In a recent interview, one of Sony’s marketing executives Dennis van Schie, said that the next Xperia flagship phone will be coming to CES and Mobile World Congress in 2013. Whatever this next step in the Xperia line is, Schie says it will easily be able to compete with the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5. 

Well, what do you think? Is this real or fake? Is this Sony’s Nexus device that will be known as the Nexus X? Uploaded by a user named Mutul Yeter, we can see that the device looks very similar to other Sony devices in styling, however, this appears to be running stock Android and has the “Google” logo branded in the middle. All carrier branding is missing and the device has on-screen navigation keys, something we would expect to see on all Nexus devices going forward. We aren’t sure where the name “Nexus X” originated from, but it’s being tossed around as a possibility rather than Xperia Nexus.

We had heard earlier in the year that Sony, LG and Samsung would all be making new Nexus devices, so if that rumor remains true, this may be your second Nexus from the three. Again, assuming these are real and not from some internet troll.

I have to admit that I have been critical of Sony’s phone designs over the years, but this phone, with stock Android and on-screen nav keys, doesn’t look half bad. What do you think?

Update:  These pictures are more than likely fake. As users in the comments pointed out almost immediately, there are too many flaws in the photos to be believable. The Nexus trolls strike the internets again.

Sony Computer Entertainment recently acquired the cloud gaming company Gaikai. One can only assume that they are going to use this new company to move towards streaming games on their online system and their Playstation Store. Since their acquisition, the company has been “hard at work” with Sony and their new website is teasing at just that. Sony exclusives like Little Big Planet, Metal Gear Solid and God of War are teased as long as other big name titles like Mass Effect.

Where we really hope this marriage of gaming is going is towards our mobile devices. Sony seems interested in certifying more and more Android devices under the Playstation Certification so we hope that these games will soon be streamed to our phones.

Would you be interested in streaming Mass Effect to your phone?

Via: Playstation Lifestyle

Cheers Nick!

We aren’t even a full week into October and already, the next Nexus rumors are starting to flood in. It’s tough to tell which should be taken as pure speculation or semi-truth, but we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t share them with you. Plus, who doesn’t love a good Nexus rumor? After all, this is the one phone (or potentially more than one going forward) that we look forward to each year. 

The next, and maybe last, Daniel Craig Bond movie is coming out soon and not without it’s product endorsements. Sony has snatched up the rights to say that Bond uses an Android device, more specifically their newly announced Xperia TL. We’re not sure what makes this a Bond phone since it lacks cool gadgets like a grappling hook or blinding laser beam.

Sony’s latest flagship is however, a 4.6″ device that will be surfing AT&T’s LTE network. On top there is a 720p HD Reality display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine and the rear features a 13MP camera that can go from sleep mode to taking pictures very quickly. A 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor is at the heart of it all, but if you’re going for your wallet you will have to wait. AT&T didn’t say when this will be launching and left us only with the clue of “in the coming weeks.”

Via: Engadget

Today, Sony made a big splash at IFA with the announcement of four new devices for their Xperia holiday lineup. There are three new smartphones and the first ever Xperia tablet. In terms of specs, the Xperia T takes the cake with a monstrous 4.6″ HD “Reality” display, 13MP camera, 1.5″GHz dual-core processor, and is completely PlayStation certified. Following the T, is the Xperia V. It  too offers the same 1.5GHz chip, 13MP camera, and PS-certified gaming. Its only difference is the 4.3″ HD Reality display instead of a 4.6″. 

According to a report out of Android Noodles, a document showing the winter roadmap for Japan’s Docomo, lists out three (3) different Nexus devices. The three manufacturers on their list are Samsung, LG, and Sony. The report mentions a 3-column table that references the three devices, however, no picture or further proof was provided. 

For years there has been a battle between AOSP fans and manufacturers to hack vanilla Android (or something close to it like CyanogenMod) onto devices instead of the manufacturer’s version of Android. The difficulty with this battle is that it takes a tremendous amount of work to get another ROM working on a device. A developer cannot simply take AOSP Android and load it onto a device because stock Android is actually designed to run on a specific device (currently the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, or Nexus 7).

Jean-Baptiste Queru, the technical head of the Android Open Source Project, wants to experiment with how AOSP works. Starting with the Xperia S, Queru has invited the community to experiment with porting AOSP to the device. “In theory, AOSP is designed such that it should be possible to plug in the files related to additional hardware targets,” said Queru in a Google Groups post. “In practice, that has never happened.”