Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc Launch event

Sony Ericsson pre-empted the nationwide launch day of the new Xperia ARC and Xperia PLAY smartphones by holding a media and early-bird event at the Eaton Centre Sony Style Store to officially launch the newest pair of Android smartphones under Rogers. The first customer who purchased the Experia PLAY (below) received additional goodies from Sony like a free dock as well as signed collectibles. The first ARC owner in canada got a Sony Digital Phot Frame. The ARC and PLAY are coming to Rogers tomorrow.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc coming to Rogers on April 28

Sony Ericsson will start selling  the Android/PlayStation Portable hybrid Xperia Play and utra-slim Experia Arc Android powered smartphones which will come to Canada via Rogers on April 28th.

Canadians will be among the first in the world to experience the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, the world’s first PlayStation Certified smartphone, and the Xperia arc smartphone, which will debut in Canada exclusively at Rogers.  Both are priced $99.99 with a 3-year plan.  You can get either device outright for $549.99.

Video: Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc and Xperia Play demoed at press briefing

Coming exclusively to Rogers, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Xperia Play are two new high-end Android smartphones featuring the best tech Sony has to offer with the most advanced version of Android (2.3 Gingerbread). The video above focuses on key features as well as shows some hands on time with each.

SourceCode: Hot New Handsets from MWC 2011

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is the preferred event mobile device makers to launch their latest handsets and technologies and this year has yielded a staggering assortment of devices that are coming in the next few months. 2011 has been a year of alliances, spec wars and mobile gaming.

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