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12th December 2011.
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This holiday season Xperia™ is giving you the gift of Cloud!

We know what it’s like, Christmas is coming and we are all beginning to dream about feverishly ripping the wrapping off some lovely treats from under the tree in just a few weeks time. For some people though, that must seem like an eternity away, so to get things started we wanted to give our lovely Xperia customers a little festive treat of our own to get the celebrations under way.

So, where ever you are in the world, if you have an Xperia smartphone – including and released after Xperia™ X10, except Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro*  – from now and until December 31st 2012, you will be able to get a massive 50GB of free cloud storage and sharing from Box. This means that as an Xperia user, you will be able to store, retrieve and edit files you upload to Box through your smartphone, which thanks to Box’s clever synchronisation service will be also available across any device you choose to access your Box account from.

The service is now fully functional and up and running worldwide. Simply download the Box application from the Android Market, log in to your Box account (or create one) from any Xperia Android handset before December 31st 2012, and that’s it! Once you have done that you have 50GB free cloud storage on your account for life.

*Due to limitations, Box is not available for Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro, and devices with Android versions prior to 2.1

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  • By Sasa Petrovic
    15th December 2011.
    15:15

    Until December 31st 2012 or 2011?

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    • By Kern McCarthy
      16th December 2011.
      17:35

      What type of files can you store on this? Apps?

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      • By Cristina Porter
        20th December 2011.
        15:58

        Box is very good to upload pictures, videos, documents, etc and have them available for you on all your devices!

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    • By geo tavi
      18th February 2012.
      12:16

      A lot of disappointments lately from Sony-Ericsson. No only i did not get the advertise 50 gb space, but i`ve learn that the x10 won`t be updated further then 2.3 OS. Dear SE, this is the last phone Sony-Ericson phone i will ever buy. You should realy think at the customers, i`m using SE since the T-08 mobile phone. The bad part for you is that i`ve convinced and i`m convinsing a lot of people no to buy your products. I think i`m not the only one acticing like this. If you think that by stoping the supot on older models just so you can force the new products, well you are dead wrong.

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  • By Marcelo Fernandes
    15th December 2011.
    15:18

    “So, where ever you are in the world, if you have an Xperia smartphone…”

    Not quite accurate unfortunatelly. I do have an Xperia Phone – X10 Mini Pro however there is no such App from Box in Market that is compatible with such Xperia Model.

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  • By Karthik S
    15th December 2011.
    17:48

    Wow! thats awesome, Sony Rocks!!

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  • By Rohit Abraham Jose
    15th December 2011.
    19:19

    Awesome
    X10 with 50 GB

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  • By Frank Almeida
    16th December 2011.
    07:13

    Does this apply to the Android Walkman phones too?

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  • By Jon Sherry
    16th December 2011.
    07:45

    “This app is incompatible with your SE X10mini.” – Firstly, how can it be incompatible? Secondly, when you make a special available for the Xperia range, you should first check that it is compatible with the Xperia range – surely? I’m sure you can find a way to make the app available to the mini and mini pro. Besides that, great idea. I’ll be thrilled if it works!

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    • By Cristina Porter
      24th December 2011.
      23:54

      Hi Jon, Box is compatible with Xperia phones with Android 2.1 and later versions of the SO. Please confirm that you have the latest update available for your phone, so that you can download Box and enjoy this offer! If you have any doubts or problems updating your phone, please reach out to your local customer service contacts or visit our support forum here http://talk.sonyericsson.com/community/support/

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  • By Helge Sørensen
    16th December 2011.
    13:27

    Yet to be impressed.

    I downloaded the app from the links above to my Xperia Arc but I cant sign in (sso not being enabled?) and when I enter box.com from my computer it says I have 5.0 gb available not 50. When I check my Google account settings it says that I have approved both box.net and box.com for sign-in.

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  • By Tiemen Celis
    16th December 2011.
    14:08

    Nice thx!
    Is it possible to use the Box Sync software with this type of account?

