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May 17 2012

Personalize your Xperia™ smartphone

May 17, 2012 - 4:41 PM
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Hello everyone – today we bring you some exciting news!

As you know, design, hardware as well as software, is a key part of the Xperia smartphone and Smart accessory creation and development process. However, we don’t manufacture the cases and shells that can give your smartphone that extra cool individual look. 

So today, we’re excited to announce new partnerships with leading accessory brands, to enable true personalization of your Xperia smartphone.

We know that when you look to buy a new smartphone, the quality and choice of accessory on offer is important. So, we’re keen to ensure that our consumers get the very best selection of cases and shells for their favorite smartphone.

To make this happen we have created a new partnership program with case and accessory manufacturers. The market leading brands that have joined us so far are: CaseMate, AGF, Incipio, Krusell, Dicota, Copter, Muvit, Roxfit, Orbyx and Shinnorie.

Our new friends will announce exciting and stylish products for Xperia smartphones from mid-May.

We hope you’re looking forward to enjoying them as much as we are and we’d love to hear your feedback in the comments below!

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  • By Todor Xperius

    Second…and why is design of Xperia Mini and Mini pro so much different…….please release ICS for ST15i sooner as you can! Thanks :)

  • By Junaid Jabbar

    Guys … I open your site daily ,hoping when you will announce ICS for other Xperia phones like my Xperia Pro …please release it bug free as I updated my NEO V and it’s phone dialler laggs alot … Also release update for that please please … Thanks

    • By anthony

      Hey Junaid, Todor, Mohamed – thanks for stopping by,

      Our Ice Cream Sandwich update will be available for the remaining 2011 Xperia smartphones from the last week of this month.

      I hope that’s useful!

      Ant.

      PS. Todor – we design every Xperia smartphone individually, with its own personality :-)

      • By Todor Xperius

        anthony thanks for replay! Im happy and looking forward to the update, hope there will be no glitches with it. Thanks again :)

      • By Todor Xperius

        Anthony just one more thing, PLEASE, PLEASE don’t make country limitations for update like it was did for Arc S, Neo V and Ray it was released for Nordic countries first, just don’t do it for waiting Xperias! It would kill me :P to wait more, when somebody else already has it on his ST15! Just release it World Wide! Hope it happens :) Thanks

  • By Mohamed Saeed

    Blablabla..
    Sony, first of all you should care about your old customers!!
    That if you don’t like seeing your customers are leaving sony and changing to other great brands!

    You’ve to show the already old customers some respect! By keeping your word about the ics release dates!

    Unacceptable to be in the second half of may and no news about the updates yet!
    We’re about to get into the second half of the year!!!
    I’m afraid to recieve the update after releasing android 5.0 !

    I have bought the phone last march, and really started to hate the way you treat your customers by on the next month!

    Wish to see you the best around and in a better place.

    • By Todor Xperius

      Mohamed Saeed i think you are wrong Sony treats customers the best, i had Nokia and Samsung, Nokia support is THE WORST POSSIBLE! Samsung is bad, and i hear Motorola has good support but Sony support it great for now, hope it won’t change! SO DON’T MAKE OTHER PEOPLE THINK SONY IS BAD! If you are good enough make ICS for your phone yourself! It’s a lot of work there, and still it’s not just one phone and one system! So…shut…your…mouth!

      • By Mohamed Saeed

        1- If i didn’t know and respecting sony and considering sony as a good option,
        Then i wouldn’t buy my phone from them.

        2- I bought my phone brand under the name : Sony ‘ERICSSON’ ..
        and absolutely some changes are gonna happen..
        So, me as a customer i have to worry
        (ex: will sony keep supporting the old customer of ‘Sony Ericsson’ ?,
        will be the same policy used as before ? )
        And for being forced to have to deal with the new side ‘SONY’ ONLY.

        3- By the way, i didn’t say that sony’s support is the worst !!
        i just aiming for the perfectness as much as possible.

        And if you were looking for the perfect.. look around and check Asus!

        4- My main point not about the ics as you think :) it’s easy to get unofficial version..!

        5- When i mentioned about the releasing date, i meant SONY as (big, top, famous..etc) brand
        have to care about their name and respect their words..

        YES i know they are working hard and everything and they’re under pressure but wait..
        why they don’t make it clear and announce the real final date ?!!
        They have to be more responsible about things like that.

        6- If you read my last sentence.. you could understand that the aim of my message
        is to send a customer’s opinion about how he’s feeling about them..
        Trying to advice them as much as i can ..( not to make people think sony is bad !! as you said )
        Wishing them more success to continue using their products !

