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Friday, August 12, 2011

Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro released in a number of markets, Xperia pro out in Canada [Video]

by XB on August 12, 2011
in News,Videos,Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro,Xperia Pro

The next generation Sony Ericsson Xperia mini products (3-inch display) have now been released in a number of markets including Asia (Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Taiwan), UK (sim-free and via a number of operators) and Canada (Xperia mini pro only through Rogers).

Check out a few unboxing videos of both handsets after the cut below. In related news, the larger 3.7-inch Xperia pro has also finally been released in Canada through Fido, although it looks like we’re still waiting for it to be released everywhere else. It’s due to launch in Asia and Europe at the beginning of Q4.

Xperia mini Unboxing

Xperia mini pro Unboxing

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro unboxing and UI preview

Monday, June 27, 2011

Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro hit UK pre-order, Dated for August release

The diminutive Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro handsets are now both available to pre-order sim-free in the UK. Play.com has flagged the release date of the handsets as 5 August where the Xperia mini will set you back £209.99 and the Xperia mini pro (including a keyboard) will cost £239.99. These are more expensive than the X10 mini products were on release, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see the Xperia mini lower than £200 shortly after launch.

Hope Malaysia will launch it too on August 2011, Xperia Ray might be launch on September 2011. So, it won't crash on the month of launching date.

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

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

Friday, May 6, 2011

Sony Ericsson unveils the new Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro

Introducing two powerful, versatile and compact smartphones
Xperia™ mini – the world’s smallest HD video recording smartphone
Xperia™ mini pro –intuitive fast messaging in a compact smartphone

May 5th, 2011, London – Sony Ericsson unveils the new Xperia™ mini and Xperia™ mini pro, the latest additions to its Xperia™ family. Building on the success of the original mini series, these innovative smartphones come packed full of features, powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ processor, and run the latest platform of Google’s Android™ – Gingerbread 2.3. Beautifully designed, Xperia™ mini and Xperia™ mini pro both integrate best-in-class imaging and display technology from Sony, including Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine and HD video recording (720p).
The products offer a full multimedia entertainment experience. Xperia™ mini and Xperia™ mini pro enable access to over 150,000 apps on the Android Market™ and has a 3” scratch-resistant, multi-touch glass screen. The improved user interface allows up to 16 apps displayed on the home screen. Facebook inside Xperia™, a feature just announced for the Xperia™ family, provides a unique social media integration.
Xperia™ mini pro brings the optimized slide-out keyboard with smart functionality first seen on the Xperia™ pro to a compact smartphone. A subtle but fast Type & Send functionality eliminates the need to open a dedicated app for each type of message, and Smart Keyboard triggers predictive messaging actions automatically when the user slides out the keyboard. Xperia™ mini pro also comes pre-loaded with Office Suite and McAfee antivirus software, letting consumers manage documents and e-mails instantly and securely while on the move.

Steve Walker, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson said, “We wanted to provide consumers even greater choice across the Xperia™ range, while building on the success of the original mini series. These turbo-charged smartphones now contain even more power, enhanced functionality, a larger screen and premium features unique to Sony Ericsson. They are packed full of features, making them a perfect choice for consumers looking for all the benefits of Android and Sony in a beautiful and easy to use compact form factor.”
Sony Ericsson also unveils today a new integration, Facebook inside Xperia™, which will be included in the new Xperia™ mini and mini pro and soon to be available across the wider Xperia™ range. Facebook inside Xperia™ integrates social connections throughout the phone, by making Facebook immediately accessible from the most used areas of the phone such as the picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar. As people are becoming increasingly reliant on their smartphones for instant communication, Sony Ericsson is enabling people to ‘like’, share and comment more easily than ever before with Facebook inside Xperia™.
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ mini – Key features

World’s smallest Android™ smartphone with HD video recording
Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
Place up to 16 apps in the corners of your home screen
Over 150,000 apps on Android Market™
Facebook inside. Keeping your friends closer

