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On Monday, at the 2012 International CES, we also announced  some really cool  SmartExtras: SmartWatch, Smart Wireless Headset Pro, and Xperia SmartTags.  On this blog post, I will tell you about SmartTags, a really useful complement to our recent phone launches, Xperia S and Xperia ion.

The SmarTags are small NFC enabled tokens that work with any NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled smartphone, including Xperia S, and how they work is really simple: you just need to touch your NFC enabled smartphone to a SmartTag, and it will launch a pre-configured action or series of actions. For example, you can activate the alarm and your mute your phone by touching the SmartTag by your bed, or launch your calendar or email and increase the volume of your phone with the SmartTag on your office desk.

The actions can be personalized to your needs, depending on what you want your phone to do on a certain situation, so your life is made easier.

Near Field Communication is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish  radio communication with each other by touching them or bringing them close to each other, enabling data exchange between devices, and can be used for many things, for example for payment systems. The guys from Developer World prepared a great post about what does NFC mean and how it can be used, so if you want to know more about this technology, don’t miss the post here.

For more information about Xperia SmartTags, including features and phone compatibility please visit the SmartTags product page.

Last post we talked about the really cool extras designed for Android that we presented during the 2012 International CES. On this blog post, we will share with you more information about two of them that are focused on really enhancing your experience with your smartphone: the SmartWatch and the Smart Wireless Headset pro.

The SmartWatch is a micro display for Android smartphones, that communicates with the phone via bluetooth  and  enables you to wirelessly access or decline calls, read messages and use applications.

With SmartWatch, you can read what your friends are doing on Facebook,  read your latest email, record your exercise routine, or just use it to check the time, as the 1.3 inch OLED touch display can be mounted on a strap and used like a watch.  You can personalize your experience with SmartWatch through widgets and applications that will be available on Android market.

Want to know more? Watch the SmartWatch video now!

We also presented the Smart Wireless Headset pro, that is a stereo bluetooth headset  for Android that not only delivers premium stereo sound, but also offers multifunctional features. This headset can be used as an MP3 player ( it includes an SD card reader), a portable FM radio, or a remote that displays messages, caller ids, calendar events, etc. Also, the Smart Wireless Headset pro can actually read you your incoming messages, via text to speech, so it really makes your life easier while on the go. This headset is perfect for doing exercise accompanied by your music!

Check the video for the Smart Wireless eadset pro  here .

Both SmartWatch and Smart Wireless Headset pro are designed to work with most Android phones, so you can use them with your favorite Xperia phone, or with phones of other manufacturers. And you can watch the great video that our colleagues from Developer World did of both accessories here.

A very many of you might be interested to know about what Sony Ericsson’s year planner is for 2012. They’ll be attending a couple of Expos this year. It’d be good to mention some of them as a lot of fans are interested to know about it. I’ll mention them in brief.

Mobile Games Forum 2012

Jan 25, 2012 – Jan 26, 2012 | London, UK

It’s the ninth year of Mobile Games Forum and 2012 is expected to be a year of changing trends and developments. People are very much interested in gaming; the number of available games in the android market is a proof. They spend a good time for gaming, whether it’s a business man, a student or an unemployed. As this is the case, Mobile manufacturers are now a days very much into gaming section. Sony Ericsson leads with the Xperia play and now they have another Playstation certified phone, the Xperia S.

With mobile gaming attracting new interests, creativity and a whole generation of technology, MGF 2012 is the best place to discuss the crucial issues of the future.

More information.

Mobile World Congress 2012

Feb 27, 2012 – Mar 1, 2012 | Barcelona, Spain

It’s the biggest of all. The Mobile World Congress is where you find a cutting-edge product and technology exhibition featuring 1,400 exhibitors, the world’s best venue for seeking industry opportunities. It also includes the Global Mobile Awards programme where the brightest of all ideas and innovations are rewarded.

Sony Ericsson’s presence in the MWC 2012 is most awaited by its fans, for they eagerly expect the next couple of Xperia NXT series phones. The official announcement of a mid range smart phone is rumoured.

More information.

Game Developers Conference 2012

Mar 5, 2012 – Mar 9, 2012 | San Francisco, California

This is where the professional game developers from all the companies gather. It’s a professionals-only game industry event. With a 19000 attendees, it’s a place where a lot of ideas gets birth. The team work means a lot and the future of Game industry gets its shape from this event.

More information.

Source: Sony Ericsson Events Calender

CES 2012 has brought a lot of glory to Sony Ericsson. Xperia S was even nominated as one of CNET’s best of CES 2012. Sony announced a number of accessories for the Xperia phones including:

• Xperia™ Smart Tags: Small NFC enabled tokens that are used to launch pre-configured and personalised settings when you swipe an NFC Android smartphone against them. (There are not many NFC enabled smart phones from Sony but we expect the future phones to have this technology)
• Smart Wireless Headset pro: Bluetooth™ stereo headset that also works a standalone MP3 player and radio when detached from the phone.
• SmartWatch: Micro display for Android to wirelessly access calls, messages and applications.
• SmartDock for Xperia ion: A HDMI dock that turns Xperia™ ion into a mini-PC by connecting it to a USB keyboard, mouse and big screen TV.

Source: sonyericssonblog

This is pretty cool stuff. Ospi came up with this rather snazzy timeline of SE-NSE and I thought I’d share it with you here.

