The European Commission has approved the sales of Ericsson’s share in joint venture Sony Ericsson to Sony as of January 26, 2012. This paves the way for upcoming phones to be branded under the ‘Sony’ badge/ logotype. It has been roughly 11 years since the joint venture and it has been a interesting experience with models such as T68, K750, P900. Sony Ericsson is no more and should be phased out by June 2012.

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Some days ago was leaked image of new Sony smartphone ST25i Kumquat. Yet there is no much information about this device. Probably ST25i will get final name Xperia U. According to the recently leaked price info table, ST25i Kumquat will cost about €262 and should be released in April. By the way, here is the full leaked price table:

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/.

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Today Sony Ericsson (or I can say just Sony) announced it’s new Android-based phone Xperia™ S also known as Nozomi LT26i. As you can see from PR-images the new device has “Sony” logotype on the front, while on old prototype devices we still can clearly see “Sony Ericsson” logo.

Xperia™ S has 4.3″ 16, 000,000 colour TFT 1280×720 pixels touchscreen, a 12 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor R™ sensor featuring 1080p video recording.

Xperia S™ will be powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor (MSM8260 chipset) and 32GB of internal memory. The phone support Android 2.3 at launch. Upgrade to Android 4.0 will be possible in 2nd half of 2012.

Xperia™ S weighs 144 grams and sizes 128 x 64 x 10.6 mm. The phone will be availble from 2nd quater 2012 in two colours: Black and Silver.

Official press-release will coming soon. Also today Sony Ericsson shows some very nice accessories.

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Sony Ericsson/Sony will announce today “Smart Watch”, which will be branded with a “Sony” badge. This device is indeed the successor to the Live View that Sony Ericsson launched last year and will most likely be dubbed “Live View ” by media and such. With just a few hours before announcement The Verge got hold of picture showing the device. In this pic the accessory is branded with Sony Ericsson, which our source tell us is because its a prototype and when launched in markets will have Sony brand name.

Picture Source: The Verge

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Sony and Sony Ericsson will announced Xperia™ S and Xperia™ Ion devices. The Xperia S is the Nozomi that we have seen thus far. Xperia™ Ion has a 4.6 inch display.

Update

At this moment it is unclear which model correlates to Xperia™ Ion , but from the screen size we may come to the conclusion that it is LT28at. But it is not, if we take the info we got on the brand name placement and also that the LT28at was rumoured to have a 5 inch display. Our Source went further on to say that the Xperia™ Ion has brand name “Sony” below the screen while LT26i (Nozomi) has name “Sony” upside the screen. Still this is unclear if the phones will have both Sony Ericsson and Sony branding on them. The gist is that we will see two phones being revealed On Monday. Also smart things are expected to be announced such as a watch, wireless headset. We can’t wait for the announcement, just 2 days to go.

Update 2
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ Ion is apparently AT&T branded. Model is indeed LT28at. We will know all tomorrow.

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Xperia Blog received some pics of what is to be believed as a new Xperia™ device code-named Pepper with the model number MT27i. Rumor suggest it is the successor to the Xperia™ neo. It does have a odd design but its chin follows design que of Nozomi (See Here).

Rumored Specs

1. 1GHz dual-core processor (most likely ST-Ericsson NoveThor U8500 chipset)
2. 3.7-inch (480 x 854 resolution) display
3. 5MP camera
4. Shoot 720p video

Source: Xperia Blog

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Sony Ericsson Xperia™ HD is set to be announced at CES Las Vegas next week as rumors suggest. This will supposedly be one of the flagships for Sony Ericsson this year. These new pictures include a comparison with the Xperia™ Arc S, though to my opinion the Arc S stands out. It is now confirmed that the model LT26i (Xperia HD) will have 3.5 mm jack at the top of the device which should be a pleasure for music lovers like myself. Android OS 2.3.7 is running on this dual core HD pumping beast in the picture. It is unclear if the device will be launched with Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) or Gingerbread then update later to ICS. Are you Looking forward to the Xperia’s? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section.

Specification (Unofficial) Overview

1. Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread
2. 4.3″ LCD display HD res (1280 x 720 pixels)
3. 12 megapixel camera with FullHD video recording
4. 1.5GHz Dualcore Qualcomm Scorpion CPU with Adreno 220 GPU
5. 1GB of RAM
6. 16GB or 32GB Onboard Storage
7. Front facing camera
8. micro-SIM
9. micro-usb and HDMI port

Source: ITPro Portal

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Sony Ericsson as 1 upped other android OEM’s in the last few days with availability of a ice cream sandwich alpha ROM for select Xperia™ phones. This shows the continued support that the company has for developers. The alpha ROM can be loaded onto Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo V and Xperia™ ray.

This ROM is strictly targeting advanced developers, and it will not work for ordinary everyday usage, as it only has a limited set of features working (you can for example not make any phone calls). Several more legal and usage conditions apply

If you are developer visit the blog below for more info:
Developer Blog

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A new Sony Ericsson Xperia model possibly the real LT22 (Nypon) showed up courtesy of Xperia Blog. As I said yesterday that the pic that leaked yesterday may or may not be the Nypon. While the pictures form yesterday might just be a fan made concept, the specs were not. In this new pic the model looks like the LT26i (Nozomi) with a few differences and in spec and placement of front facing camera. Take a look at the new picture and read here. This one is quite the looker and please note this may not be the nypon.

Rumoured Specs

1. 1GHz dual-core U8500 chipset from ST-Ericsson
2. 4-inch qHD (540 x 960) display
3. 8MP Exmor R camera
4. 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM
5. Android Gingerbread on launch and upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich later

Source: Xperia Blog

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What we have here are two pics allegedly showing a Sony branded Xperia™ phone which may or may not be the rumoured LT22 code-name Nyphon. So we might be seeing Sony branded devices very soon. Sony Ericsson allegedly will be phased out by June 2012 where thereafter all phones will be Sony branded. Take a gander at the pics and tell us what you think.

Rumoured Specs

1. 1GHz dual-core U8500 chipset from ST-Ericsson
2. 4-inch qHD display
3. 8MP Exmor R camera
4. 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM
5. Android Gingerbread on launch and upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich later

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