Archives for January 15th, 2014
Xperia T2 Ultra hands-on pics; get a look at the 6-inch IPS display
Following on from the live pics of the Xperia E1 earlier, here are some hands-on pictures of the 6-inch Xperia T2 Ultra. It is nice to see Sony start to use better displays in its handsets – both the Xperia Z1 Compact and Xperia T2 Ultra will sport IPS displays. The evidence can be seen ...
Xperia E1 in the wild pictures
Press renders are all very well and good, but it’s always nice to see how a phone looks in real life. We were eager to see how the brilliantly designed entry-level Xperia E1 looks in the flesh and came across the pictures below. It is so refreshing to see Sony’s premium design cues filter down ...
User interfaces compared: Stock Android versus Sony Xperia
One of the things that we love about Sony’s Xperia user interface is that it is very lightly skinned over Google’s stock Android UI. If you want to see some side-by-side comparisons of how the two differ, then check out a compilation below, created by Apollo89 from XDA. The pictures show the stock Android 4.4 ...
Sony China announces Xperia Z1 Colorful Edition (aka Compact); will cost CNY 3,999
Sony Mobile has unveiled its Xperia line-up for Mainland China at a recent press event. Sony announced the “Xperia Z1 Colorful Edition” (M51w), which we know globally as the Xperia Z1 Compact. This particular model is exactly the same as the global model, but it is 3G only, so there is no LTE support. It ...
Free PSM games for this week: Monster Hotel and Quiet Please
Sony’s PlayStation Mobile game promotion concludes with two final titles: Monster Hotel and Quiet Please. Monster Hotel requires you to look after a guesthouse, keeping the unusual inhabitants happy as you try to rise up the online leaderboards. You can unlock new monsters, bigger hotels and special rooms as you progress. Quiet Please is a ...
Xbox One: Awesome Tricks You Didn’t Know It Could Do
Although the PS4 is selling faster than the Xbox One, Microsoft’s offering is more powerful than you’d think. The video below shows a few demos of some great things you can do with the Xbox One, given you have the appropriate equipment to do so. Sean Ong posted the video on YouTube last week, and if ...