Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Sony to jump into Firefox OS party is no more a secret. The Japanese giant along with other manufactures are more willing to support Mozilla foundation in building third most popular OS after Android and iOS. Earlier this year, Sony made it clear that the company will announce its first Firefox OS powered handset on the lines of Xperia E. The device will be sold in partnership with network operator Telephonica. Until now, it was known that Sony’s venture into Firefox OS part won’t include a high-end device. It will be repackaged Sony Xperia E with a new name, as the company uses Xperia for Android powered devices. Now a senior executive from Mozilla is speculating that Sony could end up making a high -end Firefox handset. (Via ComputerWorld)Read more
Courtesy : www.gizbot.com
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 at 6:29 am
Smartphone buyers eyeing Sony’s Xperia ZL can now pre-order the phone directly through Sony’s online store.
The ZL is available in two flavors and at two prices, both versions unlocked and carrier-free.
The C6506 model sells for $759.99 and offers 4G LTE connectivity. The C6502 model goes for $719.99 and is compatible with the HSPA+ networks used by AT&T and T-Mobile. Both models are available in black, white, and red.
The phone is pre-selling online only through the Sony Store for now but should soon pop up at other select online retailers, Sony said today. Sony’s order site shows an estimated ship date of April 8.Read more
Courtesy : news.cnet.com
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 at 5:49 pm
How it must gall Sony to find that along with the likes of HTC, ZTE and LG it is now firmly in the second division of Android phone makers, floundering in the spume and wake of the global sales monster that is Samsung.
Personally I blame a ludicrously complex model portfolio as much as lacklustre hardware. Can anyone list the current crop of Xperia handsets off the top of their head? No? Thought not. The opportunity to make things simple after the ditching of the Ericsson brand was squandered so it’s back to the drawing board we go.
Indeed, the first thing you notice about Sony’s new flagship, the Xperia Z, is that the firm’s designers have ditched all the familiar Xperia design language in favour of something startlingly generic. The Xperia Z is frankly a bit of a slab.Read more
Courtesy : www.theregister.co.uk
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 at 4:15 pm
Indian users may soon be able to get their first taste of Firefox OS for mobiles after a Sony executive revealed that company was planning to launch its first device powered by the new mobile OS. While speaking to The Mobile Indian, an unnamed Sony executive said that the company was already working on developing a handset with applications and tweaks geared for the Indian market.
The Sony source further said that the company was working on adapting the Xperia E to run Firefox OS. The Xperia E is an upcoming budget smartphone from Sony that will run on Android Jelly Bean and sports a 3.5-inch display with a resolution of 320×480 pixels. The Xperia E also has a 3.15 MP camera and is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB of RAM. While the Xperia E hasn’t been officially launched in India, some online retailers are selling it for under Rs. 10,000.Read more
Courtesy : www.thinkdigit.com
Friday, March 8th, 2013 at 5:10 pm
Sony Corp (6758.T) aims to triple sales of its mobile phones in India to 35 billion rupees in the year to March 2014, Kenichiro Hibi, managing director of its India unit, said, at the launch of the company’s Xperia Z high-end smartphone.
The smartphone, which is priced at 38,990 rupees in India, went on sale in Japan last month and is now available in 60 countries. It is part of the Japanese electronics group’s push for a greater market presence in mobile devices.Read more
Courtesy : in.reuters.com
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 at 5:31 am
Sony is all set to launch its recently announced Xperia Z smartphone in India on March 6. If you go the official Facebook page of Sony Mobile India, you will find the cover image stating, “Everything is about to change. 06/03/2013.” The cover image also has a picture of a phone in the backdrop, which looks like the Xperia Z.
However, the image does not hint towards a launch event, but an official spokesperson from Sony Mobile has confirmed to IBNLive that the Sony Xperia Z is scheduled to be launched in India on March 6.
The phone has a 5-inch full HD 1080p Reality Display, and is powered by a Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor. Sony Xperia Z’s Reality Display is powered by Mobile Bravia Engine 2. The phone sports a 13 megapixel camera and includes 4G LTE. Read more
Courtesy :ibnlive.in.com
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 at 5:27 am
We all know that many companies, like LG, Sony, and HTC, are gunning for the 3rd place position in the smartphone world. But would you ever guess that Huawei wanted to gun for that highly coveted position as well? Well not only that, but Huawei hopes to beat out Apple and Samsung for the #1 spot in the mobile market place in the coming years. Wan Biao, Chief Executive of Huawei’s device division discussed with The Telegraph Huawei’s goals for the future.
Biao stated, “If you look back five years ago, Apple is small, Samsung is not so big. You can’t see where we’ll be in five years. At least top three. Maybe number one.” Biao stated that 10% of the companies revenue goes straight into research and development for its handsets. Read more
Courtesy :www.slashgear.com
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 at 5:12 pm
Sony announced that it’s considering launching a Firefox OS phone next year and today released an experimental ROM to run the new Mozilla-made OS on the Sony Xperia E. This will give app developers a chance to evaluate the platform and give Sony valuable feedback.
In case you’re wondering why the company picked the Xperia E and not a more powerful phone, the answer is pretty simple – Firefox OS will target the very low end of smartphones. The E has almost the exact same specs as the ZTE Open and Alcatel OT Fire, the first two Firefox phones that were announced at the MWC.Read more
Courtesy : www.gsmarena.com
Friday, February 22nd, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Sony officially unveiled its new Xperia Z smartphone in Australia at a media event in Sydney yesterday. There was little in the way of new information, given that most of it was revealed at the global unveiling in Las Vegas back in January, but it did give us an opportunity to go hands-on with the device.
More importantly, we’ve been armed with a review unit of Sony’s latest flagship Android phone and will be putting it through its paces over the coming week. Here’s our first impressions of the Xperia Z, including what we love about it so far and what we don’t.
What we like
The first thing you immediately notice about the Xperia Z is its design, something Sony calls “omnibalance”. That’s a fancy and quite frankly ridiculous marketing term that is about “creating balance and symmetry in all directions with rounded edges, and smooth reflective surfaces on all sides.” Putting aside the fluff, the Xperia Z is certainly a well designed smartphone. It’s comfortable to hold, has excellent ergonomics and the completely flat surface on the back gives it a distinctive look and feel.Read more
Courtesy : www.pcworld.idg.com.au
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 at 8:31 am
You may remember us giving the down low on the new Sony Smartphone, the Android Sony Xperia Z. Now Sony has given an official release date of the device in Germany. Per Sony’s Facebook page, it will be set loose on February 21st. We can make a decent guess that the rest of Europe will also see the phone the same day as it was put up for pre-sale orders in the UK already.
The Sony Xperia Z is touted as being dust and water resistant, 5 inch HD display with 1920 x 1080 resolution, has a whopping 13 MP camera, and 4G LTE. Under the hood it sports a 1.5GHz quad core Snapdragon S4 process with 2GB of RAM.Read more
Courtesy : www.mobilemag.com
