Sony’s new Xperia Z flagship comes with quad core CPU, 5” 1080p HD display & HDR video camera

Xperia™ Z. This new smartphone comes with a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Pro quad core processor with the Adreno 320 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 5” full HD screen, OptiContrast™ display with 443 ppi, Android™ 4.1 (Jelly Bean), NFC, Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2, and a 13 MP camera with HDR (High Dynamic Range). Xperia™ Z is also water-resistant and dust-resistant (IP55; IP57), and designed with tempered glass on the front and back. The new Sony superphone will be launch globally in Q1 2013. Read more about Xperia™ Z after the jump.

Enjoy the great outdoors with Xperia™ Z – it’s both waterproof and dustproof (IP55; IP57).

A top of the line smartphone

Xperia™ Z comes with the MSM8064 Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Pro platform, with Krait 1.5 GHz asynchronous quad core processor. The Snapdragon S4 class of processors is the first mobile processor to be manufactured using the latest 28nm process technology that provides advantages in frequency scaling, power consumption, and size reduction. The MSM8064 incorporates the Adreno 320 GPU, for outstanding performance (up to 4x of its predecessor) and graphics, better battery life, and improved multi-tasking.

5” full HD Reality Display with 13 MP camera, Mobile BRAVIA Engine, and HD Voice

Xperia™ Z comes with a 5” full HD 1080p Reality Display. You’ll also find a 13 MP fast capture camera paired with the new Exmor RS sensor that comes with HDR (High dynamic range imaging) for video. Exmor RS and HDR lets you take sharp, clear photos in lowlight and strongly backlit conditions.
Another astonishing feature in Xperia™ Z is the Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2, which is an evolution of the Mobile BRAVIA Engine.
HD Voice¹ is also featured in Xperia™ Z. This technology transmits a broader spectrum of the human voice, providing more natural sound and better clarity, even in noisy environments. HD Voice functionality is operator dependent, and only available to consumers on the same national network, and where both the calling and called party each as an HD Voice-compatible mobile phone.

Easy to share content with the new “Throw” feature and One-touch connectivity

It’s super easy to take entertainment from your smartphone to the big screen. With the new “Throw” feature, you can easily share content from your Xperia™ Z to your Wi-Fi-enabled TV through screen mirroring or DLNA. Or you can send your music to a speaker using Bluetooth. Using the “Throw” feature, the smartphone finds the best way to wirelessly connect to other devices. With an MHL cable, you can also mirror your phone’s full user interface on your TV and watch movies or play games while charging your phone. With the newly announced BRAVIA TV, you can simply tap Xperia™ Z to the remote control of the TV to instantly enjoy your photos and videos on the big screen.
Xperia™ Z also incorporates One-touch connectivity – one simple pairing step for sharing photos, music, and more, wirelessly across smartphones and other NFC-enabled devices.

Availability and colours

Xperia™ Z launches globally in Q1 2013. For Xperia™ Z, the available colours are black, purple, and white.

Chart Week Ending 29 April 2012

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Sony LT29i Hayabusa

News from sources have said Sony LT29i to sport the new 13MP "stacked" camera sensor from Sony, improving low-light performance, and introducing the "HDR Video" function

LT29i Hayabusa is to come with a 4.55" HD Reality Display, and be powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 chipset. The phone is pegged to be just 7mm thin, yet pack a generous 2200mAh battery, potentially making it the best phone Sony has created so far.

The rumored Q3 launch for the Sony LT29i Hayabusa is now receiving a more specific release month, as the phone is claimed to arrive in June with this latest leak.

As far as that expensive Mint I phone was in the leaked 2012 Sony roadmap, the source now says there will be something arriving in October coded as the LT30i, which is to be Sony's first quad-core handset with an OLED display, fruit of its partnership with AUO on 4.3" AMOLED displays. The future seems pretty bright for Sony this year, even if only the LT29i and LT30i materialize.

Source: Phone Arena via Baidu (DarrenZhong) via AllAboutPhones

Tough Expressions

Nothing is worst than having your loved ones being doubtful in your words. The painful moments kicks-in from the opponent attack when you least expected it as you were just sharing something from your heart, as from the beginning it had always been clear that it was meant to be in this way. Really hoping one day the trust would really stay strong and not just for the quick expression which makes you a hypocrite. Life there is something to learn everyday.

New Unit

Life has to move on for me, I would be keeping it short for a safe censored post. Today, marks a new chapter again for me in the army life. Although I usually have a hard time adapting to new stuffs every now and then but still I'm accepting all upcoming challenges ahead. I learn something new today, we really need to be more outspoken than others in order to survive, so for those who have been quiet, you can still make a change slowly and start speaking to people more often than before. Its the key to success in communicating with one another in today's world. Hope everything goes smooth for me in my new permanent unit, more news coming up.

