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 Financial maven and maker of beautiful graphs Horace Deidu has found that between the top eight mobile phone vendors, Apple and Samsung share 99 percent of the total spoils. Of RIM , LG, Sony (Ericsson) , Motorola , Nokia and HTC , only the latter made a profit — claiming that left over one percent. The remaining six all recorded losses for the quarter, Mr. . . . → Read More: Visualized: Apple and Samsung occupy the 99 percent… of phone profits  Back in March, Sony highlighted some details surrounding their rollout of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the 2011 line of Xperia smartphones and at the time, their plans looked a little like something like this: Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and Xperia Ray, starting mid-April. Xperia Arc, Xperia Play, Xperia Neo, Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, Xperia Active and SE Live with Walkman, getting ICS “the end of May/early June.” Sony has now taken to their blog to let everyone know the updates, especially for the Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and Xperia Ray are rolling out as planned and they will continue to roll out the updates globally as soon as possible. To further address the matter, Sony has been listing the devices and their carrier related software version numbers so that folks may check to see if their device update has been approved . . . → Read More: Sony on track with its Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 rollouts for 2011 Xperia smartphones  To be fair, things have… changed a bit since we heard back in November that the Xperia handset line would be getting Ice Cream Sandwich by March of 2012. . . . → Read More: Sony’s Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich rollout pushed to mid-April (and beyond)  For those confused by Sony’s mixed naming conventions, this is the Japan-friendly version of AT&T’s incoming Xperia Ion . There’s been some additions to the US-bound device we handled back in January, including a built-in TV tuner and mobile wallet functionality. Last time we heard, the LTE-capable Ion was set for a summer world tour , but given this early spring unveiling on the other side of the world, it could pass AT&T’s tests this side of 2012 — hopefully with all four of these color options in tow . . . → Read More: Sony Xperia Acro HD launches March 15 in Japan  Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. . . . → Read More: Refresh Roundup: week of March 5th, 2012  According to a tip received by MobileSyrup, Rogers customers will soon be seeing the SE Xperia Arc S on the shelves. The Arc S is a slight bump from the current Xperia Arc that Rogers now offers with it's 1.4 GHz Qualcomm processor, and it's pretty likely that this will be the last Sony Ericsson branded device to hit North America now that Sony is sole owner of the name and franchisee . . . → Read More: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S may be heading to Rogers next week  . . . → Read More: Sony Ericsson now owned solely by Sony; rebranding to occur within the month  More than half of America’s married couples will tell you, breaking up is hard. Hard and expensive. After living in denial , dodging rumors and eventually coming to terms with the inevitable, Sony has finally taken over Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson’s 50-percent stake in the pair’s former joint venture, a move that was earlier reported to have cost €1.05 billion ($1.37 billion) to complete . . . → Read More: Sony finalizes divorce with Ericsson, renames itself Sony Mobile Communications  Sony Ericsson's ruggedized Xperia Active smartphone has walked away with a top honor at this year's iF (International Forum) design awards in Munich, and there were also nods for some other 2011 Xperia handsets. . . . → Read More: Sony Ericsson Xperia Active wins iF design gold award  Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a “global strategic alliance” with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets. The handset will come preloaded with exclusive content, including Billabong screen savers, and bundle several Billabong-branded games and applications . . . → Read More: Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabong Edition |
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