Virgin UK launches 4 Android phones: HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy Portal, Xperia X10 and LG InTouch Max
Virgin Mobile UK has announced no less than four new Android smartphones from HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG.
Two handsets are already available: the LG InTouch Max GW620 (free with an 18-month contract of at least £22 per month) and the Samsung Galaxy Portal – which is actually the soon-to-get Android-2.1 Galaxy Spica i5700. The [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Mini Pro prices in Europe: €300, €330
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro will be released in France and Belgium starting late May (the Mini) and June (the Mini Pro).
According to FrAndroid, Sony Ericsson has confirmed the prices of the two new Android smartphones: the Xperia X10 Mini costs €300 ($410), while the Xperia X10 Mini will be [...]
Sony (not Sony Ericsson) launching a PSP phone this year to rival Apple?
If Sony Ericsson won’t make a PSP phone, Sony might. The Japanese company hasn’t launched a cell phone under its own brand since 2001, when the joint venture with Ericsson was established.
A Wall Street Journal report has it that Sony wants to launch a phone of its own this year because it’s “threatened by Apple’s [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro to hit the UK on April 13
Sony Ericsson’s latest Android handsets, the Xperia X10 Mini and Xperia X10 Mini Pro, might be available in the UK as soon as April (when Vodafone UK should launch the Xperia X10).
Expansys has both new devices on pre-order, saying that they’ll be out on April 13 – the Xperia X10 Mini costs £299.99 ($446), while [...]
Vodafone UK announces the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, Qik mobile video service
Vodafone UK has just announced that its customers can pre-order the Sony Ericsson Vivaz as of now. The Symbian smartphone will be available through Vodafone starting March 9, for free with a 2-yr contract agreement of at least £30 per month.
The Vivaz (which will also be sold via T-Mobile UK) features a 3.2 inches touchscreen [...]
Sony Ericsson should’ve made the Google Nexus One, but they refused
When you say “Google Nexus One”, you’re immediately thinking about Android and HTC (which manufactures the smartphone).
Most probably, Google wanted HTC to build the Nexus One due to the fact that the Taiwanese company is one of the most respected smartphone makers in the world. However, it looks like Google has chosen HTC also because [...]
#MWC10. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Pro. First impressions, hands-on video
Finally, with the introduction of Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Pro, the troubled vendor is displaying some innovative and original thinking, that made this company great once.
I’m not saying that all of the recently launched Sony Ericsson phones are bad. But, despite their claims to the contrary, during last 2 years and [...]
AT&T “definitely” launching the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10?
AT&T has already announced that it would launch lots of Android smartphones this year – including the Motorola BackFlip and the Dell Mini 3i – so it should probably not come as a surprise that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 might make its way into AT&T stores, too.
I say “might” – but Boy Genius has [...]
#MWC10: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro, Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro (video)
Today – one day ahead of the official MWC 2010 debut – Sony Ericsson announced three new phones: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro.
All three new handsets will be available starting the second quarter of 2010, for prices that should be announced later on.
As you’ve probably [...]
T-Mobile UK to launch SE Vivaz, Xperia X10, Nokia X6 and more
Until its merger with Orange is completed, T-Mobile UK is still an independent mobile carrier – one that’s getting ready to release some pretty nice phones this quarter.
The British carrier has recently unveiled its Q1 2010 line-up, including phones that it already sells (like the Nokia E72, Samsung Galaxy Portal, LG InTouch Max GW620 and [...]