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  • By Gerardo Abraham García Cámara García Cámara
    16th December 2011.
    18:35

    Thank you sony you guys always make me smile :)

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  • By cesar suarez
    17th December 2011.
    04:47

    Not compatible with the X10 mini :(

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    • By Cristina Porter
      24th December 2011.
      23:54

      Hi Cesar, Box is compatible with Xperia phones with Android 2.1 and later versions of the SO. Please confirm that you have the latest update available for your phone, so that you can download Box and enjoy this offer! If you have any doubts or problems updating your phone, please reach out to your local customer service contacts or visit our support forum here http://talk.sonyericsson.com/community/support/

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      • By Anonymous
        14th January 2012.
        08:43

        i tried number of times to download the app to xperia pro mini, absolutely updated with latest version of firmware / android and always got a message that box is not compatible with the device. please help / clarify

        thanks,

        tom

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  • By سعد الحوشان
    17th December 2011.
    07:28

    Says SSO login for your account something something. What is wrong?

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  • By Pseudo Paranoia
    19th December 2011.
    20:05

    This offer is not valid. It never was. I downloaded the app and did everything as instructed. When I checked the app, it only showed 5.0 GB and not 50 GB. I contacted the developer and this is the reply I got :-

    Hi,
    Thank you for contacting Box support. Yesterday, Sony Ericsson mistakenly posted a promo offering free 50GB Box accounts to owners of Xperia devices. This offer is not active. We are committed to delivering the best Box mobile experience to all our Android customers, and will hopefully offer this promotion with Sony Ericsson in the near future. We’ll be sure to communicate the promotion via the Box Community, our blog and on Twitter @boxdotnet, if and when it goes live. In the meantime, you can continue to use the Box application on your device and utilize your free 5GB of storage. Sony Ericsson has more details about the error on its blog here: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/11/30/clarification-regrading-box-for-android-mobile-app/

    If you have any questions about this, you can contact Sony Ericsson for more info at http://talk.sonyericsson.com/community/support/

    Best,
    Ryan
    Box Support

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    • By Cristina Porter
      20th December 2011.
      15:56

      Hi Pseudo, The offer is valid since Thursday December 15, we suggest you to try logging into your Box account using the Box app on your Sony Ericsson device again. It should work!

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  • By Pseudo Paranoia
    19th December 2011.
    20:07

    This is an invalid offer. I contacted the developer and got this message :-

    Hi,

    Thank you for contacting Box support. Yesterday, Sony Ericsson mistakenly posted a promo offering free 50GB Box accounts to owners of Xperia devices. This offer is not active. We are committed to delivering the best Box mobile experience to all our Android customers, and will hopefully offer this promotion with Sony Ericsson in the near future. We’ll be sure to communicate the promotion via the Box Community, our blog and on Twitter @boxdotnet, if and when it goes live. In the meantime, you can continue to use the Box application on your device and utilize your free 5GB of storage. Sony Ericsson has more details about the error on its blog here: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/11/30/clarification-regrading-box-for-android-mobile-app/

    If you have any questions about this, you can contact Sony Ericsson for more info at http://talk.sonyericsson.com/community/support/

    (Btw, I already installed Box app on my Xperia Neo V and got only 5.0 GB not 50 GB)

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    • By lahouari goujil
      20th December 2011.
      22:48

      You are reffering to a blog post from november 30, the issue has been resolved. we are december 20 and it worked for many peoples, we are seeing 50Go on our android phone…

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  • By Hasan AlDoy
    20th December 2011.
    09:29

    Thank you SE for such a great gift for the holidays! We can never thank you enough! I just convinced couple of friends to go SE over any other device in the world. :)

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  • By Kim Møldrup
    20th December 2011.
    19:01

    Works fine here in Denmark with my Experia Arc. 50GB account, no problems:-)

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  • By Justo Cerdà Moreno
    20th December 2011.
    22:16

    I also have and Xperia ARC and it is working.
    I just wonder for how long this is going to be like this, or it is for ever?

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  • By lahouari goujil
    20th December 2011.
    22:41

    Thanks, workrd for my Xperia Ray without doing nothing, had an account before with 5Go and logged in Box yesterday and bam ! 50Go ! Thanks again…

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  • By michael bescaser
    21st December 2011.
    15:03

    It’s working, thanks SE.

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  • By Solo Villanda
    22nd December 2011.
    03:03

    I’ve got the extra storage. Thanks a lot!

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  • By Anonymous
    27th December 2011.
    14:52

    How am I meant to download Box for my X10 Mini Pro? There’s no such app on the Android Market, and on the browser version it’s not compatible. I have the Eclair OS on my phone (Android 2.1). So what am I meant to do now?

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