Sony Launched 'Xperia Sola' Smartphone


Bangalore: Sony launched the Xperia Sola as the latest addition to its Xperia smartphone series. Few days back this smartphone was leaked as Sony Pepper on a Japanese website called ameblo.

The Xperia Sola comes with 3.7 inch Reality Display with mobile Bravia Engine and scratch resistant glass. The Reality Display will provide sharper images and text with 480x854 pixels of resolution.

The smartphone is powered by 1 GHz STE U8500 dual-core processor, 512 MB of RAM and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system (upgradable to Android 4.0 during Q2 of this year). The smartphone comes with Near Field Communication (NFC) and a floating touch technology which let the user to browse the web by just hovering finger over the screen, without touching the display.

It has xLOUD and 3D surrounds sound audio technology and other features include 8 GB internal memory, 5 MP camera with LED flash featuring autofocus and capable of recording HD videos, panoramic images and 3D sweep panorama. For connectivity it has DLAN, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth and USB. Sony has not mentioned the availability and price of this device.