In an interesting move by Sony regarding Xperia devices, anyone who is fiddling with the Android OS on any of them by rooting their Xperia device won’t be able to have it fixed by Sony should anything go wrong with your Xperia phone regardless if it is hardware related.
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AT&T has changed up their pricing for their Xperia Play 4G package deal. If you happen to be in the market for an Xperia Play, this new deal which is with a new 2-year contract will net you an Xperia Play 4G device along with your choice of plan and smartphone service.
An interesting report has come out over at The Verge regarding the Xperia Play phone and the direction Sony Ericsson almost took with the device. In a patent that had been filed back when the device was being developed, the Xperia Play almost came with two sliders: one being the gamepad and the other being a keyboard.
It is no secret that Sony Ericsson and Kristen Schaal work together to promote the Xperia Play and some of the games that are available for the device. Generally most of these videos are pretty funny while some border on a bit disturbing as well. After a small break it seems Kristen is back with another promo video.
Two new games have arrived in the past couple of days exclusive to the Xperia Play called Experiment 13 and Fight Game: Heroes. Experiment 13 is actually developed and published by Sony Ericsson themselves while Fight Game: Heroes is from a studio called Fight Game Interactive.
FIFA 12 by EA still a go as an Xperia Play exclusive, new time frame for other Android devices revealed.
So during MineCon 2011 you would think it would be about all things Minecraft but during the video we posted in our last article, which we are including again in this one as well, the Sony Ericsson representative in the video, who happened to be the one I talked to during VDCC 2011, let out some more information about FIFA 12.
Sony Ericsson has posted a blog post confirming that the Xperia Play, along with other Xperia devices, will get an Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) update when it is ready to roll out for those devices. Currenty Sony Ericsson is working on merging Ice Cream Sandwich with their “Xperia experience”.
Sony Ericsson has released a new trailer for the upcoming addition to the FIFA series of games, FIFA 12. This will be one of those temporary exclusives for the Xperia Play which, if it follows the typical style of the temporary exclusive this devices get, should be available about a month after launch for other Android devices.
Rumors of Sony buying out the other 50% of the Sony Ericsson company for themselves have been floating around for awhile now. They keep popping up then dieing away but this latest round of rumors for a Sony Ericsson buyout have come true in for form of a €1.05 billion buyout plan.
Apparently Sony is considering bringing their Playstation Suite to other non-Sony and Sony Ericsson devices according to reports surfacing. SCE chairman Kaz Hirai mentioned yesterday that third-party Android devices could soon see the Playstation Suite available to them.