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ mini pro – Key features

Ergonomic keyboard and smart functions for fast messaging
HD video and Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
Synch your email and view office documents safely on the go
Place up to 16 apps in the corners of your home screen
Over 150,000 apps on Android Market™

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ mini pro and Xperia™ mini with HD will be available globally in selected markets from Q3.
Check out the Sony Ericsson Product Blog for more information: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Sony Ericsson announces new generation of Xperia Mini and Mini Pro smartphones

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini

Sony Ericsson has just outed a brand new pair of compact Xperia smartphones. The new Xperia Mini will run Android Gingerbread (2.3) on a 3-inch, multitouch, scratch-resistant display, which comes with Sony's proprietary Bravia Engine with Reality Display. There's a 1GHz processor inside, access to Android Market, and home screen customization with custom shortcuts available in the four corners of the screen. A 30 percent improvement in battery life is also touted, courtesy of a larger cell. SE is also pretty jolly about having the world's smallest smartphone capable of recording video in 720p HD. You'll be able to grab yours in one of four different colors this August.

The new Xperia Mini Pro features the same 1GHz processor, 3-inch display, and 1200mAh battery, but it also adds a front-facing camera and that sliding QWERTY keyboard that made the original X10 Mini Pro such a favorite. The new model is coming at some point in the third quarter of this year. Sony Ericsson's launch presentation is still ongoing, but we'll have more details and hands-on pics as soon as we can.

Update: Hands-on pics and impressions can be found right here!

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini

Specification:
Size 88.0 × 52.0 × 16.0 mm / 3.5 × 2.0 × 0.6 inches

Weight 94.0 g / 3.3 oz

Screen 320 x 480 pixels (HVGA) / 16,777,216 color TFT

Available colours Black , White , Blue , Dark Pink

Memory RAM: 512MB
Phone memory up to 320MB
Memory card slot: microSD™, up to 32GB

Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration

Battery performance

Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configuration, and phone usage.

Networks	Talk time (up to)	Standby time (up to)
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900	4 hours 30 min	340 hours
UMTS/HSPA 900/2100	4 hours 30 min	340 hours
UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100	4 hours 30 min	340 hours
Note that UMTS/HSPA network compatibility varies per location. A Standby time specification is an industry standard. The only intention is to allow comparison of different mobile phones under the same circumstances. Factors including - but not limited to - network, settings, location, movement, signal strength and cell traffic strongly effect standby power consumption. Standby time specifications of different mobile phones can therefore be compared only in a controlled laboratory environment. When any mobile phone is used in real life - i.e., under circumstances for which the mobile phone is intended - the actual standby time could be considerably lower and will be strongly dependent on the factors mentioned above.
Music listening time: 25 hours

GreenHeart™

Eco-smart packaging

The phone is packed in a smaller, lighter box to reduce the environmental effects of transport and preserve precious natural resources.

GreenHeart™ headset

An eco-friendly headset, partly produced from recycled plastics.

GreenHeart™ charger

The charger complies with the Energy Star level V and has a standby power-loss that is less than 30mW. This means less power consumption.

E-manual

Save on paper usage. The printed manual is replaced with an electronic version in the phone.

Camera

Aperture f/2.6

Allows more light to reach the image sensor.

Video stabiliser

Avoid bluriness caused by slight hand movements.

Video record

Record video clip

Video light

Web

Web browser - WebKit

Full Internet browser with support for standard protocols, images and video.

Pan & zoom

View web pages as you like - get a quick overview or zoom in on details.

Google Voice Search

Use your voice to search the web or to quickly launch a call to a friend.

Google™ search

Find what you’re after with the Google™ search function.

Bookmarks

Quick access to your favourite Web sites.

Android™ Market

Get apps and games - download straight to your phone.

Entertainment

YouTube™

View your favourite YouTube™ videos, or upload your own - access is easy via the YouTube™ application.

Video streaming

Realtime video streaming, e.g. live cam

Radio - FM radio with RDS

Radio entertainment round the clock.

Motion gaming

Gaming gets physical - turn, swing, move your phone to control the action.

