Xperia Go And Xperia Acro S Brings Extra Durability And Stylish Water Resistance

Sony Mobile today announced two new Xperia smartphones Xperia go and Xperia acro S. Both phones have scratch resistant mineral glass displays and meet industry standard IP ratings for protection against dust and water immersion

Xperia acro S

 

Xperia acro S boasts a 4.3” HD Reality Display for razor sharp clarity, full HD video recording, HD video chat, easy HDMI TV connectivity to enjoy content on the big screen. NFC enabled, Xperia acro S can easily open applications with one touch against an Xperia SmartTag.

The camera on the back uses a 12MP Exmor R sensor and has a f/2.4 aperture and records 1080p FullHD video. A 720p 1.3MP camera is on the front.

Key features:

• 4.3” 720p HD Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine gives razor sharp clarity
• 12MP fast capture camera goes from sleep to snap in just over a second with a single key press
• PlayStation™ Certified
• Full 1080p HD video recording and 720p HD front camera
• Scratch resistant mineral glass display with wet finger tracking
• IP55 and IP57 Ratings for dust and water resistance
• 1.5Ghz dual core processor gives consumers super fast performance
• Launching on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Available in black, white and pink colours

  Xperia go

Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 Update Starts Rolling Out In India

Samsung has finally started rolling out the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in India. Samsung announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.0 update last December and started rolling out ICS update for Galaxy S2 in Europe earlier this March. The Samsung Galaxy Note started receiving ICS update last week in India. They started shipping Galaxy S2 with ICS in India earlier thismonth

 We didn’t get OTA update notification, so we updated it via Kies. The update is about 220 MB and is available OTA (Over the Air) and via Samsung Kies.

Facebook Launches Its Own Camera App

Huge news came out of the Facebook universe with little to no warning: Facebook has launched its own camera app. Seemingly out of nowhere, the social networking giant has launched its own “Facebook Camera” camera app that, of course, connects directly to your Facebook account, making it that much easier to take, upload, tag, and comment on your photos.

The app also comes loaded with a few features to make it even more useful: You can crop, rotate and add filters to any picture in your camera roll in app (Instagram inspired anyone?). It also all but replaces the regular Facebook app for those people who only use Facebook for photos by offering a “news feed” that shows only pictures as its home page. No more status updates, if all you’re using Facebook for is uploading and looking at pictures, you may stop using the regular app all together.
Needless to say this is pretty big news in the world of camera apps, news that probably has some app developers groaning right about now. For more information on the app click here to grab it straight from the app store

Sony Xperia S To Get ICS By Early June

After being criticized for launching a flagship phone in 2012 with Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, Sony is all set to roll out the much needed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for its flagship smartphone Xperia S.
According to official Sony Xperia Support, the ICS update on Xperia S will hit the phones by late May or early June. As always the update will not rolled out to all phones overnight but will be gradually updated.With the release of ICS on Xperia S we expect Sony to release ICS updates for other 2012 Xperia series phones like Xperia P, U & Sola as promised by them.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update For Samsung Galaxy Note

Finally Samsung has  started to roll out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update to its very successful tabphone Note (N7000) The official changelog includes update to Android 4.0 with TouchWiz, New S Note app & New S Memo widget. According a user on XDA Developers it is the Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0.3 with build date of May 03.Currently the update is for users in Germany, other countries will get in coming weeks

Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB Pre-order Price Revealed For UK, Coming On May 30

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S3 on May 3rd, online retailer Clove UK has announced that they are now taking pre-orders for the 16GB variant of the Galaxy S3. The Galaxy S3 packs in 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, Zero Shutter and 1.9MP front camera with HD recording at 30fps.

It has 16GB internal memory and support for MicroSD cards up to 64GB. The connectivity features include, 3G, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and aGPS. It weighs 133 grams and packs a massive 2100 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB variant comes in Blue and White colors and is now available for pre-order from Clove UK for 458.33 GBP (~US$741) (549.99 GBP including VAT)