If you’ve purchased a Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray handset, an Xperia Arc or an Arc S handset after December the 12th this year, or intend purchasing one before December 31st, Sony Ericsson are offering you an end of year ‘gift’ of £25 cashback. All customers that have made one of those purchases in the qualifying period need to do is fill in this form (PDF reader required) and send it off to Sony Ericsson, along with your proof of purchase before January 31st 2012.

Sony Ericsson will then send out a cheque for the £25 within 28 days of January 31st.

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Rockstar have released GTA III onto the Android Market and it was previously thought that the game would not support the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play’s keypad controls. However several users have reported that the game does support the Play’s touchpad controls, which is a huge bonus and advantage to Xperia Play owners looking to play this game.

GTA III is available on the Android Market for £3.23 and requires a further download of 440MB, much like other Xperia Play only games. We have a video below showing the game working with the Xperia Play after the jump. At the moment, GTA III is only supported by selected devices, with more being added in an update. One device which currently isn’t compatible with the game, is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc unfortunately but, Rockstar should hopefully add support for the Arc soon. Read the rest of this entry »

Over on the Sony Ericsson blog, news was released that a deal with cloud-based storage company Box had been reached and that an application was available to download from the Android Market exclusively for Xperia owners which would give them 50GB of free storage on the Box network. However, Sony Ericsson later retracted that story and the app was nowhere to be seen, despite many users searching for it.

The latest news is that the blog post was made in error as Sony Ericsson aren’t quite ready to go live with the deal although, they are aiming to bring the free 50GB of storage through Box, to Xperia users, soon. A spokesman for Sony Ericsson explained the error and indicated that the promotion will be available in the near future and advised Xperia owners to ‘stay tuned’ for further information. I’m sure many of us will be doing just that for 50GB of free, secure storage.

FIFA 12 has now been released for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The Xperia Play is the only Android phone currently to have it and the game will remain an exclusive to the gaming phone until February 21st 2012. For a limited time, the game is also available for free. Electronic Arts currently have several games available for free to Xperia Play owners and FIFA 12 adds to the collection.

Head on over to the game launcher on your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and FIFA 12 should be available in the Xperia Play launcher to download. It does however, require a further download of 1.5GB once it’s been installed, so ensure you’re on a Wifi network while downloading.

We recently reported that Sony Ericsson had reduced the price of their LiveView device to only £25, down from £45. Now, online UK retailer Play.com have reduced the price from £40 down to only £17.99. Delivery is even free with them, unlike through Sony Ericsson.

With the Sony Ericsson LiveView, you can connect your phone over bluetooth and view incoming calls, events, Twitter and Facebook updates and more on the 1.3 inch LiveView display, instead of taking your phone out of your pocket. It comes with a strap that enables it to act as a watch while showing you your events.

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Like the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, the X10 Mini may not be every one’s cup of tea but, if you’re looking for a gift for someone who’s new to Android, or after a cheap phone to keep you going then this is a deal not to be sniffed at. Currently online phone retailer Mobiles.co.uk have refurbished Xperia X10 Mini handsets in stock. By refurbished, Mobiles mean that the handset was returned to them within 7 days of purchase and have been fully inspected. As expected, the handset comes with a full 12 month warranty.

Mobiles have the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 available for £49.90 with a £10 top up. You can choose from Vodafone, O2 or Orange but, regardless of the network chosen, phones from Mobiles.co.uk come unlocked as standard. Despite requiring a £10 top up, the total price of £59.90 is still a bargain price for the phone.

Sony announced that they would be releasing the PlayStation Suite to all PlayStation certified devices, namely their recently released Android powered tablets, the Sony Tablet S and Tablet P as well as the Sony Ericsson Play. At the time, they also announced that a few of the PlayStation certified devices would get access to the PlayStation Store. Unfortunately, the Xperia Play was excluded from this list.

However, over at XDA-Developers, the PlayStation Store apk has been ported from the Sony tablet for the Xperia Play. The Xperia Play’s controls and resolution is already supported in the apk which, has led many to question whether Sony will actually be updating the Xperia Play to include the PlayStation Store.

Whether they are or not though, you can download the PlayStation Store apk and install it on your Xperia Play. You do need to be running Android 2.3.4 on your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and the app only supports Japanese PSN accounts. The post on XDA indicates that you need to have your Xperia Play rooted but, Xperia Gamer have confirmed that you can just install the apk with no problems, rooted or not.

Fishlabs have made one of their top games available for the Xperia Play and it is available for free to Play owners until January 1st 2012. So there’s no great rush to download it but, if you’re after a new game for your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play you should get out Galaxy on Fire 2 on the Android Market. Even if you aren’t really looking for a new game, there’s no harm in checking out a free game, especially when it’s only free for a limited time.

In Galaxy on Fire 2 you fly through space while fighting pirates. You can upgrade your ship, mine asteroids, complete jobs and escort missions. If you really like the game and end up completing it, there is an add on available for the game. Galaxy on Fire 2′s first expansion pack is available as an in-app purchase for £2.99 and is exclusive to the Xperia Play. You can download the game to your phone with the QR code below.

O2 have recently released the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, which replaces last years model, the X10 Mini Pro. O2 are offering the Xperia Mini Pro for only £129.99 which is the best price so far for the handset. Other retailers are still charging around £200 for the handset which requires a minimum top up.

Through O2 however, a minimum top up isn’t required and delivery is free. If that wasn’t enough of a bargain, O2 are also offering a £20 gift voucher for one of five retailers, like they are with the Xperia X8. You can choose from Next, Boots, Amazon.co.uk, Argos or Pizza Hut for your voucher.

O2 are still selling the Xperia X10 Mini Pro and that is only £10 cheaper than the Xperia Mini Pro, which has many more features. The Xperia Mini Pro features a 3 inch display and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The camera remains at 5 megapixel like the X10 Mini Pro but, it is capable of recording in 720p. Also unlike last year’s model, the Xperia Mini Pro features a multi touch Reality Display, with Mobile Bravia Engine. Like it’s big brothers, the Xperia Mini Pro also features Facebook inside Xperia.

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S has been out for a little while and now the handset is available in the US. You can  purchase the souped up Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S from the Sony store. Pricing is $499.99 for an unlocked handset. Unfortunately no carriers have announced that they will be subsidizing the handset, which isn’t that surprising as the original Arc also arrived Stateside with no carrier. The Xperia Arc S comes with an improved processor over the original, packing a 1.4Ghz single core processor compared to the 1GHz single core processor found in the original Arc.

The Xperia Arc S will come preloaded with Android 2.3.4 which has recently been released for the Xperia devices and is available in either Midnight Blue, Glossy Black, Pure White or Misty Silver. Head on over to the Sony Store to plaace an order for the Xperia Arc S.

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