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Sabtu, 05 November 2011

Sony Ericsson Xperia Studio an Online Entertainment Platform Review

Sony Ericsson has launched the Xperia Studio online entertainment platform, which is designed to enable artists and collaborators to create and share their content. The Sony Ericsson's Xperia Studio project invites creative thinkers, artists and intellectuals to use Xperia handsets to remake reality and the project aims to blur the boundaries between entertainment, technology and communications. Sony Ericsson also uses six Xperia Neos to capture a 360-degree bike ride and landscape photographer Joergen Geerds was asked to compose a unique 360-degree video uing a 3D printer, he developed a custom mount to hold six Xperia Neo phones in a ring that was welded to a mountain bike and Geerds had to convert every one of the several hundred thousand frames into JPEGs, merge them as stills and then reconvert the whole thing back into video. Sony Ericsson focuses on its values and its innovator’s image and this projects have been developed from surfers, scientists, artists and more from the likes of New York, Denmark and Australia.

Sony Ericsson launched Xperia Studio, an online entertainment platform for artists and collaborators to create and share their most innovative content. The initiative reflects Sony Ericsson's ongoing commitment to engage with consumers through high-quality entertaining content to inspire them to explore their Xperia phones in new ways. The Sony Ericsson's Xperia Studio invites creative thinkers, artists and intellectuals from collaborative artists in Denmark to astrophysicists in New York to take the range of Xperia handsets to their absolute limits and ultimately 'remake reality'. Content on the platform will be updated at regular intervals from the growing pool of contributors. The first phase of the project has seen collaborators from around the world use Xperia handsets to create content in unconventional and interesting ways – a flame-thrower camera flash, a view of the universe through the naked eye, capturing the perfect wave, creating a song from the ambient sounds of Paris and most recently capturing the extreme tricks preformed by a BMX crew in Brooklyn. Each project has been video-documented and can be viewed on the Xperia Studio platform. The project underlines Sony Ericsson's heritage as an innovator that continually strives to blur the boundaries between entertainment, technology and communications. The first round of collaborators involved in the Xperia Studio project includes:


  • Illutron, a collaborative interactive art studio in Copenhagen
  • Dr. Joshua Peek, a Hubble Fellow and astrophysicist at Columbia University, NYC
  • Ed Sloane, a lifelong surfer and innovative surf photographer from Victoria, Australia
  • Annabel Linquist – an artist and musician from New York
  • Torey Kish – an extreme sports enthusiast from Brooklyn

Videos:


Go Wide Or Go Home: Joergen Geerds used Xperia neos to record Mark Sevenoff’s ride down Slickrock Trail in 360 degrees. You can use your keyboard to watch every angle of it.Watch the 360 video now


Scanned: Torey Kish rides with "Act Like You Know," a BMX crew known for their web videos, riding trailers, and interviews. But now they’re showing off in a whole new way.


The Invisible Universe: What color is the night sky? Black? Sure, to the untrained eye. But with Xperia arc and Dr. Peek’s latest app, you can view the heavens in all their invisible glory: X-rays, gamma rays, far infrared, and more.


A Boatload of Inventors: It’s not the set-up for a joke — Illutron’s Collaborative Interactive Art Studio is literally on a boat. Which is where they hosted a three-day Xperia Studio Hack-A-Thon for code crackers of all levels. With flamethrowers.


Patch A Signal: The sampled micro-beats made from everyday sounds arranged by Bel Linquist into an interactive music video. Enjoy this love song backed by the sounds of the City of Lights.



Kamis, 05 Mei 2011

review of Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro (with video compare)

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro revealed

Powerful but compact Android duo

xperia-mini-pictured-and-mini-pro-announced
Xperia Mini (pictured) and Mini Pro announced
Sony Ericsson has announced the arrival of two new smartphones which should satiate the budget crowd – the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro.
Both smartphones seemingly have Facebook engrained into their UI, with the phones offering "intuitive, faster and easier sharing, liking and commenting" and the "instant ability to share the songs you 'like' with friends".
Both the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro come brandishing Android Gingerbread 2.3, with the Xperia Mini having the boast of being the "world's smallest Android smartphone with HD video recording".
The Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro have three-inch capacitive touchscreens (the Mini Pro also has a Reality Display), are powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and have the Sony Mobile Bravia Engine inside.
When it comes to looks, the Mini Pro is the most striking due to its sliding QWERTY keyboard (a throwback from the X10 Mini Pro).
A 30 per cent increase in battery life has also been announced.
Xperia mini pro
"We wanted to provide consumers even greater choice across the Xperia range, while building on the success of the original mini series," said Steve Walker, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson, about the handsets.
"These turbo-charged smartphones now contain even more power, enhanced functionality, a larger screen and premium features unique to Sony Ericsson.
"They are packed full of features, making them a perfect choice for consumers looking for all the benefits of Android and Sony in a beautiful and easy to use compact form factor."


