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Sony Ericsson unveils Xperia acro – the ultimate smartphone for users in Japan

• Combines best-in-class imaging and display technology with features familiar to users in Japan, such as an infrared port for data exchange, mobile wallet, and mobile TV functionality.

London, UK – Sony Ericsson today unveiled the Xperia™ acro, a new addition to the Xperia™ range, designed specifically for the needs of users in Japan. The Xperia™ acro builds on the success of the product family with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ processor, and runs on the latest Android platform – Gingerbread 2.3. Best-in-class imaging and display technology features from Sony – the perfect enabler for its mobile TV functionality.

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Sony Ericsson reports first quarter 2011 results

Highlights:

• Shift to Android-based smartphone portfolio drives profitability
• Smartphone share of total sales more than doubled year-on-year
• Xperia™ arc, Xperia™ PLAY and Xperia™ neo began shipping towards the end of the quarter
• Some supply chain disruption due to the Japan earthquake

The consolidated financial summary for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Ericsson) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 is as follows:

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Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY launching to market with over 60 games

• The world’s first PlayStation® Certified smartphone now launching to first markets
• More than 60 games available within the first week, including top franchises Assassins Creed, Need for Speed and The Sims
• Original PlayStation® titles available for download exclusively on Xperia™ PLAY
• Partnerships with over 20 publishers as well as middleware companies Unity and Havok to ensure a steady flow of new innovative games

London – Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY, the world’s first PlayStation® certified smartphone, is now on sale in shops in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan  with further availability in an additional 6 markets over the next 2 weeks. The Xperia™ PLAY launches with more than 60 games from the industry’s biggest content providers including Sony Computer Entertainment, Gameloft, Electronic Arts and Glu Mobile. The range of games available to download at launch is a combination of original PlayStation® titles, well known 3D titles that take the full advantage of the graphical capabilities and controls of Xperia™ PLAY as well as popular casual games all optimized for the unique game pad.

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