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The new Sony Ericsson G502 is a compact but features pack model. With the built in support of HSDPA Microsoft Exchange and Google Maps, business users will love to have another candy bar phone for their on-the-road usage.

Specs include:
- 2 mega pixel fixed focus camera
- 4x digital zoom and video recording
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- USB 2.0 support
- Dimensions 109 x 46 x 13.5 millimetres
- Weigh 83.5 grams
- 32 MB internal memory with expandable slot
- Tri-band GSM phone with EDGE support
- memory stick micro card slot
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The Xperia X1 smartphone is a slider phone with a full Qwerty keyboard and 3-inch wide touch-screen display to ship with Windows Mobile 6.1.

Sony Ericsson’s upcoming smartphone, the Xperia X1, is scheduled to ship later in the year with the latest version of Internet Explorer Mobile, which Microsoft promises will bring desktop-like Web browsing to handsets.

The X1, a slider phone with a full QWERTY keyboard and 3-inch wide touch-screen display, will ship in the second half of the year with Windows Mobile 6.1, which includes the new version of IE. Microsoft launched the operating system this week at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vega, Nev.

Sony Ericsson showcased the X1 at CTIA, the first time the company has had the device on display in the United States, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The company unveiled the smartphone in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

The updated version of IE lets users view full-screen Web pages and multimedia on a smartphone just as they would on a PC, according the Microsoft. Enhancements in Windows Mobile 6.1 lets users view messages and appointments and play music from the home screen. There are also zoom features for better viewing of Web pages and documents.
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Sony PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.20 Available Now!

You can now force them to give up all of their BD-Live downloadable treasures via a new update online. In case you need a final reminder, this update brings us a whole bunch of improvements to the PS3’s Blu-Ray playback (including Blu-Ray Live), as well as nifty features like letting you use your PSP as a remote control for your PS3 for music playback.