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Sony Aiming To Be First Vendor To Roll Out Android 7.1.1
Sony have kept their Android skin extremely close to stock AOSP Android for a while now. This should help them update their devices faster when new versions of Android are released although that hasn't...
Sony starts feeling the heat on lack of Lollipop update to their mid-range line...
News about Lollipop updates for owners of Sony Xperia phones that weren't in the companies much vaunted Z series was pretty bleak yesterday. Sony began telling customers on social media that only the Xperia...
Sony may only deliver Lollipop to Xperia Z series phones
As the flagship line, Sony's Xperia Z series phones get the lions share of attention, but they've certainly released some quite decent mid-range phones in terms of hardware. Sony has so far advised of...
Sony releases a custom theme building tool for Xperia devices … and maybe soon,...
Sony has announced the release of a tool designed to create custom themes for their Xperia smartphones, Theme Creator Beta. The tool relies on code contributed to AOSP last year by Sony Mobile engineer...
Sony announces a further 1,100 employees will go from their Mobile division
On the back of last weeks story on Sony slashing 1,000 jobs across their Mobile divisions in China and Europe, Sony has apparently confirmed they will slash another 1,100 jobs on top of that.
The...
Sony Xperia Z4 apparently certified in the US – MWC launch looking likely
On the back of the Sony Xperia Z4 apparently being certified in Japan, the Sony Xperia Z4 has apparently hit the FCC in the US.
The phone which appeared at the FCC has been...
Sony launches Folding@home initiative for smartphones – curing disease with your phone
Distributed computing models have made up for a lack of super-computing availability for many years. From the early days of the Seti@home project in the 90's, looking for extra-terrestrial life, through to the Folding@home...
Sony releases video showing bootloader unlocking process – reminds you that this process...
Sony has been at the forefront when it comes to reaching out to the developer community when it comes to Android. From providing source and kernels on their SonyDeveloper GitHub repo, through to hiring...
Sony announces plans for which Xperia devices will get Lollipop update
After Google announced Android 5.0 - Lollipop, the first questions heard were: When is my device going to be updated? In these modern times, most of the OEMs have begun answering that question fairly...
Further Sony Xperia Z3 Compact photos appear
Following our exclusive yesterday on the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact photos making an appearance, and after we've seen some leaky news this morning about the bigger brother the Xperia Z3, we've received a couple...
CyanogenMod Developer to Join Sony
It seems that companies are starting to recognise that there is a lot of talent in the Android developer community. First it was Samsung hiring Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) and then he branched off...
Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 to be thinner, faster and running Kit Kat
The Xperia Tablet Z was a surprisingly nice tablet, that Sony launched last year, surprising in that the last two tablets from Sony the Xperia Tablet S and Tablet P weren't generally speaking raging...
Sony D6503 Sirius Details Leak, Again
On Sunday we reported on the images and sparse details of a new Sony phone that had leaked via an XDA member. Not long after we received a tip from someone who also...
Sony D6503 prototype surfaces – possibly the ‘Sirius’ handset update of the Z1
The latest rumours for upcoming Sony devices point to a new phone - codenamed Sirius - and a tablet - codenamed Castor - to be launched at Mobile World Congress next month and an...
Sony begins rollout of Android 4.3 to more Xperia devices
Last week, Sony began rolling out the Android 4.3 update to the Sony Xperia Z1 and Z Ultra, but today it's the turn of the other 2013 Xperia 'Z' devices, namely the Xperia Z,...