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Google buying Motorola for more than just patents, says Eric Schmidt

, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [9]

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has revealed that the search giant and Android purveyor is buying Motorola Mobility for more than just its massive patent portfolio. The $12.5 billion bid for Motorola was originally portrayed as a way to secure patents to protect the Android platform and that Google would not be competing against its own platform partners. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S unveiled with 1.4GHz, Video Unlimited

, Aug 31st 2011 Discuss [3]

Sony Ericsson has unveiled a successor to its Xperia Arc smartphone called the Xperia Arc S that features a faster processor and more entertainment options. This new handset comes running Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and has access to Sony's "Unlimited" brand of video and music services. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson neo V detailed along with Android 2.3.4 update for entire 2011 range

, Aug 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Sony Ericsson has made a couple important announcements today. The first of the announcements is the unveiling of a new smartphone that will be coming in Q4 of 2011 to select markets. What those select markets are isn't known. The smartphone is called the Xperia neo V and it has some nice features like Android 2.3.4 out of the box and a 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor. The rear camera of the device is 5MP with autofocus, 720p recording and more. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson unveils Live with Walkman Android smartphone

, Aug 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Sony Ericsson has unveiled a new Android smartphone with Walkman branding that touts unique music-centric features. Dubbed the Live with Walkman, the handset will feature a dedicated Walkman button for quick access to your music. But, it's different from previous Walkman-branded devices in that it also features deep Facebook integration for music sharing and discovering. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Weekly Roundup Video – August 21, 2011

, Aug 21st 2011 Discuss [12]

This past week was like no other. Two major industry changing announcements were made that really took the tech community by surprise. Google revealed its $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility while HP suddenly raised a white flag on its webOS hardware and PC business to make an IBM-like transition into the enterprise software and services business. With competition in the mobile space getting cutthroat, all the remaining contenders continue to stockpile patents for courtroom battles. Proceed after the cut for the full weekly roundup video and list.

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HTC CEO reaffirms support for Google-Motorola deal

, Aug 19th 2011 Discuss [6]

HTC CEO Peter Chou has reaffirmed the company's support for the Android platform following Google's announcement to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google's PR had posted the very generic congratulatory remarks from its platform partners earlier this week, but Chou elaborated more on HTC's stance during his interview today, revealing that the company has no plans to bail nor to start its own mobile platform. Read The Full Story

HTC, Sony Ericsson and LG praise Google’s 17k Motorola patent grab [Update: Samsung]

, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [7]

Google's announcement this morning that it will snap up Motorola Mobility in a $12.5bn deal is already being positioned as a patent-grab first, hardware drive second. The all-important IP - which Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha revealed as amounting to around 17,000 granted patents and a further 7,500 in the pipeline during the company's recent Q2 financial results call - was name-checked by Google CEO Larry Page, and it's the focus of existing Android licensees HTC, Sony Ericsson and LG, too. Official statements after the cut. Read The Full Story

Apple Grabs Two-Thirds Of Mobile Phone Industry Profits

, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [41]

According to a new report, Apple's profits have now soared to become an astonishing two-thirds of the entire mobile phone market. This observation comes from Asymco's Horace Dediu after gathering data from the latest quarterly earnings reports from all the major mobile phone vendors. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson adding Qriocity movie streaming to XPERIAs in August

, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [7]

Sony Ericsson has announced that the Sony Qriocity streaming video service will be landing on select smartphones from the company's range as of August 1, with a choice of content from NBC, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and more. Arriving first on the XPERIA mini and mini pro, the Qriocity video app will allow for both rentals and purchases of titles. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson blames Japan earthquake for big Q2 losses

, Jul 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson's 2011 range of handsets have marked a real change in direction from the dross of the previous year, but it hasn't been enough to save the company from a dreary Q2 2011. Blaming "supply chain constraints from the Japan earthquake," Sony Ericsson has announced a net loss of €50m ($71m) for the three month period, along with a further slump in sales. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo press image leaks with rumor pointing to September launch

, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [3]

Sony Ericsson has turned to Android to bring itself out of the smartphone slump it was in. Since the launch of the Android offerings for the firm things are looking up. Another leaked shot of a coming smartphone from Sony Ericsson has landed. The device is the Xperia Duo and this is the second time that we have seen leaked photos. This time around, the leaked photo is the official press shot of the device. Read The Full Story

Xperia Pro pushed to Q4?

, Jul 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Back during Mobile World Congress Sony Ericsson made a lot of announcements for new smartphones that were due to land early in 2011 running the Android OS. Among the phones announced was the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro smartphone. The launch time frame for that smartphone was initially pegged as Q2. We are seeing some unofficial reports that Sony Ericsson will be pushing the launch of the Pro back to Q4. Read The Full Story
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