powering things inside, and a 12 megapixel imager mounted on the back.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: comprehensive, eldar, entry, galaxy 2, galaxy2, launch, megapixel, qualcomm, result, scorpion, sonyericsson, sonyericssonanzu
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 hacked to support multitouch, sort of
So there's no recent sign of an official multitouch update ever coming to the maligned X10 from Sony Ericsson, but you know how it goes: when a manufacturer fails to step up to the plate, a hacker with a heart of gold (or two) usually does so in its place. So it goes in this case, with folks on xda-developers showing off some very, very rudimentary multitouch capability on video
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: become-good, capability, device, engadget-mobile, ericsson, ericsson-xperia, gold, recent-sign, result, sonyericsson, touchscreen, x10, xda, xperia
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 slated for Android 2.1 upgrade this year
Sony Ericsson's midrange X8 shipped this month with a hilariously out-of-date version of Android installed -- Donut , to be specific -- but it looks like the company is going to be moving a little quicker to rectify the situation than it has with the similarly-afflicted X10 . A "company spokesman" has told IDG's news service that Android 2.1 will be coming before the end of the year, with details on exactly how that's going to happen coming "in the near future." We're in November now, so there's really no time for games if they're serious about making this happen before 2010's out -- then again, how many X8 owners are out there at this point? Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 slated for Android 2.1 upgrade this year originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:14:00 EST.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: eclair, entry, ericsson, mobile, sonyericsson, spokesman, update, xperia