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January-Bound XPERIA X2

When Sony Ericsson unveiled the XPERIA X2 earlier this month, the company seemed pretty certain that it would arrive sometime in the fourth quarter. Expansys UK, on the other hand, has a different idea. It's confidently tagged the X2 with a release date of January 11, 2010, at £604.99, which translates to a whopping $1000 on the other side of the pond. Sure enough, goods are priced a little differently in the UK, but if you consider that the Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 are priced at...

Sony Ericsson’s PS3

Sony Ericsson’s new Aino mobile phone lets users access media content on their PS3 via Wi-Fi or over the Internet with a feature called Remote Play. PSP owners may already be familiar with this feature, which allows users to remotely access their PS3’s XMB interface and play music, videos and photos stored on the console. Although the PSP is also capable of playing (a few) games using Remote Play, the Aino won’t have this capability, but it will let users browse the Playstation Store and...

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2

Sony Ericsson's Xperia X2 could very well be the last Windows Mobile-powered smartphone from the company, despite rumors swirling around that the company has one last Windows Mobile phone up its sleeves which might not see the light of day eventually. The whole reason for dropping support for the Windows Mobile platform would be a poor sales forecast, which means Sony Ericsson can only turn to two viable alternatives at this point in time - Android and/or Symbian S60. Is this the death knell...