  • By Justin Jacob

    I hope thre’ll be some nice announcements for cases for Xperia sola. I can’t wait to hold them in my Hands ^^

  • By Laurenz Dato

    sigh. i wished you guys learnt from your past mistake when it comes to releasing a new device with an old operating system, as people are going to complain. e.g. the sony ericsson xperia x10

    for now, i’m excited for what the cases will look like. :)

  • By Anonymous

    Great news. I have xperia mini and there is no selection of any accesories for it. I have some cheapchonese case. I will definitely buy if yoi put some nive one on the market.

  • By MOHAMMED SAMIUDDIN

    I am happy with android 4 updates, but facing problems while trying to copy data over web in the web browser provided , I request android team to solve this issue at the earliest in coming software updates.
    Thanks to Sony, keep up the improvement.

  • By Sharath Marpalli

    Dear Sony, this may get much costlier if you don’t release the ICS updates for the rest of the Xperia devices very soon. I can’t wait to have ICS on my Xperia mini. It’s already getting too late as we are approaching the month of June. Pls do it asap!!! Pull up yo socks guyssssssss!!!!!!:)

    • By anthony

      Hey Sharath – thanks for your comment,

      We’re pulling our socks up right as I type this; our ICS update will be available for the remaining 2011 Xperia smartphones from the last week of this month :-)

      I hope that’s useful!

      Ant.

        • By anthony

          Hey On – good to see you again,

          Our next update will be Android version 4.0.4 – we’re working to ensure all the bugs are ironed out, to deliver you the best possible ICS experience.

          Once you’ve got it (it’ll become available very soon), please pop back to let us know how you’re getting on.

          Ant.

          • By On Zi Hao

            Nice that u all listen to ur comments , I had another que I have a sola , is it will be the lst to get the ics update? I understand that sony is letting se phone to get the update 1 to ensure the promise of Ericsson but sola is a non nxt generation series of sony will it get the update the last?

      • By Junaid Jabbar

        yeah !!!
        i updated my Xperia Neo V and phone dialler has 5 to 6 sec lagg :/
        please i dnt want this on my Xperia Pro and please also give this bug fixed update fo rmy neo V
        Thanks

    • By Sharath Marpalli

      Thanks for the updates Anthony. :) Sony is doing a great Job by introducing new devices along with considering timely upgrades to Xperia ancestors. Keep the good work up:)
      Cheers:):):) I love Sony…..

  • By Paula Styles

    I Love my Xperia S. Had the X10 before and could not find a case for it. Needless to say it got battered and scratched. So to joy of having a case for my S is wonderful. I can recommend Classmate. Strong sexy and does not effect the operation of the phone.

  • By Abhishek Trivedi

    Hey Anthony,

    I understand the peer pressure for ICS going on with your developer team.
    Just wanted to tell that please release it only once they’re totally bug-free, a little delay can be understood. But, what is a buggy Operating System in a Smartphone..??
    And yes, please plan the priorities for releasing carefully. I’ve an Xperia Pro. I know Xperia Pro consumers are less compared to mini Pro’s. But, I’d expect an update earlier than all other’s from all those that’re remaining.

    I know nothing’s in your hands. However, if you can pass on the information to the correct department, it would be helpful. :)

    • By anthony

      Hi Abhishek – thanks for your comment,

      We’re ensuring our release is up to the standard to meet your expectations and then rolled out accordingly. Keep your eyes on the blog, as we’ll be bringing your more information very, very soon!

      I’ll pass your comments on to my colleagues in software development – in the meantime, have you checked out our Developer World (blog http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/)?

      Ant.

  • By Clio Creslind

    Will it be possible for Sony to work with some of these case makers to design a series of “slate” phones that both looks nice, slim and “mainstream”, while also have the option to fit a case or battery cover that has PS-certified slide-out gamepad, or a proper physical keyboard?

    I think Sony really should not abandon what they’ve started with the Xperia Play. New devices are needed NOW to remind developers that Sony is still there if they aspire to make Android games best played with some physical gamepad controls. But then an Xperia Play2 is not going to cut it, because just one device, and a niche one at that, is not going to have enough market share for developers to treat it seriously and dive in head-first with their ideas.

    Therefore, I think gamepad attachments to “mainstream”, nice-looking smartphones is one possible solution. It would give developers the impression there are substantial numbers of devices out there that CAN (not necessarily DO in reality) have physical controls, so that they’ll think it’s worthwhile to start coding to utilize them.