We've just gotten to grips with Sony Ericsson's new compact smartphones, the Xperia Mini and its keyboard-equipped sibling the Xperia Mini Pro, and have a gallery of shots for you below. Hit them up now and we'll have hands-on impressions and video coming shortly.

The Xperia Mini has wonderful size when it comes to width and height, but we have to ask: why so thick? The Mini Pro is only slightly thicker despite having a fully-fledged slideout keyboard, so it would have been nice if the keyboard-less Mini was more svelte. Sony Ericsson is clearly going after the pocket- and handbag-conscious demographic here, who might not be all that receptive to the Mini's girth. SE also made some bold claims about the finger-friendliness of the Mini Pro's keyboard, which we were told were backed by usability tests against rival phones. Those trials were isolated to devices "in its size class" (of which there aren't many), but our first response was still very positive, at least once we turned on auto-correct. This will be a matter of personal preference, but we found ourselves enjoying not having to take care of every little slip of the finger. Anyway, settings adjusted appropriately, we bashed away on the Mini Pro rather speedily and would rate it right up there with the BlackBerry Bold 9700 in terms of our typing rapidity. Browser rendering has its flaws, there's a stuttery quality to zooming in and out of a page, but at least it's done quickly and Flash playback seems to work without a hitch.






review of Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro (with video compare)

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro revealed

Powerful but compact Android duo

xperia-mini-pictured-and-mini-pro-announced
Xperia Mini (pictured) and Mini Pro announced
Sony Ericsson has announced the arrival of two new smartphones which should satiate the budget crowd – the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro.
Both smartphones seemingly have Facebook engrained into their UI, with the phones offering "intuitive, faster and easier sharing, liking and commenting" and the "instant ability to share the songs you 'like' with friends".
Both the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro come brandishing Android Gingerbread 2.3, with the Xperia Mini having the boast of being the "world's smallest Android smartphone with HD video recording".
The Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro have three-inch capacitive touchscreens (the Mini Pro also has a Reality Display), are powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and have the Sony Mobile Bravia Engine inside.
When it comes to looks, the Mini Pro is the most striking due to its sliding QWERTY keyboard (a throwback from the X10 Mini Pro).
A 30 per cent increase in battery life has also been announced.
Xperia mini pro
"We wanted to provide consumers even greater choice across the Xperia range, while building on the success of the original mini series," said Steve Walker, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson, about the handsets.
"These turbo-charged smartphones now contain even more power, enhanced functionality, a larger screen and premium features unique to Sony Ericsson.
"They are packed full of features, making them a perfect choice for consumers looking for all the benefits of Android and Sony in a beautiful and easy to use compact form factor."


We've just gotten to grips with Sony Ericsson's new compact smartphones, the Xperia Mini and its keyboard-equipped sibling the Xperia Mini Pro, and have a gallery of shots for you below. Hit them up now and we'll have hands-on impressions and video coming shortly.

The Xperia Mini has wonderful size when it comes to width and height, but we have to ask: why so thick? The Mini Pro is only slightly thicker despite having a fully-fledged slideout keyboard, so it would have been nice if the keyboard-less Mini was more svelte. Sony Ericsson is clearly going after the pocket- and handbag-conscious demographic here, who might not be all that receptive to the Mini's girth. SE also made some bold claims about the finger-friendliness of the Mini Pro's keyboard, which we were told were backed by usability tests against rival phones. Those trials were isolated to devices "in its size class" (of which there aren't many), but our first response was still very positive, at least once we turned on auto-correct. This will be a matter of personal preference, but we found ourselves enjoying not having to take care of every little slip of the finger. Anyway, settings adjusted appropriately, we bashed away on the Mini Pro rather speedily and would rate it right up there with the BlackBerry Bold 9700 in terms of our typing rapidity. Browser rendering has its flaws, there's a stuttery quality to zooming in and out of a page, but at least it's done quickly and Flash playback seems to work without a hitch.