Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 and Cedar launched in India

It was launched long back in other Asian countries and now Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 has landed in India to storm the Indian handset market along with Sony Ericsson Cedar.The former is a phone meant for the higher segment and the latter at a price tag of just Rs.8000 is for the mid-segment. Sony Ericsson is offering variety with the launch of these two handsets. The price of Sony Ericsson Xperia has been kept under 14K and is reasonable enough for a smartphone of that calibre. Xperia X8 is an Android smartphone offered at price of Rs. 13,900. It runs on Android v2.1 and was unveiled for the Indian buyers back in August. Other phones unveiled at the same time were the Sony Ericsson Aspen, the Cedar, the Zylo and the Spiro. While all the other phones have hit the market, Xperia X8 was anxiously awaited one.



The Xperia X8 is supported on GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 900/2100 and UMTS HSPA 800/850/1900/2100 network.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 flaunts a 3.2 megapixels photo snapper to click pictures, shoot videos and the same can be uploaded directly on SNS as Facebook. The messaging features as Push email, IM (G-talk), Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support with Dataviz RoadSync, MMS and Predictive text input are enabled on the phone. Xperia X8 has 3-inches wide HVGA capacitive touchscreen that offers 320 x 480 pixels resolution. Its speedy web browser supports quick video streaming and access to all kinds of social networking via Timescape. Its music player comes with PlayNow and TrackID.



For fast data connectivity, there is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The phone has capacious 128MB of internal memory and come pre-loaded with a 2GB microSD card. The memory can be extended to an upper limit of 16GB. Xperia X8 also has location based service like A-GPS, Google Maps, Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation in selected regions.



Sony Ericsson Cedar is a basic phone that comes with all the requisite features as 2MP digital zoom camera, video recording, MP3/eAAC+/WAV player with 3.5 mm audio jack, FM Radio, 3D games, full access to Net, social networking and expandable memory. Though a entry level phone, Cedar has good connectivity features as it is 3G HSPA enabled and comes with Bluetooth with A2DP and microUSB v2.0.

September 2010 will see launch of three new Sony Ericsson mobiles

Sony Ericsson is all set to launch three varied types of new mobile handsets in Indian handset market by month of September in 2010. First in the series is Sony Ericsson’s Android based Xperia X8. The stylish and smart Xperia X8 runs on Android v1.6 and this may also be updated as per the user discretion. Xperia X8 price in India is Rs.14,000.



Sony Ericsson Cedar is the next in the series and contrastingly, it is an entry-level 3G device.This is not a smartphone and comes with features such as 3G HSPA. It also has an in-built Widget Manager 2.0 application that allows users to access social networking via the stand by screen.The Sony Ericsson Cedar is part of Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart portfolio, which incorporate environment friendly
technologies. Cedar can transfer contacts from their previous phone to Cedar via GPRS. The company is working on integrating all available platforms with this feature. The Sony Ericsson Cedar price in India will be around Rs 6,000.



Sony Ericsson Yendo is India’s first Walkman series with full touchscreen.It was fisrt showcased during CommunicAsia 2010 and it tempted for obvious reasons. It will be available in various colors and back covers may be changed as per the need. It is also DLNA enabled device which means that media sharing on Yendo will be
possible uninterrupted.

It will be launched in the first week of October 2010 and will be priced around Rs 8,000.

Sony Ericsson Zylo 3G slider to come by Q3 of 2010

The Sony Ericsson Zylo is an attractive 3G slider phone that comes complete with 2.6 inches TFT display, 240 x 320 pixels resolution that can display up to 256K colors. In addition to it, this chic mobile phone is available in Jazz Black, Chacha Silver, Swing Pink colors. This sleek and stylish phone, just 103 x 52 x 11.5 mm long, wide and thick. It has accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate and scratch-resistant surface.



This Walkman Series mobile phone has chic multimedia functionality. It has a 3.15 MP camera with 2048x1536 pixels resolution and geotagging and video calling features. It caters to excellent social networking needs of youth as well. Its motion based downloadable games are another highlight. Zylo offers social networking on Facebook, Twitter and also Bluetooth and FM Radio.

There is a microSD card to expand memory up to 16GB for music collection and the music player supports MP3, AAC and WMA as well as FLAC. Sony Ericsson Zylo may be launched in third quarter of 2010.