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Sony’s slow and painful transformation continues with a restructuring of its newly-minted mobile division. In October, it’s moving its headquarters from Lund, Sweden (presumably a holdover from its Ericsson days) to Tokyo — for deeper integration — and repurposing the duties of its facilities in Tokyo, Lund and Beijing. As part of the changes, Sony Mobile will slash 15 percent of its workforce, with 1,000 employees being let go by the end of March 2014, in a trend we’ve seen across the industry. Most of those affected are in Sweden, with 650 on-site staffers and up to 450 consultants being shown the door.

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Sony Mobile moving HQ to Tokyo, cutting 1,000 jobs in Sweden originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Add another future Sony Xperia model to a rapidly growing pool. The LT25i Tsubasa (not to be confused with the ST25i/Xperia U) has been caught by Tencent in AnTuTu and NenaMark2 tests, seemingly running the same mix of a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4, a 720p screen and Android 4.0 that we’ve seen in the upcoming Xperia T (LT30p). So what’s different? There’s rumors of in-cell touch to keep the display thin and vivid, but even the unverified source isn’t certain that it will become a reality. The crew at Xperia Blog also claims that there will be international LTE and HSPA+ models along with China- and Japan-specific editions. Assuming the details are at all consistent with the truth, having the Tsubasa arrive on the scene mostly hints that Sony might be readying a broader speed-up of its roster than we first thought.

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Sony LT25i Tsubasa pops up in benchmarks, may swell the high-speed Xperia ranks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s been under the microscope for all the wrong reasons lately. Today, however, the spotlight’s focusing on the rumored successor of that lovable Xperia S. According to the reliable folks over at ePrice, the upcoming Xperia SL has been tweaked in a couple of ways since its last showing; not only popping up in different (and more subtle) livery, but it’s also received a decent speed bump with the alleged inclusion of a dual-core, 1.7GHz Snapdragon S3 CPU — which is slightly different than the 1.5GHz chip previously reported. Either way, this Xperia SL cup will remain half full for the time being, as other useful details like pricing and availability are still widely unknown.

[Thanks, Joseph A.]

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Sony Xperia SL shows up in multiple colors, allegedly sports a beefy 1.7GHz processor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Another day, another FCC filing. This time, though, the documents on offer aren’t tipping us off to the impending arrival of some wunderphone — it’s just Sony’s recently outed Xperia tipo. The diminutive 3.2-incher — set for an official Euro bow this August — is no screamer with its 480 x 320 TFT display and lone 800MHz Snapdragon CPU. The ICS handset’s real claim to fame is its availability in single- and dual-SIM flavors. And based on the radios outlined in the corresponding Commission docs — GPRS/EDGE/GSM 850 and 1900; WCDMA 850 and 1900 — this modest phone could see a low-end berth on AT&T. Excited? Neither are we. Still, you can peruse the user manual, take a tour of the phone’s inner workings and parse through dense legalese at the source link below.

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Sony Xperia tipo sidles into the FCC, inspires yawns originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If the black, grey and red hues of existing Xperia P models really weren’t cutting it, Sony has just previewed a new color option — pink. The device made a brief appearance at Sony’s Weibo event, matching the metallic finish of our review model, but throwing in a little extra feminine charm. No news on release regions or dates, but given the Asia-centric reveal, we suspect it’s unlikely to be gearing up for a world tour.

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Sony Xperia P blushes in metallic pink originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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