Esato News Archive

The growth of Android - A visual tour
The Android developers at Google has made a video showing the growth of Android activations

Sony Ericsson at Mobile World Congress - a summary
Sony Ericsson announced four smartphones at MWC this year. The Xperia Arc, Xperia Play, Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro. Read our first impression of the new phone models

Exclusive white Sony Ericsson Xperia Play available to O2 customers
All the major networks in UK will get the Xperia Play, but it seems like only O2 will offer a white version

Swype-like soft keyboard coming to next generation Sony Ericsson Android phones?
The next generation of Sony Ericsson Android phones might get Swype-like text input solution from CooTek

Use your smartphone as a heart rate monitor with ANT+
Some of the newly anonunced Sony Ericsson Xperia phones has built in support for ANT+, a industry standard for communication between sensors and monitors

Hands-on Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Today we have a hands-on video for you showing the gaming functionality of the Xperia Play

HTC announces no less than 6 devices today
Today, HTC announced the Desire S, Wildfire S, Incredible S all with HTC Sense experience. HTC ChaCha and Salsa are two social phones and the Flyer is the first tablet from HTC.

Samsung unveils the dual-core Galaxy S II
Samsung has announced Galaxy S II. The Galaxy S II has a dual-core 1 GHz CPU and is the world thinnest smartphone ony 8.49 mm thick

LG in 3D. Hands-on LG Optimus 3D and Optimus Pad
LG has announced two handhelds capable of recording 3D videos. The Optimus Pad and the LG Optimus 3D

Live from the Sony Ericsson MWC press event
Updated: We are closing this article now. The event is over and three new mobile phones were announced. The Xperia Play, Xperia neo and Xperia pro

Barcelona here we are
Team Esato arrived in Barcelon and joined the rest of the mobile industry by attending the Mobile World Congress

LG Optimus 3D promo video
Ever wondered what you need a 3D mobile phone for? Watch this Optimus 3D video from LG to get some ideas

Nokia and Microsoft to form strategic partnership - Nokia mobile phones to run Windows Phone 7
To giants in the software and hardware industry today announced that they are forming a strategic partnership. Who would thought this would ever happen just one year ago?

HP Pre 3, HP Veer and HP TouchPad announced
HP bought Palm last year and this is the first three devices announced after the acquisition. In the first batch from HP we got two webOS smartphones and one webOS Tablet.

What is new in Android 3.0 Honeycomb - A quick walkthrough
Earlier this month Google held a presentation about the new features found in the next version of Android for tablets. Read about the Honeycomb highlights here

ViewSonic ViewPad 4 running Android 2.4 available in April
Viewsonic unofficialy reported that they will have a Android 2.4 smartphone available in April

Kyocera announces Echo. A dual screen Android smartphone
Today, at a Sprint press event, Kyocera announced a dual-screen smartphone running Android 2.2

Nokia E7 shippment starts today
The Nokia E7 should be available in your favourite mobile phone store in a couple of days. E7 is Nokias new flagship model with an expected retail price of 495 Euro

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is official
The Xperia Play is official. It is not announced, but the Super Bowl TV commercial made it official

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 firmware update adds multi-touch pinch-to-zoom
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 now support multi-touch finger input. Meaning that some applications can take advantage of input from two fingers at the same time

LG Optimus Pad to be announced at MWC
Today LG confirmed that they will announce the Optimus Pad tablet during Mobile World Congress later this month

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play video commercial leaked
A video commercial of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play was available on YouTube for a short while. This was enough for the guys at DroidNytt to get hold of a copy. View the video here

This is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play slogan: Smart Phone, Smart Gaming
Sony Ericsson is leaking information about the upcoming Xperia Play. This time it is the design sketches of a T-Moblie branded retail boots thats out on display

Google introduces Android Market web site
Google today announced a web version of its app store. The Android Market can now be seen using a web browser and apps can be sent directly to a smartphone

Sony Ericsson Xperia model family gets new features
The Xperia X10 gets pinch-to-zoom and Xperia X10 Mini and X8 get ANT+ support

LG confirms the announcement of a 3D smartphone at the Mobile World Congress
Today LG confirmed our suspicion that a 3D smarphone will be announced at the Mobile World Congress in two weeks