Remember the leaked roadmap we showed you a few days back of Sony’s 2012 smartphones? One of the handsets on the list was the ST25i, aka Kumquat. An image has appeared that is rumoured to be the ST25i. It may look similar to the already announced Sony Xperia phones and the already leaked Xperia Nyphon but, the ST25i is rumored to have a 3.5″ display with a qHD resolution of 540×960 which HTC’s smartphones currently come equipped with, namely the HTC Sensation but, on a 4.3″ display instead.

The Sony Xperia Kumquat is also rumored to have a 1GHz dual core processor and a 5 megapixel camera. A 5 megapixel camera has traditional been seen on Sony Ericsson’s Mini Xperia range but, normally with a smaller display. It could be possible that the Kumquat will be Sony’s 2012 Mini phone but, we’ll have to wait for an official announcement to find out for sure.

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CES is taking place in Las Vegas this week and Sony are holding an event today at 5pm GMT. At the event, Sony are dubbed to announce not just one new Xperia model but, several. The most likely handset to be announced is the Sony Ericsson Nozomi, which is also known as the Xperia Arc HD, or LT26i.

How many models Sony will announce though, is currently unknown. As is whether it will be a Sony Ericsson announcement or, just a Sony announcement as the company bought Ericsson out of the joint venture a couple of months back. Leaked photos we’ve seen of handsets suggest that the handsets will still carry they Sony Ericsson branding.

You can watch Sony’s press conference over on the Sony CES blog here.

When Sony Ericsson announced some of their 2011 Xperia handsets would feature an HDMI output port, most assumed the Xperia Play would be one of the handsets. Instead, the Xperia Play was the only handset announced at MWC by Sony Ericsson that did not feature HDMI, meaning you couldn’t play your Xperia Play games on a bigger screen and instead the feature was to be used primarily for sharing and viewing media from the Xperia Arc, Neo and Pro. However, photos have emerged which shows the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play connected to a TV and is said to be connected via HDMI.

The photos leave two possible explainations of how this is possible and unfortunately there’s no information presently available to indicate which scenario it is. The first being that, Sony Ericsson are reworking the Xperia Play, or will release a newer, improved version. While possible this seems highly unlikely as many consumers have already purchased the Xperia Play and an updated version so soon, even if improved would cause a backlash from consumers for the company. The alternative is that a MicroUSB to HDMI cable is being used which seems more likely. While these cables aren’t readily available, there is a lot of rumoured information about the Galaxy S2 using this, so Sony Ericsson could be implementing the same technology.

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For many years, Sony have sponsored the UEFA as well as other football (soccer) tournaments. This year, Sony Ericsson are sponsoring the Union of European Football Associations and will be until 2012. The Xperia range of handsets have been dubbed the “official mobile” for UEFA.

As well as sponsoring the UEFA, European X10 owners will also be able to download an exclusive EUFA app. The app will cover all the latest news and action from the tournament. It should be available for all the X10 handsets, so Xperia X10 Mini owners won’t be left out. It’s also possible that the app may be available on the Xperia X8 as well.

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This year at IFA in Berlin, Sony Ericsson showed up and one thing that got people talking, is their Xperia themed chopper. People could sit on the Xperia motorcycle and have their picture taken. Engadget report that a Sony Ericsson cameraphone was used to capture the photos. They’re also holding a caption contest for the photo. Can you come up with anything better than one’s already suggested? Some of the captions submitted are rather “lame” but, others are really great.

The top list by Engadget is below, although my personally favourite is “nice engine, is it a 1.6 or a 2.2?”.

Chris: “It’ll be available at local dealers mere moments after you finally stop wanting it.”
Nilay: “Unfortunately, it runs Android 1.6″
Darren: “A fine substitute for the PSP Phone you’ve been dreaming of.”
Laura: “Fail hog.”
Ross: “Still no pinch-to-zoom, but at least here, that kind of makes sense.”
Don: “Mr. Stringer, your chariot awaits.”
Vlad: “Sony just couldn’t help throwing in a bit of product placement in its Terminator 2 remake.”
Tim: “It’s bigger, heavier, slower, and way more expensive than other models — but hey, look at all that chrome! Oh, yeah, the bike isn’t bad either.”
Sean: “Active shutter glasses sold separately.”
Thomas: “**Model shown is coming soon. Actual product is a horse.”

The mini teaser site we reported on yesterday has indeed turned out to be the announcement for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. If you missed the recent news, the X10 was formally known as the X3, or Rachael. The specs are pretty much the same as what were leaked, 4 inch touch screen, 8 megapixel camera and Qualcomm Snapdragon. The X10 will come with Android and will be Sony Ericsson’s flagship phone for the first half of 2010. No specific date was specified apart from Q1, we also don’t know what price range this handset will come in. We can however confirm that it will be coming in black and white. It’s also been made known that, the handset will use a unique UX platform on top of the Android operating system.

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