Sony Ericsson has launched a new accessory for the Xperia Play at E3 in Los Angeles. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Experience Pack comprises of the Xperia Play DK300 multimedia dock, a pocket USB cable, a music cable to hook it up to your HiFi and a choice of 3 free games from Gameloft. The free games available to choose from include Assassin’s Creed – Altaïr’s Chronicles, Uno, Real Football 2011, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, Let’s Golf! 2, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, Brothers In Arms 2: Global Front, N.O.V.A. 2 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance and Eternal Legacy. These games are downloaded using the QR-code included within the pack or the URL provided together with a voucher and activation code. [Sony Ericsson Blog]
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is currently available for pre-order via Amazon. The smartphone is priced at just $99.99 for those who are new to Verizon or $149.99 for existing customers who want to upgrade. What makes the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play special is that it has a side-sliding gamepad. The phone comes pre-loaded with several games such as Madden NFL, The Sims 3, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, Star Battalion, Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior, Crash Bandicoot, and Tetris preinstalled. The Xperia Play features a 1GHz single-core processor, a 512MB of RAM, a 400MB of internal storage, which is expandable via a microSD card slot. Other specs include a 4-inch (854×480) capacitive touchscreen, a 5MP AutoFocus camera with LED flash and WVGA video capture, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS. [Amazon]
Verizon Wireless is set to launch Sony Ericsson’s brand new PlayStation-certified smartphone ‘Xperia Play‘ on their network on May 26th. The handset will retail for $199.99 with a new 2-year contract. To refresh your memory, the Xperia Play features a 4.0-inch multi-touch display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, an Adreno 205 GPU, a 512MB RAM, a VGA front-facing camera, a 5.0-megapixel rear-facing camera, a sliding gamepad, seven games pre-loaded (Madden NFL 11 and The Sims 3 from EA, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline and Star Battalion from Gameloft, Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior from Digital Legends, Crash Bandicoot from Sony, and Tetris) and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. [Press Release]
Here are some leaked pictures of the upcoming Sony Ericsson ST18i and CK15i. Word has it that the Sony Ericsson ST18i comes jam packed with the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, an 8-megapixel camera and a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The Sony Ericsson CK15i features a slider keyboard and a 3.3-inch (240 x 400) resolution display. Too bad, there is no official conformation from the company at this moment. Stay tuned for more updates. More
Sony Ericsson will launch the Xperia Kyno in France. The phone is powered by the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, a 3.7-inch FWGA (854 x 480) display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, an 8MP AutoFocus camera with 720p video recording, a 512MB RAM, a 1GHz single-core processor and an 8GB memory card pre-installed. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Kyno will be released sometime in July 2011. [Frandroid]
You are lucky if you are living in China because you are able to buy the new Sony Ericsson WT18i Walkman smartphone. Measuring 106mm x 56.5mm x 14.3mm and weighing 110 grams, the handset is equipped with the OPhone, a special edition Android OS, which is developed by China Mobile. The Sony Ericsson WT18i Walkman has a 3.2-inch HVGA (320 x 480) capacitive touchscreen, a 3-megapixel camera with VGA video recording capability, Wi-Fi, GPS, an FM radio and a 1200mAh battery. Pricing info is still unavailable at this time. [Geeky Gadgets]
