Hasta La Gadget!

Xperia Pureness — the phone formerly known as Kiki — reared its head today, mostly in the form of press shots of stylish people who demand stylish handsets. Don’t have any tech details yet, but we do know that it’s a fine example of Sony Ericsson’s new “brand direction,” which — as we heard yesterday — can be summed up succinctly (and a bit nauseously) as “make.believe.” Right. What we do know, however, is that it will be officially launched in November 2009 “through selected retail distribution channels in key cities around the world,” that the company wants us to approach this as “a work of art rather than technology,” and that the company hoped to “sculpt an object of design that reflected the purity of water and a sense of calmness when not in use.” Just what we needed! We’re sure Frank Lloyd Wright would approve — you know, if only he hadn’t died fifty years ago. See for yourself in the video after the break.

[Via Mobile Bulgaria, thanks Reggie]

Continue reading Video: Xperia Pureness (codename Kiki) announced

Filed under: Cellphones

Video: Xperia Pureness (codename Kiki) announced originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

If you’ve been waiting with bated breath for some real news on the XPERIA X2, wait no longer. News has just broken that the re-styled, gutted refresh of Sony Ericsson’s popular (and expensive) X1 is due to hit “selected markets” in Q4. According to a post on SE’s Xperiancers blog, the company is in talks with various carries right now, and will be detailing the plans in the coming weeks. Additionally, the blog delivers some info on the device itself, calling out its 8.1 megapixel camera, inclusion of a standard 4GB microSD card, and 13 pre-loaded “panels” in its reworked Windows Mobile skin (which appears to have a new SDK for the forthcoming OS update). Oh, and speaking of Windows Mobile, it’ll be shipping with 6.5 onboard. To learn much, much more, check the two videos after the break. We’ll also be grabbing an up close and personal hands-on with the device in a few moments, so keep your inter-set tuned to the Engadget channel.

Continue reading Official: XPERIA X2 launching Q4, Windows Mobile 6.5 onboard (video)

Filed under: Cellphones

Official: XPERIA X2 launching Q4, Windows Mobile 6.5 onboard (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

You know what frustrates us? Someone with their hands on a totally sweet piece of gadgetry who clearly doesn’t know what to do with it. Such is the case in the video below, which seems to depict a gentlemen fondling Sony Ericsson’s next XPERIA installment, the X2. While there’s not much to see of the device itself, the phone is apparently running a fairly recent version of Windows Mobile 6.5, and the company has clearly taken its skinning team to parts of the OS, as the user in the video manages to stumble past some pretty magnificent looking UI trickery. It doesn’t seem as dressed up as the X1’s Panel interface does, though this likely isn’t the final product. Truck on after the break to see the X2 in action, and try to quell your anger as the phone is repeatedly put to sleep during the demo.

[Thanks, David]

Continue reading Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X2 demoed on video

Filed under: Cellphones

Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X2 demoed on video originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

We don’t take the word of just any retailer at face value, but when a big player like eXpansys decides that it’s time to list a new phone in its inventory, that usually means something’s afoot. The company’s British outpost has now listed full details for a phone it’s identifying simply as “Xperia” in its headline, but if you read further in, you’ll see that the product code is “SEMXP3_BLK_UK”, suggesting X3 is the likely moniker for Rachael. For your hard-earned (but yet-to-be-determined) money, you’ll get pretty much everything you could possibly want, spec-wise: 10Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA, 8 megapixel cam with image stabilization and LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, a 4-inch 800 x 400 display (a first at this resolution for a production Android device), AGPS, and microSDHC expansion. Sadly, it’s listed as 900 / 2100 only for the 3G radio, so we’ll need to rely on the telecommunication gods (and Sony Ericsson, we suppose) to deliver a North American version as well.

[Via Slashgear and the::unwired]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Sony Ericsson’s Android-powered XPERIA X3 sorta confirmed by way of retailer originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Look, we’re not going to stop you if you insist on staying up until 4:30AM ET tomorrow morning to see what Sony Ericsson has in store at its CommunicAsia press conference, we just don’t want you to walk away with a broken heart if nothing cool happens there, alright? Xperiancers is now reporting that the show will be little more than a recap on the company’s recent announcements — chiefly the GreenHeart stuff, the Satio, and the Aino — which means the X2 may not be happening for a while yet. That’s disappointing, yes, but no one’s exactly calling the X1 a slouch in the spec department just yet, so maybe this is a strategic win for Sony Ericsson — particularly with a big Rogers launch just around the corner.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Sony Ericsson event at CommunicAsia to be a snoozefest, no X2? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments