Winning images to be shown at Somerset House, London 24 April – 10 May Inaugural Mobile Phone Award winner chosen by the public with a staggering 6,718 votes Images available at press.worldphoto.org or Image.net TUESDAY 31st MARCH: The Open and Youth winners along with the inaugural Mobile Phone winner of the world’s biggest photography competition, […]
People talk about wearing technology as if it’s a new thing. We should be clear, it isn’t. For centuries people have found ways to incorporate technology into what they wear, just look at the first watches – they came about when technology advanced to the point where it became possible to take something incredibly useful […]
Barcelona, 2nd March 2015 – Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today announced the world’s lightest and slimmest 10” tablet2 – Xperia™ Z4 Tablet. Delivering a best in class entertainment experience thanks to the world’s brightest 10.1 inch 2K display of the leading tablets1 and long battery life (up to 17 hours of video playback), the […]
“4 billion” – that’s the number of people who, according to Giles Rhys Jones are missing out because the global system of addresses doesn’t work. Jones works at what3words, April’s app of the month, and we caught up with him before the Easter break to understand how this is possible and what he plans to […]
Seen as wearable tech is the talk of the town at the minute we thought we’d take the opportunity to focus this edition of App of the Month on one that sits on your wrist – My Tracks Part of the Google Android apps ecosystem, My Tracks is one step ahead (pun intended) of other […]
One of the new technologies that caught the eye on the Sony booth at #MWC15 this week was our electronics teams’ latest 65”Class 4K Ultra HD BRAVIA® TV. It wasn’t just the amazingly clear picture on display, or the impossibly thin screen that turned a few heads, it was also the new Android TV™ operating […]
Back in January the WPO announced that it was launching a brand new category for its 2015 Sony World Photography Awards, a category that we at Sony Mobile were quite excited about – a dedicated award for photography shot on a mobile phone. Well, after just four weeks and more than 10,200 entries a judging […]
You may remember back in August we sent award-winning WPO photographer Myriam Meloni to capture some of the scenes at Spain’s renowned food festival, La Tomatina. Well, seeing as we’re at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Myriam’s adopted hometown since she moved from Italy, we thought we’d catch up with her again to see how she’s […]
After a few weeks respite, it’s time for another Xperia Photo Academy tutorial, this time ‘focusing’ (excuse the pun) on our native Xperia app, Background Defocus. Our first three tutorials were held by internationally renowned photographers J.N. Silva, Ben Thomas and Greg Funnell who each shared their expertise in low light, perspective and contrast photography. […]
Ever since we launched the first of our new smart wearable devices (SmartBand SWR10) back in 2014 we’ve been using data to help us understand how people are using them. The data gives us fantastic insight into the features our customers like to use and what they might want to see brought into new / […]
Over the last few months our SmartEyeglass prototype has been one of the most talked about smart eyewear concepts – today the project takes a major step forward, as we announce both commercialisation and launch from March 2015. The SmartEyeglass Developer Edition SED-E1 will give developers access to both the physical sample and official supporting […]
After a fevered first unveiling at CES last month, our new look stainless steel edition of SmartWatch 3 launches across the globe from this week. We designed SmartWatch 3 stainless steel with a sleek look and feel, paying homage to contemporary timepiece styling. It’s the latest edition of our popular wearable, specifically designed for Android […]
Our Android 5.0, Lollipop upgrade continues from today for Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, and next week for Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet – now rolling out to further markets worldwide*. We’re also pretty excited to confirm that Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia C3 will also receive Lollipop… stay […]
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UPDATE: First scripts for Android 5.0; Lollipop are now rolling from today for Xperia Z2, Z2 Tablet & Z3 Tablet Compact We’re starting our Android 5.0, Lollipop upgrade from today for Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact. You’ll see the upgrade hit first devices in the Nordics and Baltics, continuing to further markets, for more Xperia […]
For us, SmartWear is all about expression… all our wearable technology is developed using modular hardware, which means that you can wear it the way you want, whatever your personality, style, taste, mood… With the latest Android Wear update rolling today – for all our SmartWatch 3 users, this guiding principle is taking on a new […]
We’re launching a new offer in Xperia Lounge from this week – access to the best movie and television content from the world of Sony, on your Xperia smartphone and tablet. New users of select Xperia Z Series devices* will be able to choose great movies from a 25-strong catalogue within Xperia Lounge Gold… including […]
Rewind back to the end of 2014 you may remember joining us as we celebrated the 20th birthday of our renowned PlayStation console – a lucky few of you may even have managed to get your hands on one of the limited retro edition original grey consoles that we released to mark the occasion. Each […]
The “wisdom of crowds” says that the many are smarter than the few – but can they be better at gaming too? That’s what our French team set out to discover when they built a crowd (and cloud)-controlled robot that will play LittleBigPlanetTM 3 remotely… in every sense of the word. To celebrate the launch of […]
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, 2nd March 2015 – Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today refocused its mid-range device strategy with the introduction of Xperia™ M4 Aqua – a smartphone bringing Sony’s leadership in camera, design, battery and performance to an accessible price point. “Xperia M4 Aqua represents our renewed mid-range focus – with no compromises” […]
London, 24th February 2015 – Earlier this month, Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) introduced Xperia™ E4; the affordable, easy-to-use smartphone with great battery life – in a quality Sony design. Now, Sony unveils the exciting Xperia™ E4g smartphone, offering the same ease-of-use and powerful battery performance – with fast 4G LTE connectivity. “Xperia E4 set […]
London, 10th February 2015 – Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today introduces its new Xperia™ E4 smartphone, offering ease-of-use, big screen entertainment and powerful battery performance in a high-quality yet affordable design. “With Xperia E4, we wanted to offer people some of the premium Sony features they have come to expect – with unparalleled ease […]
“4 billion” – that’s the number of people who, according to Giles Rhys Jones are missing out because the global system of addresses doesn’t work. Jones works at what3words, April’s app of the month, and we caught up with him before the Easter break to understand how this is possible and what he plans to […]
You may remember back in January when the World Photography Organisation announced a new Mobile Category would be joining this year’s Sony World Photography Awards. Well, after 96,000 entries, a judging panel of photography experts, 20 shortlisted photographs & a public vote, this week finally marked the winning Mobile Category announcement – along with both […]
Our newest campaign marks a transition for Sony Mobile, not just in the way we talk about our products but in outlining the way we think about the future. Campaigns like these are huge undertakings and, following the launch, we caught up with Louise Forbes, the Director of Product Marketing Creation here at Sony Mobile […]