Media Browser

Media content in one place for fast and easy access.

3D games

Enjoy quality games with full color and depth.

Connectivity

Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation

Get live instructions for how to find your way to your destination - and have fun en route. Free trial version included. The service may not be available in every market. For more information, visit www.sonyericsson.wisepilot.com.

WiFi™

Utilise high-speed Internet at Wi-Fi™ hotspots at airports and other facilities.

USB mass storage

Connect and move items between computer and phone.

Synchronisation - Exchange ActiveSync®

Stay seamlessly synchronised with your Microsoft® Exchange email server.

Synchronisation - Exchange ActiveSync® via Moxier client

Stay seamlessly synchronised with your Microsoft® Exchange email server.

Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync

Synchronise your phone contacts, calendar, tasks, bookmarks and notes* via the Sony Ericsson website. Sony Ericsson Sync is based on SyncML. * Synchronisation items may differ depending on the device.

Synchronisation via Google Sync

Use your Google account to synchronise the contacts in your phone.

Synchronisation via Facebook™

Match your Facebook™ friends with your phone contacts.

NeoReader® barcode scanner

Use the camera to scan barcodes and access web content with ease.

Modem

GSM internet dial-up support

Micro USB support

Connect to your PC and other devices.

Google Maps™

Find your way to your destination.

Google Latitude™

See where your friends are - and share your own location with them.

DLNA Certified™

Connect wirelessly to other devices.

Bluetooth™ technology

Connect wirelessly to other Bluetooth™ devices.

aGPS

Use GPS-powered location-based services.

3.5 mm audio jack

Share your music via the extra jack. Use any headphones with a standard-sized 3.5 mm connector.

Messaging

Text messaging (SMS)

Send text greetings anywhere in the world.

Sound recorder

A mini recording device in your phone that lets you record voice messages or other sounds

Predictive text input

Fast and easy text messaging.

Picture messaging (MMS)

Colourful multimedia messaging.

Instant messaging

Online chat. On the move.

Google Mail™

Gmail for mobile lets you send and receive e-mail wherever you are.

Email:

Built-in email client with inbox, outbox, compose, send and other functions

Conversations

Say it via chat-style text messaging.

Communication

Vibrating Alert

The phone vibrates and you can feel when a call comes in

Twitter™ - Timescape™ integration

Let the world know how you feel and what you think - say it with a tweet.

Speaker phone

Loudspeaker suitable for using the phone as an office handsfree

Sony Ericsson Timescape™

All your communication with one person in one place.

Noise shield

Filter out the sounds around and make yourself heard.

Google Talk™

Chat-style communication with friends and family.

Facebook™ application

Stay in touch with your friends on Facebook™ through your phone.

Design

Wallpaper animation

Animated wallpaper – moving background pictures. In standby, your display wallpaper has a pleasing graphic pattern with smooth movement and colour blending.

Touchscreen

Intuitive navigation – just touch the screen.

Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine

Crystal-clear colours and crisp images.

Picture wallpaper

Background picture on-screen when the phone is in standby mode

Keyboard - Onscreen 12-key

Text input made easy.

Keyboard - Onscreen QWERTY

Text input made easy.

Four corner home screen - customisable icons

Quick access to favourite functions via four icons in the corners of the home screen.

Auto rotate

Switch from vertical to horizontal mode by rotating the phone. Whatever you're viewing will rotate to suit.

Organiser

Phone book

The information you need to keep in touch with friends and family.

Infinite button

Just one press to all about your friends or all the artist info you need.

Google Calendar™

Create, add and edit events. Set up reminders and mobile notifications.

Flight mode

Disable the radio receivers and transmitters in your phone so you can safely use other functions.

Document readers

Edit documents in popular formats.

Document editors

Edit documents in popular formats.

Calendar

Store appointment information and set reminders.

Calculator

Full-function calculator when you need it.

Alarm clock

Set your phone alarm clock to ring at the time of your choice.

Disclaimer

The YouTube™ application is not available in all markets.