We have some new news on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. It is at last official. In fact, the Xperia Play will be one of the first devices announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Check out that beautiful front shot of the Gingerbread-running smartphone. Isn’t she lovely? She’s packing all the power of a PS3 in a nice tight body. Yeah, she’s a looker alright. I’d make her official too if I were Sony Ericsson. Reeeaaaal official….Gigitty.

A TV commercial for the Xperia Play from Sony Ericsson has surfaced online. It shows the Android mascot getting some stitched on thumbs so he can game with the PSP-style controls. It’s a bit creepy. This Playstation phone is expected to debut at Mobile World Congress later this month if you have thumbs with which to check it out.

Unofficial specs include a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, a backside touchpad and the PlayStation buttons and the ability to play PlayStation Suite games made for Android. Other specs may include a five-megapixel camera with 720p recording and a four-inch touchscreen that has technology from Sony’s Bravia HDTVs.

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play was given its first detailed hands-on in our part of the world today. The PlayStation phone is fairly fast and runs a 1GHz Snapdragon. Engadget found that it now hits 59FPS in Qualcomm’s NeoCore benchmark and is capable of even tying the 43FPS of the dual-core LG Optimus 2X in NenaMark.

They discovered that the PSP Go-like controls mapped directly to regular Android navigation and could even be assigned to work in an emulator. The device won’t properly play games that need secondary shoulder buttons but the dual optical pads should replicate a game that would need analog sticks.

According to Asahi Shimbun, the PlayStation Phone is expected in the spring of 2011 for a North American and European release. That timeframe fits with what we have been hearing and while we don’t know what Sony Ericsson has for CES, they’re planning some new Xperia-branded models for MWC. I guess we will find out soon.

We also still don’t know how any of this ties into the standalone PSP2, or how gaming titles will be purchased. We still don’t know a lot of things, but hopefully soon we will learn.

Looks like Sony Ericsson will unveil the Playstation phone at Mobile World Congress 2011. We just learned that it will likely be called the Xperia Play. I guess we won’t be seeing it at CES 2011 after all, but that’s okay. We have plenty to look at there.

We can tell you that the Playstation Phone will not officially arrive at least until April of next year. Some reported specs include a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor, 512MB RAM, and 1GB ROM.

Sony Ericsson has started the first wave of Android 2.1 upgrades for the Xperia X8. Some of the mid-range smartphones will get the upgrades today and this should be followed by a “gradual” rollout to every carrier and country that supports the X8. We don’t have a solid timeframe since it depends on approvals from each carrier.

Some additional Xperia X10s are also getting the upgrade. The X8 updates are the same as for the X10 mini and mini pro, which didn’t get the full-size X10′s 720p video recording but did add support for media sharing with TVs, new versions of Sony Ericsson’s custom Mediaspace and Timespace layers, and the updated app and compatibility support inherent to Android 2.1.

We had heard rumors that Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 would be headed to AT&T since November of last year and now it seems to be confirmed. The Android-powered X10 will be available starting August 15th.

The device features a 4-inch touchpanel, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, built-in GPS, 8.1 megapixel camera with LED flash, 8GB of onboard memory, a 2GB flash card and a couple of SE’s own apps. But where to get it? AT&T says that it will cost you $149.99 on a 2-year service plan, but Sony says that it can be picked up in a local Sony Style store for $20 less.

If you’ve been waiting for the Sony Ericsson Satio, you’ve been waiting for quite a while. Lucky for you the wait is over. It’s now readily available at Sony Style stores in the US. You can get it unlocked for $650. It’s been awhile as this phone was announced almost a year ago.

After such a long wait, the specifications are pretty much mid-range at this point. The 12-megapixel camera has to be the main factor.

The eco friendly Sony Ericsson Naite is a nice looking candybar phone. It’s now available on the Sony Style website ( “out of stock” at the moment though). The unlocked and unsubsidized phone will cost you $159.

That’s not too bad when you consider that the case made of 50 percent post-consumer recycled plastic and has an ultra-eco charger. Might be a good backup phone. And besides, you are doing your part for the environment. If you don’t, who will?

We’d been hearing some murmurs about Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 mini, but it’s the X10 mini pro that’s a surprise. They are nearly identical except for launch colors. The mini ships in black, pearl white, lime, pink, red and silver, while the mini pro comes in just black and red flavors. There’s also a bit of a size difference, and the pro features a QWERTY keyboard.

They run Android 1.6 on a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 and will ship in both North American and global 3G variants. Some other features include quad-band EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth, and they come with a 2GB microSD card.

Sony Ericsson is singing a George Michael tune. They want you to believe that “You gotta have faith”. And so some new pictures of the unannounced Sony Ericsson phone called “Faith” have leaked. It’s a Green Heart device and runs Windows Mobile 6.5.

Some specs include: Multi-tasking with delight, Panels for 24 hours life, Sleek design with beautiful ergonomic, Qwerty keypad with good usability, AGPS, 2.4” QVGA touch screen, Micro Sd Card slot, Windows Mobile 6.5 and Green heart.

While it won’t turn you into the Incredible Hulk or anything, the Sony Ericsson Satio is apparently leaking some serious radiation. The Satio is considered to be the highest emitter of radiation, compared to all of the phones available in the UK.

The levels are about 1.5W/kg of radiation emission, according to an article by Olga Naidenko, which involved the top ten emitters of radiation, from all the phones that are available on the UK market.

Environmentalists will like this one. The Sony Ericsson Elm is a candybar phone, and the latest addition to Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart line, which is all about helping the company reduce its CO2 emissions by 20 percent by the year 2015.

So how do they plan to do that? Well, the phone is made from recycled plastic, uses a low-power charger and comes with minimal packaging. We don’t have any info on price yet, but the Elm will be available in the first quarter of 2010.

Sony Ericsson has launched the MW600 Wireless Stereo Headset with FM Radio. It features advanced Bluetooth technology as well as a built-in FM radio.

Some other features include an OLED display, easy access controls, RDS radio station information, and a 3.5mm jack, making it easy to swap headphones. The Sony Ericsson MW600 is compatible with the Sony Ericsson J132, K330, T280i, W200i, and Xperia X10.

You sure took your time Rachel. We’ve been waiting for you. Finally you have arrived, all officially like. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Android phone is a first for the company.

It packs a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, a large 4 inch touch screen display, an 8.1 megapixel camera and of course, the Rachel interface that everyone thought was the name of the phone. The XPERIA X10 will not be available until next year though. By the time it does show up it should be one of the fastest phones on the market.