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On the 10^th of January, we announced four new Xperia™ smartphones – Xperia™ ion, Xperia™ S, Xperia™ acro HD and Xperia™ NX. This article aims to give you some more details on the last two, Xperia™ acro HD and Xperia™ NX.  Xperia™ acro HD is the follow-up to Xperia acro with popular Japan-specific features including Mobile Wallet via Felica and Mobile TV. Xperia™ NX is a variant of Xperia™ S for the Japanese market. Both will be available in Japan from this spring. Read more after the jump.

Both Xperia™ acro HD and Xperia™ NX will be launching on the Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread) platform. Both devices have 1GB of RAM and a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 dual core processor for stunning, fluid graphics, plus long battery life. You’ll also find the Adreno™ 220 GPU for an enhanced level of 3D graphics performance, and allows for support of a number of APIs, including OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.1. For more information on OpenGL, see our previous OpenGL blog post.

These devices also provide the full Sony entertainment experience with easy connectivity to the Sony Entertainment Network and across multiple screens, whether it’s TV, smartphone, laptop or tablet. You can watch content from Video Unlimited and access the PlayStation® Network for PlayStation-certified content to guarantee high-quality smartphone gaming and access to the PlayStation Store.    

Both products are also GLONASS-capable, allowing the device greater positioning accuracy when using navigation-related applications, and ANT+ enabled, which is an interoperability function that enables the collection, automatic transfer and tracking of sensor data for monitoring of personal wellness. Stay tuned to Developer World for more in depth information about GLONASS.

Key features for Xperia™ acro HD:

• 4.3 inch screen with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine with HD resolution screen (1280 x 720)
• 1.5GHz dual-core processor for fast browsing and content download
• 1 GB RAM
• 12 MP camera with Exmor R™ sensor with Fastest Capture to take shots in just one click directly from standby mode
• Mobile Wallet via Felica
• Android 2.3
• Mobile TV (One Seg)
• Water and dustproof via -  IP57
• MicroSD card slot
• infrared port data exchange (IrDA)
• Water-resistant 

Key features for Xperia™ NX:

• 4.3 inch screen with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine with HD resolution screen (1280 x 720)
• 1.5GHz dual-core processor for fast browsing and content download
• 1 GB RAM
• 12 MP camera with Exmor R™ sensor with Fastest Capture to take shots in just one click directly from standby mode
• Android 2.3
• Water-resistant

Xperia™ acro HD and Xperia™ NX will be available to Japanese consumers from this spring.

More information

• Read the official press release for Xperia acro HD and Xperia NX.
• Learn more about Xperia acro HD and Xperia NX on the consumer website.
• Get information on the Xperia ion and the Xperia S.

The last two days have been really busy and exciting days for us at the 2012 International CES!

Now it’s time to show you a little more of the experience at the show, with a video that our colleague Marcus from Developer World prepared so you can have a taste of what we are showing at the Sony Booth, as well as a little bit of the Sony press conference that took place Monday afternoon (including a surprise appearance of Men in Black 3′s actor Will Smith and Director Barry Sonnenfeld), where Xperia S was announced.

On the video, you can see our new products, Xperia S and Xperia ion, along with other Sony products, such as the Sony Bloggie Live camera, Crystal LED prototype displays, new Google TV products, a new line of Handycam camcorders with floating-lens stabilization and projector included, and the Tablet P,  just to name a few that caught my eye.

Also, in the video you can see the integration and connectivity between devices that Sony is showing at the booth, connecting devices and making content accessible throughout a number of devices, like smartphones, tablets, TVs and computers, making it easier to share and access your content everywhere.  We will talk more about this on later posts!

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When we announced the Xperia™ S the other day (and the Xperia™ ion on the US market), it also meant we added new devices to the family of Xperia™ phones supporting ANT+. ANT+ is a wireless personal network protocol mainly designed for gathering and transfer of sensor data, and it has become especially popular within the sports and health industry. Yesterday Dynastream (the company behind ANT+) announced an ANT+ emulator for Android™, which means it is now possible to develop ANT+ apps using just the Android™ device emulator, and an ANT USB stick plugged into a PC. Find out more after the jump!

In the ANT+ ecosystem, an Android smartphone could be used in several different ways. It could be the sensor broadcasting data, or the receiver storing data and possibly displaying it. But it could also be the Internet gateway to publish data. Or, it could be everything at once. At Sony Ericsson, we’re happy to have included support for this interesting and useful technology in the new Xperia™ S and Xperia™ ion. Besides these phones, Sony Ericsson has released several phones supporting ANT+ previously, including all 2011 Xperia™ phones except Xperia™ PLAY.

To find out more about ANT+ and the latest news about the ANT+ emulator, we spoke with Jeff Fung, who is one of the main developers at Dynastream.

We are really excited today at the 2012 International CES. Our Xperia™  S got nominated for CNET’s Best of CES 2012!

CNET announced the products that were nominated for the official awards program of CES. The awards recognize the best products of the show, including a Best of Show award and a People’s Voice award, that is voted by the CNET audience.  There are 36 finalists for the awards among all the products being shown at CES 2012.

For the People’s voice award you can vote for Xperia™  S here    http://www.cnet.com/ces/peoples-voice/ and share the excitement with us!

We are really proud of Xperia™  S and wanted to share the news with you as soon as we found out!

Remember to stay tuned, we still got a lot more to talk about at the 2012 International CES!