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Sony has finally unveiled its first ever dual core smartphone without the Ericsson brand in the Indian market. The smartphone has been named as Sony Xperia S. The official unveiling of the Android 2.3 Xperia S smartphone was recently done by the company. Sony Xperia S has some very attractive features including an impressive 12 megapixels camera having a resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels and the Exmor R CMOS sensor. Xperia S has been priced at Rs. 32,549 by the company in the Indian market. To add to the amazing image capturing potential of the smartphone is its amazing video capturing ability.

Sony, the Japanese media giant, is on the urge to reduce its workforce by cutting 10,000 jobs, worldwide, till the end of 2014 after facing a continuous loss for the past 4 straight years. Over the next 2 fiscal years, the company is planning to cut down about 6% of the company's global workforce which will be the result from selling or spinning off of the businesses that are not giving any profit to the company and are the major cause of the company's fall. The company hasn't done any official announcement till yet but these cuts are the part of restructuring plan by the new CEO of Sony and are expected to be announced at the forthcoming corporate strategy meeting. The company till now is completey denying the news but rumors are in the airs as the company is facing loss since eight years in its television division.

Japanese electronic manufacturing company Sony will officially launch their Sony Xperia S from April 10 in the Indian stores. This is the first self branded phone from Sony after they dissolved the partnership with Ericsson. This smart phone device is available at a price of Rs. 32, 549. Xperia S is available in black and white colors. This phone made its first appearance at CES show which was held earlier this year. Later this phone was displayed at MWC 2012 Barcelona, Spain.

Last summer, images of Sony Xperia Duo surfaced, which is reckoned as a high-end mobile handset from Sony, with dual processor. Xperia Duo from Sony was supposed to be released in September last year, though it did not happen. Sony recently applied to United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] for Duo name, which means that this phone might very soon surface in world mobile market. Sony Xperia Duo will come with a 4.5-inch display area with a display resolution of 540 X 960 pixels with LED backlit capacitive touch screen and it supports 16M colors. The display screen of this phone is protected by scratch resistant glass and the display is equipped with Timescape User Interface.

Sony mobiles has announced that it will roll out Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating System for Sony Xperia phones. Sony mentioned about this update at Mobile World Congress meet which was held in Barcelona, Spain. Japanese mobile handset manufacturer said that they would be rolling out updates by mid of April 2012, the process will last for 4 to 6 weeks.

After the successful buyout of Ericsson, Sony (Japan-based consumer electronics giant) is grabbing the opportunity to redefine its reputation by launching the Sony Xperia S Android smartphone after shipping it worldwide. The Xperia S is Sony's flagship device in its all-new Ericsson-less Xperia range. The exact release date of Sony Xperia S in India is still unknown but it is expected to be released somewhere around April 2012. The price for the Indian market is unlocked and is tagged around Rs. 31,000/-.

Sony mobiles is keeping itself very busy these days and finishing off its new Android smartphone, called Sony MT27i also called Sony Pepper. Apparently, this new Android smartphone is expected to arrive in April this year. Recently, Sony MT27i was also spotted online, so the launch news could be true. By online pictures of Sony Pepper, the device looks very sleek and smart. The handset has capacitive buttons, which appear to be similar to Sony Xperia S along with a dedicated camera shutter key, which will facilitate the user in capturing images and videos with ease and comfort. Also the NFC will aid the user to send data to other NFC devices quickly.

AT&T, the first global telecom operator to directly serve the Indian market, recently declared that it will begin the sale of the new dual screen Sony Tablet P on the 4 March 2012. The cost of this honeycomb tablet has been fixed at $399.99 if the 2 year agreement is desired by the customer. However, buyers can also get the tablet at $549.99 if they do not want the agreement. As far as the looks of the tablet are concerned, it has a very different folding design. Sony Tablet P has a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor with a speed of 1 GHz, 2 displays of 5.5 inches, ICS Android 3.2 OS, Wi-Fi, 4G and a RAM of 1GB. The company is giving an already-installed application known as the "Select App," which enables dual display games and other apps to run on the tablet.

Sony Mobiles has always been one of the most appreciated and well-known mobile manufacturers around the globe. Its Xperia range of cell phones has been pretty successful in creating waves in the global mobile market. Now to expand its Xperia range, Sony Mobiles has officially announced two more Xperia devices, namely Sony Xperia P and Sony Xperia U. both these handsets are Android smartphones and are expected to be launched in the mid of second quarter of 2012. Sony Xperia Ion will also be made available outside USA this summer.

The renowned mobile manufacturing company Sony mobiles has always been surprising the mobile enthusiast with its new creations. This time again Sony has designed a new creative strategy for its Xperia series of its phones. According to reports Sony mobiles has designed Ice Cream Sandwich platform for Xperia brand of phones. Besides this advancement, another major amendment includes introduction of Alpha ROM which were announced in December 2011 but still has not been introduced in the handsets. It is reported that Sony mobiles has handed the testing handsets to experts to examine these new updates and lavish company with their feedback.

Experience Your Music with the New Sony Ericsson’s Live with Walkman smartphone.Aircel customers can download upto 2GB for free, and three hours of Mobile TV for one month

- Live with Walkman lets you blasts music into a new era, added with free 2GB data, three hours of Mobile TV for one month to Aircel users
- Make the most of its unique Facebook integration that enables instant music and media sharing

The CES 2012 was in air in Las Vegas. Sony utilized this platform intelligently and introduced a whole new range of handsets, thereby making its Xperia portfolio much stronger and better. The company displayed Sony Xperia S, Sony Xperia NX, and Sony Xperia Ion along with Sony Xperia Acro HD at the CES 2012, which is said to be biggest consumer electronics show in the world. The new Sony Xperia S is the first Smartphone from the brand new and fresh Xperia NXT series. The major highlights of this phone comprise of 12 megapixels of camera that has 16x digital zoom. The dual core processor running at the speed of 1.5 GHz delivers an awesome performance.

The global mobile market is being developed into the battlefield these days as every smartphone, every mobile handset wants to have the top position and the latest in competition are Apple iPhone 4S and Sony Xperia S. Nobody had thought that Apple iPhone 4S has some kind of flaw in it or any other Smartphone could ever beat it in anyway. But, the brand new Sony Xperia S is here to challenge Apple iPhone 4S in terms of screen pixel density. The new device by Sony sports 4.3 inches of touch screen display that has a perfect resolution of 1280 x 720p and is accompanied with a reality display has 324ppi. On the other hand, Apple iPhone 4S falls a bit short here. The device has only 3.5 inches of touch screen display with a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels along with retina display that has pixel density of 326ppi.

Sony Ericsson Walkman brand is back with a bang and this time has android OS in it. Company’s second android device, Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman phone is all set and ready to make its Indian debut. The launch date hasn’t been set yet, but hopefully, Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman will be launched by the end of this month. So for Sony Ericsson, it would be the perfect way to bid goodbye to the year of 2011. The pre-orders for this android phone by Sony Ericsson have already begun and you will be able to take home this device just for Rs. 14,550.

Sony Ericsson today announced details of a new promotion that will give every Xperia owner 50GB of free file sharing and storage in partnership with Box. By simply logging into their Box account through the Box for Android application in the Android Marketplace, Xperia owners globally will be able to enjoy free cloud storage and file sharing for life. The Box promotion begins on 15 December 2011 through until December 31, 2012, and is available to all consumers worldwide who own any Xperia smartphone including and released after Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S priced at Rs 25K is going to be the choice of those who want to make a buy this Christmas.