Sony Erricson launch Xperia Sola

Sony has announced its latest Xperia handset, the Xperia Sola – which features the same styling as the Xperia S, P and U. Sony has also given the Xperia Sola “floating touch” display, a new feature that will allow users to navigate with fingers a few millimetres above the touchscreen

should be available globally by the end of the first half of the year. 

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GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	SIM	Mini-SIM
	Announced	2012, March
	Status	Available. Released 2012, May

BODY	Dimensions	116 x 59 x 9.9 mm (4.57 x 2.32 x 0.39 in)
	Weight	107 g (3.77 oz)
		- Touch-sensitive controls

DISPLAY	Type	LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches (~265 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes, up to 4 fingers
	Protection	Scratch-resistant glass
		- Floating touch display - Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- 3D surround sound enhancement

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
	Internal	8 GB (5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Up to 100 kbps
	EDGE	Up to 296 kbps
	Speed	HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization
	Video	Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light,check quality
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
	Chipset	NovaThor U8500
	CPU	Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
	GPU	Mali-400
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5, Adobe Flash
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White, Red
		- SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk - Document viewer - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 470 h (2G) / Up to 475 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 40 h

MISC	SAR EU	1.25 W/kg (head)
	Price group

TESTS	Display	Contrast ratio: 1002:1 (nominal)
	Loudspeaker	Voice 60dB / Noise 59dB / Ring 61dB
	Audio quality	Noise -81.6dB / Crosstalk -83.5dB
	Camera	Photo / Video