Video Recording in a low light conditions without Exmor 'R' CMOS Sensor, by Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 on 10.05.11
Video Recording in a low light conditions with Exmor 'R' CMOS Sensor, by Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc on 10.05.11
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini & Xperia Mini Pro on hand preview
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini & Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini & Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
Monday, May 9, 2011
Android Developer: Sony Ericsson LiveView
Submitted by Leslie on May 9, 2011 – 2:20 pm
Football United LiveView
The cool thing about Android is that its an open platform- and gives developers a great opportunity to try new things. Last year Sony launched its Live View Product which I have finally got my hands on one to review.The Sony Live view is a wrist mounted display for your phone, which lets you display information directly from your phone. Think of it as a Digital watch that has been dragged into the 21st Century.
Features supported out of the box are Facebook, Twitter, Rss Feeds, Messages,Calendar, Caller Id, missed calls and Find your Phone. Its also possible to download some extra apps which are LiveView enabled. One of my favourite apps is Life Cycle Widget- which includes live view support ( See Video below)
The great thing about the live view-is that its compatible with any handset. I used my Nexus phone to test the device. most of the features worked (except the media player) although it did take patience, configuration and manual reading to get it to to work.
Overall opinion is that it could do with some improvements to make it easier to setup- but for someone who likes new gadgets, it is a great gift to play with. Once its setup – it works amazingly!
From the developer perspective- I was taken back how easy it was to write an application for the LiveView taking into account that this device is in it’s first hardware iteration and the software tools are still quite new.
This lead me onto writing a LiveView plugin that hooks into FootballUnited to display live score feeds and event notifications.
The thing to remember is the device is purely an extension to your Android phone not a replacement allowing remote viewing of notifications, status updates and limited interaction. it weights in at mere 0.53 ounces in weight, 0.4 inches in depth and 1.7 inches in the diagonal. The best comparison for the look of the device is a stopwatch it has two buttons on the top with a LED built into the power button and four touch sensitive areas in the bezel around the screen.
It comes with a watch strap which must be removed before charging or the micro USB will not fit and belt type clip which I can’t really see the use of , if I keep needing to unclip it from my belt I may as well get my phone out of my pocket, then again if I wasn’t to use it as a name tag it might have a purpose.
LiveView is one of the first reasonably prices gadgets that you would be happy to spend money one just to play with.
The LiveView is a product designed by Sony-Ericsson, however I don’t think that everyone fully hit around to what it does. The thing that took me by surprise was how easy it was to value add your android application with a LiveView. Its true potential will become apparent when the developer community embraces it and moves it forward with apps.
Xperia family getting bigger and smaller
Submitted by Android UK on May 5, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Sony is without doubt pushing ahead of the pack with the great line up of handsets. The Sony Pro is for business, the Sony Play is for gamings and the Arc is the flaship for Premier market. The only thing that has be left behind is the popular X10 mini line- good news is that this soon to change.
With a lot of the major handset manufacturers producing larger and larger screens- Sony has answered the consumer need for the smaller screen by releasing an update
The original Sony Ericsson x10 Mini and Mini pro, have been a massive success and this looks set to be beaten by the next set of xperia minis.
Xperia Mini HD
The Xperia mini HD is the Smallest HD smart phone on the market today. Like its the Sony Xperia Play and Arc big brothers it comes with the Sony Bravia Engine – with reality display which enhances the the quality, colour and contrast of pictures and video. Unlike its previous incarnation, this is equipped with the latest Android Gingerbread 2.3 release and a 1GHZ SnapDragon Processor. The Battery has also been suped up to the tune of 30% whilst maintaining its original superbly small form factor.This update will also be rolling out a new Xperia HD mini pro- with its slide out QWERTY keyboard.
In terms of Software enhancements, Sony have expanded their mini custom ui, by turning the the 4 corner icons into their own retractable drawers which can contain up to 4 individual icons.
The big show piece for this release is that Sony will be launching even better Facebook integration into their custom UI.
Partnered closely with facebook, Sony are rolling out Facebook inside Xperia which is coming out to all Sony handsets by Q2 and will be released to Sony Arc and Play handsets via an OTA update.
The aim of the update is to further embed Facebook into the phone specifically into its media gallery, music player, calendar, and contacts.
In the Music section users can like music and then can add like function in player. Then go straight to the sony Track Id page which lets them play, buy or watch music videos direct from the Track ID webpage. There is a media discovery page in the app which lets you see what your friends like which you can comment on. There is also a media discovery widget which will give easy access to see whats current.
The Gingerbread standard gallery has also been enhanced to allow users to find all content within the gallery. Using gallery and HDMI output you can do a slide show of your favourite photos on your telly, or even browse your tagged photos or photos uploaded to facebook. You can even “like” and add comments to it.
The enhanced integration with the Sony Contacts app is also much improved. Not only do you get your contact information you can see their status updates, photos tagged and even browse your friend’s interests.
Finally the calendar will now automatically sync birthdays and events direct to your phones.
Sony is now the most popular Android platform on facebook, with the most number of fans. By giving its users good priced handsets which offer better integration with facebook, will be a first for android and a first for any other platform accross the mobile market.
Link to Sony Ericsson’s main page with Xperia HD Mini Pro info is here
Link to Sony Ericsson’s main page with Xperia HD Mini info is here
3.0.1.A.0.138 firmware will bring Android 2.3.3 to new Xperia handsets
The latest firmware that is certified on the PTCRB site for the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is 3.0.1.A.0.138. This particular firmware was certified on 3 May, although as usual we are left to guess what may be included in this update compared to the current firmware (3.0.A.2.184).
However, judging by the screenshot below, it looks like that one thing it will bring will be Android 2.3.3, itself just a minor update over the current 2.3.2 that is on the Xperia arc and PLAY. Soon after we may even see SE release the latest Android version (2.3.4), which brings video calling and other bug fixes.
However, judging by the screenshot below, it looks like that one thing it will bring will be Android 2.3.3, itself just a minor update over the current 2.3.2 that is on the Xperia arc and PLAY. Soon after we may even see SE release the latest Android version (2.3.4), which brings video calling and other bug fixes.
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