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Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro received a new firmware today.

Here’s the official changelog:

  • New Facebook™ and RoadSync™ panels on the standby screen.
  • Enhanced performance and functionality for YouTube™, Facebook™, RoadSync™ and Barcode Reader.
  • Stability improvement in the areas of W-LAN, MMS and Internet.
  • Video quality improvement for playing MPEG4 format.
  • Performance improvement when multitasking.
  • Improvements in phone start up time.

Connect your Vivaz pro to a computer to download and apply the update.


PSP Phone Android 3.0According to an engadget tipster, Sony Ericsson is working on a PSP Phone that will run Android 3.0. The phone is said to be a combination of the Samsung Galaxy S, and the PSP Go.

It will have a landscape slider with the basic QWERTY keyboard being replaced by gaming controls. The slider will come with the standard D-Pad, PSP buttons and a “long touch pad” for analog controls.

The rumor tells that the PSP Phone will have a 3.7 to 4.1 inch screen with WVGA or better resolution. It could come with a 5 megapixel camera, but that hasn’t been finalized yet. We’ll see a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU power this phone. The phone will come with both PSP and Xperia branding, and should be black with silver highlights.

The new Android Market should contain games designed for this device, that will be graphically in the range of PSX and PSP. The engadget tipster says that this phone could see the light of day as early as October, just in time for the holiday sales.

Sounds like a really cool device, doesn’t it?


Sony Ericsson Aspen - Black

Sony Ericsson announced Aspen in February, 2010. You’ve had to wait for a long time for it to become available, but now you only have to wait a few more weeks since it will be available in August.

The phone will have a 2.4″ QVGA resistive touch screen, a 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm audio-jack, FM radio, WiFi, microUSB connector and a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone is 117 x 60 x 12.45 mm in size, and weighs 130 grams.

Aspen will come with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board.


Check out this comparison video of four different screen technologies.

You can see the following screens tested in the video above:

  • Motorola Milestone with a LCD panel
  • Nexus One with an AMOLED panel
  • HTC Desire with a Super LCD panel
  • Samsung Wave with a Super AMOLED panel

Personally I like the Super AMOLED screen the most. Would be cool to see the iPhone 4s Retina Display in this same test.


SE Vivaz Pro - Black

Had a chance to play around with the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro today. The keyboard on this thing is pretty cool, I like it!

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Sony Ericsson Elm J10i2 - Pearly Rose

The Sony Ericsson J10i2, a.k.a. Elm, is a great candybar phone with good specs. The phone feels good in your palm, and is easy to use.

Specs for the Sony Ericsson J10i2 Elm:

  • GSM bands: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
  • 3G bands: 900/2100MHz
  • OS: Sony Ericsson made
  • Screen: 2.2″ TFT, 256K colors, 240×320 resolution
  • Camera: 5.0MP (2592×1944), LED flash, autofocus, Geo-Tagging, face and smile detection, video calls
  • Memory: 280 MB internal flash memory, microSD card slot
  • Connections: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA (7.2 Mbps), HSUPA (2 Mbps), Bluetooth v2.1 with support for A2DP, WLAN (802.11b/g, DLNA), microUSB v2.0
  • Other: A-GPS, waterproof, FM radio with RDS, TrackID, SenseMe, Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, CO2 counter, pedometer, Noise Shield
  • Battery: Li-Po (1000 mAh)
  • Standby: 430 h (GSM), 446 h (3G)
  • Talk time: 10 h (GSM), 4 h (3G)
  • Size: 110 x 45 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 90 g

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Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro - Black

The first shipment of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro arrived today at the store where I work.  The X10 mini pro is exactly the same as the X10 mini, but with an added QWERTY keyboard. The Android 1.6 powered little phone comes with a 600MHz processor, 2.6″ capacitive touch screen, 5MP camera, A-GPS, micro USB connector, microSD card, Bluetooth with support for A2DP, WiFi and a FM radio with RDS support.

I personally think that Sony Ericsson has done a good job with the XPERIA X10 mini pro. The screen is small, but with the full keyboard it feels quite good in your hand. Build quality also seems good, and the spring that opens the QWERTY slider is good.

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Opera Mini 5.1 - More than 3000 phonesOpera Software today announced the availability of Opera Mini 5.1. To download Opera Mini 5.1, direct your current mobile browser to the following URL: http://m.opera.com.

This update is highly recommended for users of Nokia S40 feature phones with limited memory, such as the popular Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 6300 and Nokia 2700 handsets. This upgrade will also benefit phones with a small screen size, such as the Sony Ericsson K550i and Sony Ericsson W810i phones. In addition, Opera Mini 5.1 will improve the browsing experience for those who have encountered out-of-memory issues or the need to reload open web pages while surfing with Opera Mini 5. The update is not critical for Opera Mini users on smartphones or high end devices.

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