Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
The latest Android technology offered by Sony Ericsson comes in the form of Xperia Neo. The phone can display sharp images thanks to its mobile BRAVIA engine. The phone uses Sony’s award-winning Exmor R mobile sensor that has proven capable of capturing high-quality video and images using HD mode even in low-light environments. Then you can view your pictures and videos directly by connecting the HDMI connector to your HD TV.
Like any product released by Sony, it comes with a sleek, glossy-looking body consisting of plastic and metal chassis. It has a 3.7-inch screen and weighs 126g. And if you are a Vodafone customer, this smartphone also comes in red, which is exclusive only to Vodafone.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
Launched on April 1 in Europe, the Xperia Arc has wowed the crowd with its 4.2-inch touchscreen that uses a mobile BRAVIA engine to optimize images and videos to 854 x 480 pixels. The phone also uses the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread with 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Like its brother Xperia Neo, Xperia Arc also features Exmor R sensors that give you the ability to capture HD videos and images in low-light areas. And to increase its video shooting capabilities, the Xperia Arc also uses an 8.1 megapixel camera and has an HDMI output. The Arc, one of its main selling points is the ultra-slim body, which curves inward in the middle, which is quite unusual for a mobile phone!
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Along with the Xperia Arc and Xperia Neo, the Xperia Play It is a smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread produced by Sony. It was codenamed Zeus and is the first smartphone certified by PlayStation. Aimed at the hardcore gaming community, this smartphone is powerful enough to run PlayStation 1-style games thanks to its impressive 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. Plus, it’s the first phone to have true game console controls built in; this means that you can play these games using the familiar game pad and not a touch screen.
The smartphone was first revealed in the US during the Super Bowl ad on Sunday, February 10, 2011 and shipped worldwide in March 2011. Initially available on the Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange in the UK, the Xperia Play currently has no less than 50 games. titles and Sony Ericsson are adding more every month. The design is similar to that of Sony Ericsson’s first Android phone, the Xperia X10, with a sliding mechanism that hides a PSP-like D pad and the iconic 4 PlayStation game buttons.
The Son Ericsson Xperia Play also features graphical capabilities similar to similar portable devices with the ability to play these games using the PlayStation Suite. PlayStation Suite changes the functionality of the phone to that of XrossMediaBar, which resembles the PlayStation Portable. The titles are said to cost less than $ 10, which is significantly less compared to the $ 40 per PlayStation Portable title. Titles available as of now include popular titles like Sims 3, NFS Shift, Assassin Creed, Brothers in Arms, FIFA 2010, and many more.
With these 3 mobile phones, Sony Ericsson is now a serious player in the Android smartphone market and challenges both Samsung and HTC. It will be exciting to see which path they take next!