    Only then, will smartphones with gamepads be more commonplace, and only when that happens will we start to see some nice games on Android that don’t need to shoehorn the entire game idea into the touchscreen controls.

  • By Ventura Matos Sérgio

    One idea… Why don’t you make all smartphone with the connectors always in the same place? I see that SONY brand as more accessories “made for Ipod / Iphone” than “Made for Walkman” or micro usb, and why? Easy, Apple products have the same connector for ages and always in the same location (bottom). Sometimes success is not a matter of design but logic.
    Lets hope for partnership on “made for xperia” or “made for android”
    Your truly Sony fan since the Sony CDM-X2000 :-)

  • By Nikhil Dangui

    Xperia neo V and Neo has really cheap casing… which worn out withing 3 months or so with minimum use,,,

    if anyone from sony is reading ill request you to make new casing available at reasonable price… i found out that complete panel of neo v cost around 3000 rupees in india

    does so cheap quality plastic piece costs so much??? nah… u guys must be kidding

  • By Wael El Hajj

    Hi Anthony, and thanks for ur effort on this blog..

    Plz, make sure to deliver this message to Sony developers. We need ICS as soon as possible on our Xperia S… it’s not fair to let us wait till the end of the year… Sony S is now new, it will be kinda old later… We paid a lot to buy it also.. and we need it up-to-date and competing the other great smartphones on the market from other branches.

    thanks a lot again

    • By anthony

      Hey Wael – no worries, appreciate it :-)

      Consider it done; I’ll pass your feedback on.

      Keep checking the blog, as we’ll be bringing you updates very, very soon.

      Ant.

  • By Kjetil B. Thomassen

    I have a horizontal pouch case (3BSYXSP01) from PDair Workshop (www.pdair.com) for my Xperia S, and that seems to be very good. I just received it, and it fits like a glove. The only drawback with this one is that it has a metal magnet button on the middle, and a button like this has broken the glass of the two Nokia phones (N95 and E66) I had before the X10i. The X10i survived a case like that for two years until I recently replaced it with an Xperia S. The clue is to keep your phone in the case with the screen pointed towards your body.

    Kjetil B.

  • By Alan Kulinski

    Hi Anthony!
    Thank you for your responses. Where exactly can we get notified when the ics update for the xperia phones will be released? I want to know it because (like its said) it’s not an OTA.(at least not for me: SK17i aka mini pro user)
    By the way: how soon is very, very soon? :D

    Alan.

  • By wyer johny

    I’m very glad for the quick response from Sony that shows you guys care alot thumb up for that. My main issue is when are we getting the xperia s update cos it’s frustrating to wait especially when new phones are coming out with preinstalled ICS. All I want is the date to be precisely thanks.

  • By Keith Morton

    I have looked at CaseMate, AGF, Incipio, Krusell, Dicota, Copter, Muvit, Roxfit, Orbyx and Shinnorie websites and I’m sorry to say that I have seen better and cheaper cases and shells on eBay and Amazon. So I say If you are a Xperia user and looking to Personalize your phone then go to eBay and Amazon or google ie “Xperia 17i cases and shells” for more manufacturas and save your self some money.

  • By Alejandro Mirón

    solo saber cuando liberan la actualización a ICS lo acabo de adquirir por eso y me dicen que no esta libre aun NO SE ME HACE CORRECTO!!!

  • By James MacDonald

    When will the cap at the bottom of the xperia s be available? I droped my phone and cracked it:/ please help? I phoned sony to see if it could be repaired and the gave me a ridiculous price (£47.27)

  • By Shabaz Namavati

    HI, i would like to request you make an option of phone comparison with reviews, price and specifications, and make an option that we can compare 7 phones at one time

    Thanks

    • By Timothy Heck

      Android for phone cases?

      It would be really nice to keep the ICS troll comments to relevant discussion threads.

      Also, please give just one specific example of what you need ICS for so desperately that makes it worth the pain of an O/S upgrade — I’ve always found it simpler to just replace my phone…

  • By Abhishek Trivedi

    Hello Anthony,

    I like this thing – Fast responses from your side (SONY). Even though ICS hasn’t been released, we (consumers) still feel relaxed ( a lil bit) that the company is listening and keeping us updated on what’s going on with the developer teams.

    Just wanted to say that, thumbs up for that. Waiting for ICS now. I guess your servers might go busy once you release ICS. You see, how many users are waiting for it eagerly. Sony has a lot of potential customers. Don’t let them go away, Anthony!

    We want SONY to rule the market. :D

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