Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

   Sony Ericsson have announced yesterday their new and most powerful smartphone which is the upgraded version of Arc. The Arc S has mainly only an improved processor, in terms of hardware - the 1.4 GHz Snapdragon from Qualcomm. Other improvements are related to software and are the same ones from the recently announced Xperia Android upgrade which will arrive on Neo V first. The main technical details are:

-- DISPLAY:  LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 854 pixels, 4.2  inches, scratch- resistant surface.

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.4 GHz processor.

-- GPU:  Adreno 205

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  320 MB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, HD video recording with 720p, 3D sweep panorama  

Secondary - 2 MP, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB port v 2.0, HDMI port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1500 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine and Exmor R™ for mobile

-- OS:  Android Gingerbread (2.3.4), Timescape UI, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, Office Suite Pro, TrackID, xLoud, PlayNow, social apps.

   The smartphone has access to Sony`s Entertainment Network services like Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited and the camera is 2D and 3D sweep panorama capable. I do know why there is this trend now for many smartphone manufactures to name their upgraded versions with 'S' - it`s just like a years ago when almost all phones were upgraded under the 'i' letter. 

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Nokia 100/101

   Nokia has announced last week a low-cost model which will arrive in two different versions: a single SIM (100) and a dual SIM (101). This is not the only main difference between the two models. Both will run the S30 Symbian version and will have a few multimedia features like FM radio, MP3 player. The 101 can support a micro-SD card up to 16 GB and has a loud speaker. Both phones will have a 1.8 inches screen, strong battery (with up to 25 days of stand-by performance) and a very low price - under 25 Euros.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V

   Sony Ericsson have announced two days ago their new medium range smartphone, an upgraded version of Neo - the Neo V. Now the upgrade or downgrade better said is a minor one as only the camera is different than the old Neo has. Instead of a 8 MP camera, the Neo V (five) has a 5 MP performance. It appears that there are issues with manufacturing 8 MP cameras for Sony Ericsson since the great Japan earthquake. Other technical specifications have not been upgraded except some software improvements:

-- DISPLAY:  LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7  inches, scratch- resistant surface.

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Snapdragon Scorpion 1 GHz processor.

-- GPU:  Adreno 205

-- MEMORY:  512 RAM.

-- STORAGE:  320 MB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, HD video recording with 720p,  Secondary - 2 MP, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB port v 2.0, HDMI port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1500 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine and Exmor R™ for mobile

-- OS:  Android Gingerbread (2.3.4), Timescape UI, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, Office Suite Pro, social apps, PlayNow, TrackID, xLOUD.

   The real upgrade this phone has is a software one with extra functions for the camera like 3D sweep panorama functionality from Sony and swipe text input which works the same as Swype for messaging. The new version of Gingerbread allows video chatting in Google Talk. The same software upgrades will be received by all Xperia series phones.

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