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Vodafone UK has announced the Sony Xperia Z is now available for pre-order.  The phone which is 4G ready, is set to work the 4G network of Vodafone. Consumers have the option of buying the phone in either black or white color. The release date for the phone is set as February 28th. Vodafone is offering the device free on a contract of 24 months with a tariff of £42. The plan includes unlimited minutes, unlimited text messages and 2 GB of data. Alternatively Vodafone is offering monthly contracts of £29, £33 and £37, but consumers will have to pay £149, £99 or £49 for the handset. There is a 12 month contract available as well. As of yet, no pay as you go price plan exists. The price plans do seem steeper than Vodafone’s competitor Three, which is offering the Xperia Z for free on a £36 per month plan. But the firs 1000 customers who pre-order through Vodafone UK get a free MDR-1R SONY headphones.

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Sony has confirmed my Xperia, a service that promises to help locate lost handsets and protect the files contained on them via a couple different options. The security service – which will be launched in beta – will be rolled out in phases, starting with the Nordics. In the second quarter of the year, my Xperia will then be released for Sony smartphone owners globally.

The service will work similar to third-party phone locating/wiping services that are available for smartphone owners. Users will be able to use it by turning on the service’s app on their phone, then signing in with their Google ID to the my Xperia website. From the account, a user can then see where their smartphone is on a map, such as at the gym where it was forgotten.

If the phone has been forgotten in a location where it isn’t at risk of theft, the user can send an alert to the phone via the service that will cause its display to turn on and it to make noise regardless of its volume status. Likewise, a message can be sent remotely to the phone that has information on how to contact the owner so that it can be returned.

Of course, sometimes you haven’t lost access to your phone because it was misplaced, but rather because someone swiped it while you weren’t paying attention. In this case, my Xperia can be used to wipe both the smartphone’s internal memory and its SD card if one is present, eliminating the risk of the data – whether it is unflattering pictures or sensitive business files – getting into the wrong hands.

Not everyone will be able to take part in the initial launch; those lucky few who can will find out via a notification. The service will first be available to those using handsets running Android Ice Cream Sandwich, with the Xperia Acro S being first in line. More devices will be added “over the coming weeks.”

[via Android Community]

my Xperia service slated for initial launch this week, promises to protect your phone is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Sony has just announced a new remote security service called “my Xperia.” It is basically a tracking service that will help locate and protect Xperia smartphones, should they get lost. Sony is saying that the service is initially launching in beta in the Nordics with the end goal of rolling it out to the rest of the world in the second quarter of this year. my Xperia, however, is not just a tracking application. It also helps users protect their personal data by ensuring them that their private information does not go into the wrong hands. (more…)

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Because the first time proved to be such a charm for Android developers, Sony’s once again offering Xperia owners an official alpha ROM. And this time, it’s of the Jelly Bean variety. But before you rush to the source and flash your cares away, there are a few caveats we need to cover. For starters, the price of entry to this Android 4.1 test run is an unlocked Xperia T. Not the TX, not the V, not the S, so don’t even try it. You’ll also have to sign away your legal right (via the company’s unlock utility) to whine and demand compensation should your handset brick in the process. Once those hurdles have been cleared, you’re almost home free to flash — so long as you don’t mind an unfinished UI, non-functioning radios for voice, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC, in addition to a complete lack of Gapps. Oh, and did we mention your unlocked T won’t be privy to the official Jelly Bean update once it hits? Yeah, there’s that too. Basically, you shouldn’t look to this for a daily driver. In fact, it’s probably best to leave this one to the big boys.

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