February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »
Last night, Sony Ericsson announced three new Xperia smartphones, all running on Android 2.3 (gingerbread). Non-surprisingly, the Xperia Play was amongst them.
Xperia Pro
The new device aimed at the business consumer. The Xperia Pro has full hardware qwerty support and holds a 3.7” (854×480) Reality Display with Bravia Engine. The device runs on a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, has 320MB memory on board and ships with a 8GB micro-SD card.
Xperia Neo
The hardware of the Xperia Neo is similar to the Xperia pro except the lack of the physical qwerty keyboard. The Xperia Neo also lacks productivity apps that can be found on the Xperia Pro.
Xperia Play
Certainly the most leaked device of the show was presented as well. The Xperia Play runs on a 1Ghz Qualcomm ARMv7 Snapdragon CPU and a GPU van Adreno. Fast RAM, hardware buttons and the combination of CPU and GPU form the minimum requirement for Playstation Certified devices.
The pricing of psOne games will be between €5 and €10 and Sony Ericsson advices developers of games for the Playstation Suite to maintain similar price levels.
