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Sony announced today that it is rolling out a new maintenance update for the Xperia S, Xperia SL and Xperia Acro S smartphones. These devices have previously received the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. This particular release brings crucial bug fixes and improvements which Sony has made after receiving feedback from users. The update has started rolling out, if you own any of the devices mentioned above, your device will automatically notify you that an update is available to download.

The company also says that this update brings stability and performance tweaks as well. Changes and improvements have been made to apps, services and data, to battery, camera and the user interface. The update address an abnormality in the white balance, improves “Quick Launch” button functionality and smooths out full HD 1080p video recording in the camera. It also economizes power consumption and heat dispersion for longer battery life. Sony introduces a home key long-press to launch Google Now and a double-press to launch Recent Apps in this update, it also makes sure that the volume “up” button is fully responsive. That’s just about the entire changelog of this maintenance update. The rollout is now underway, timing and availability of this update will vary by market and carrier.

Sony Xperia S, Xperia SL And Xperia Acros S Android 4.1 Maintenance Update Released original content from Ubergizmo.

That oft-rumored successor to the Sony Xperia S smartphone, the Xperia SL? Sony’s now officially listing the 4.3-inch GSM device as “coming soon” on its website, along with full details and specs. As it turns out, the initial leaks were correct — the SL is a slight refresh of the S, differentiating itself with an additional duo of color choices (silver and pink), a faster dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S3 CPU and Android Ice Cream Sandwich (up from a 1.5Ghz processor and Gingerbread). Aside from all that, it’s the same media-focused phone, loaded with the same 720p display and 12.1-megapixel shooter, that we reviewed in March. We can’t say we’re overly excited, but you’ll find more info from Sony at the source link below if you’re interested.

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Sony quietly outs Xperia SL: dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S3, four hues originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Sony Xperia SL has started to show up in a couple of new colors, and this smartphone, also known as the LT26ii if you are a sucker for model numbers, is tipped to oust the current Sony Xperia S, where it will ship with a faster-clocked 1.7GHz dual-core processor alongside the MSM8260 chipset to keep it company. Just what are the two new colors that the Sony Xperia SL come in? We are looking at silver and pink shades that will keep company the existing black and white colors of the Sony Xperia S. There is every chance that the image which you see above could eventually turn out to be a fake, just like what happened in the past, so we will take this with a grain of salt at the moment and hopefully, sometime down the road, something else might turn up unexpectedly to confirm that the Sony Xperia SL will indeed, arrive in a couple more colors that some might love, while others hate.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Sony Xperia advance hits the FCC, Sony Mobile says no to physical QWERTY keyboards on future Xperia handsets,

The Xperia S is a mere six months old. Yet, rumor has it that Sony is already prepping a refresh, dubbed the Xperia SL. The handset surfaced at the Indonesian POSTEL site (which appears to be something akin to the FCC), bearing the model number LT26ii. That seemingly random collection of letters and numbers actually reinforces the suspicion that the SL will replace the S, which goes by LT26i — for those fascinated by nondescript naming systems. What else can we tell you about the device? Well… a whole lot of nothing unfortunately. Chances are it will be mostly a minor spec bump — perhaps a quad-core CPU and a better camera. For now, though, you’ll just have to wait and play the guessing game with the rest of us.

Sony Xperia SL shows up in Indonesian POSTEL database originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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