Sony Ericsson 2011 Xperia Range To Get Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread

After Samsung, Sony Ericsson is the next manufacturer which is likely to bring Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread to its smartphones launched this year.

According to a Sony Ericsson website called SEMCblog, The updates are apparently being tested on the Xperia Play, Neo, arc and Pro and may be coming to the other three - the Ray, the active and the txt - which were launched last month as well.
When will it be introduced? Sony Ericsson has not confirmed anything yet but given Google's current stance on rapidly rolling out firmware upgrades, a Q3 2011 launch shouldn't be ruled out.

It is unlikely that Gingerbread will ever come to the X8, the X10 Mini Pro or the X10 Mini. Don't discount the X10 though as it has a large enough screen and just enough system storage for Gingerbread.

That minor upgrade will fix a number of bugs and vulnerabilities and will bring in some new features like Sony's audio filter technology, xLOUD and webcam functionality.
It's worth noting that there are rumours of an Android Gingerbread 2.3.5 being developed already, and that by the end of the year both Honeycomb, Google's mobile platform for tablets, and Gingerbread will be merged into one single entity called Ice Cream Sandwich.

Hands-on pics of the Xperia ray in all four colours

by XB on June 29, 2011

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Sony Ericsson announced the 3.3-inch Xperia ray aluminium-shelled handset last week. We think the company may be onto a winner, marrying most of the great features seen in the Xperia arc and Xperia neo (including screen resolution) into a tiny, sexy looking package.

Virgile Fontaine, Technical Support Manager for Sony Ericsson in France, was lucky enough to get some decent hands-on time with all four colours of the Xperia ray and posted the pictures to his Flickr page. This is one handset we’re certainly looking forward to. It’s currently penned for a Q3 release. You can check out a selection of the photos below.

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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.

Sony Ericsson releases second ‘Challenge Xperia’ video

Sony Ericsson has released its second Challenge Xperia video for the Xperia arc. If you remember back, the first involved driving a car only using the Xperia arc display. The second challenge also relates to the display and in particular the brightness aspect.
They set up an array of Xperia arc handsets into a blacked out shed. They then used these Xperia arcs at full brightness to make the flowers bloom. We’re not too sure what the point of this particular exercise was but it’s pretty nonetheless. Check out the video here.

Impossible or not? One daring driver, one hell of a racetrack and no vision
except for three brilliant Xperia™ arc screens. Watch the clip below