Sony Xperia S

Introducing the best of Sony Technologies in one powerful mobile device. This brilliant smartphone from Sony brings you everything you need from work to play.

Happy moments will never be the same again, the Xperia S HD mobile keeps them bright and clear. Share the moment via a video chat in HD.

Professional film director? Record all special beautiful moments in life all in Full HD 1080p. View it razor-sharp clarity on the stunning 4.3” Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. Simply plug your Xperia S into your TV’s HDMI port and enjoy your Full HD 1080p content on a bigger screen.

A single key press takes you from lock/sleep mode to snap in just over a second. With the 12 megapixel camera of Xperia S, never miss another shot again. Low light? No worries. The Exmor R™ for mobile camera sensor lightens up any gloomy day with its advanced sensor.

Xperia™ S – a next generation PlayStation™ Certified smartphone from Sony. Enjoy a wide range of games on the fantastic HD display. Or easily connect to your TV and play on the big screen. Boredom is not an option.

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NEW REFRESHING BLOG

Hi Everyone, once again I'm back to maintain this ageing blog. It's been ages that I had put in effort in revamping my personal blog. My first blog post for 2012 would be more of reviews and posting latest entertainment news, do stay tuned to find out more.

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc

Your life in vivid colour. Videos and stills. Show it all off on the sharp, crisp and clear 4.2" multi-touch Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. The Xperia™ arc Android touch phone - designed to be daring.

Stretching My Dollar

Life this days can get really tight if you do not save for rainy days. Now, i'm embarking into a new journey on learning how to save and stretching each and every of my dollar. How does a young adult at 21 usually spend his money. Let's find out more... Being independent ever since the age of 19, it is therefore important to keep up with good habits, as you step further into life you will learn how. So how do we stretch a dollar in our everyday lives..? All of us need our daily basic three meals everyday without fail. Let's begin on shopping for food. Foodcourts/Restaurants/Fast Foods most of us assumes its unhealthy but we do still eat once in a while. Its really not worth it to eat outside, and I'm going to teach you how to enjoy a friendly and yet balanced diet. In the supermarkets, look out for cheap bargains. Bean Sprouts are usually the cheapest source of vegetables if you love eating them and the cheapest price you can find at Giant. Next source of vegetables, you can easily pick up any leafy ones like Puay Leng or Xiao Bai Cai.. carrots are also a bonus of mantaining your great eyesight. These are the few cheap and worth it vegetables available in every supermarket. Next it comes to meat, chicken you should get in the morning or early afternoon. Its still fresh and you could cook up a whole chicken with carrots soup. sounds delicious. As we are asians, we need our daily rice as part of our carbohydrate intake. simple and nice meal.. most importantly its not difficult to cook. Don't bother your family members, just do what you like and you will have a satisfied meal ready. And buying all these ingredients costs you less than $1 on each and every meal a day. And remember do not add so much oil to your cooking..

New Term Begins

today is the last day of my Industrial Training Programme. quite a nightmare for me actually, getting into an engineering course is really easy, but working as an engineer is not a really a cool thing after all. It had been 6 whole long weeks for me at Flexlink Engineers Pte Ltd which includes my one week of MC. The journey from the first day till today had been really tiring and somehow I also managed to gain some experiences through the projects and assignments with the company. I had a rather nice boss at work, although its a small shophouse sized office but its more than enough space for five people to work. Getting up early and travelling from Woodlands to Eunos will be history after today. Hope to pass my ITP as my assignment actually turn out to be a mess. 19th April 2010, school begins, a brand new semester awaits for me. Back to school..

BENmusic's - 2010 New Look

BENmusic had been undergoing some major changes recently. Now its going into a whole new theme and will feature some of the latest news and technology gadgets from Sony. Not forgetting the Worldwide Biggest Hits.. Feel free to give some comments.. and thank you for all your support throughout these years. I will continue to make this blog better..

Should I get a new backup phone?

I used to have a backup phone in the past, just in case my current heavy duty phone breaks down. it was my W700i which made me owned my very first mobile phone and W910i, which was my longest phone ever to be with me at all times. Now W995 has taken the lead and all this thinking leads me nowhere.. Technology evolves real fast nowadays. Touchscreen phones are really popular nowadays, three years back it was not ruling the mobile industries yet, but now i'm sure you have one in your hands. And back to the main point, should I get a touchscreen phone as a backup phone or just a simple phone which we can text and call.. Actually i'm all set to get the best in design phone currently from Sony Ericsson which has low SAR value. In case, some of you may not know what's SAR is: Specific absorption rate (SAR) is a measure of the rate at which energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to a radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic field. All mobile phones have different values of SAR. Do not take a phone which has more than 1.60W/kg averaged over 10 g of tissue. Its rather harmful to your head when you make calls. Alternatively, you should use a earpiece to make the call, to reduce harmful effects to your body tissue which leads to skin cancer or brain damaged. Currently, T707 has a healthy SAR value of 0.62W/kg compared to iPhone 3G, 1.38W/kg.

should I get the Sony Ericsson T707 as my backup phone, it's very worth it. Its retail price is at S$288 at the Sony Style Singapore.

Cooling Season 2009

Christmas is around the corner.. Nothing is better than waiting for my favourite festive season to come. These few weeks we have seen Singapore getting wet almost everyday, some of us may love the cool weather but not the troublesome rain. Its getting really cold here, to all my friends remember to bring along a jacket wherever you go, it will sure come in handy..

The new design of Sony Ericsson site

Sony Ericsson recently updated it’s official site. Now site is looking more pretty and now it has so easy navigation. As you can see now main page has very different style, compared to previous site. Enjoy!

Lessons @ Singapore Safety Driving Centre (Part 2)

Today finally I began to understand the basic technique of driving skills.
Having a good instructor is an important step to build up our foundation.
My driving instructor has helped me all the way teaching the first gear fundamentals and also the second gear.
He explain really clearly and we communicate like a friend, that is really the best part.
Soon, I will be able to drive out of the school circuit and explore outside roads.
As I'm learning from the school, our instructors are not fixed, a fixed insructor costs an additional charge of $8.

First Lesson @ SSDC

Yeah!! Finally.. Today, I was able to drive a real manual transmission car. The feeling was so great and somehow or rather its like driving in the arcade.. lol.. First, my driving instructor for the day, brief me on how to start the car engine and adjust all the necessary seat and mirrors positions. After all been accomplished, I started on first gear and roll off. The beginning part I felt nervous, hoping that I won't knock into oncoming vehicles. Slowly and steadily I moved off. The circuit circumference was about 500m only. I went round about at least 20 times to practice my moving off and stopping skills. As the car which was allocated to me was rather old. The brake pedal was loose, as I step down slightly to stop the car, there was a slight jerk. I really need to improve on my braking skills and I really hope to get a better car for my next lesson.

Day Out at Recreational Park

Finally, here we are at our destination, a place where one's soul relaxes and have fun, where else could be a better place, to cycle and enjoy the cooling sea breeze along the coastal area of the park. It's the park we all know, East Coast Park. Journey there took us about one hour. I secretly had my lunch on the bus. who cares as long i don't dirty the bus, it's ok anyway. Don't you think so? But in the end, I ended up in a tomato and mustard covered T-Shirt. Lol.!!! Had difficulties cleaning up at first, slowly the stain vanished. Now to the main point, Sharon, Audris and myself call ourselves the three musketeers. We went to rent our bicycles. total cost was $14 for two hours. considered quite a reasonable price. should be. As we had not sat and cycled on the double bike before, we tried one. It was a rather exciting experience for Audris and Sharon. Sharon mention that my riding skills was like wow. She has not taken a better rollercoaster ride in her life. I was impressed. When i cycle I tend to turn to the right and left. But it seems all normal to me. All the cycling made us hungry we went on to Marine Parade Hawker Centre. Three bowls of "You Mian" were filling our stomachs fast. And it was nice. next the fried oysters and carrot cake were simply disappointing. It tastes too sour and too salty. Never gonna patronize that stall anymore. $5 down the drain like that. Digestion of food were done at The Parkway Parade. We walked and walked, always doing the same old thing, window shopping. The day was ended when we reached Woodlands safely.

Hilary Inn@Vivocity

Have you ever heard about the Hilary Inn..? It's actually a newly open restaurant at Vivocity. The ambience there is absolutely comfy. Thanks to my sister, she recommended all the best appetizers to the main course and lastly desserts to me. My first dining experience was really great. Head down there and have a good bite on their value set meals. Highly recommended by me. They also provide tarot reading which is very true. They were not god but its based on the earth and water elements surrounding our minds.

East Coast Park

So looking forward to this coming Saturday's outing. It's East Coast Park, where all the joy and fun begins. The sea, the cycling track and the almost perfect weather we want. Hopefully Yi Shan and Yong An could be present. Sharon, Audris and myself had planned this outing a fortnight ago. It might be crowded on a weekend but this is not bringing me down. Plans for the day maybe cycling or stroll by the beach. We should get together more often.

Future Lies Ahead

In this economy downturn, its tough not thinking about earning and saving more money every other day. Having a job now during the recession really is good and most fortunate thing but I might have to make the worst the decision ever by spending less or probably giving up something I really wanted to learn. Now, studies and part-time job are both equally important to me as I'm financially independent. Do you have the same worries, worrying about daily expenditures and food? If you are, its time to save for rainy days. This month's work was hectic, but worth the effort. In a week time, school will begin. I'm gonna put aside all differences and concentrate just on studies. I believe this year 2009 will be good year for me when it comes to managing finance and studies. After what I went through from young, I knew that I take the hard and really slow way to learn about life and its really quite an experience.