http://developer.sonymobile.com Fri, 24 May 2013 18:36:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/24/sony-sponsors-the-appiness-hackathon-in-sydney/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/24/sony-sponsors-the-appiness-hackathon-in-sydney/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 10:09:59 +0000 Tobias Nilsson /?p=19278 Do good. Geek out. Win big. That’s the slogan for Appiness hackathon taking place May 24-25 and June 1 in Sydney, Australia, and from Sony we’re proud to sponsor this hackathon with 50 Xperia™ devices. Appiness is a hackathon for people who want to make something new, and everyone from designers to engineers and entrepreneurs [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/24/sony-sponsors-the-appiness-hackathon-in-sydney/feed/ 0 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/23/sony-experts-present-new-kernel-research-and-a-tool-to-measure-wake-up-latency-at-linuxcon-japan/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/23/sony-experts-present-new-kernel-research-and-a-tool-to-measure-wake-up-latency-at-linuxcon-japan/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 07:27:36 +0000 Tobias Nilsson /?p=19136 Next week, experienced Linux developers Frank Rowand (left) and Tim Bird (right) from Sony will be presenting at LinuxCon Japan, where many top Linux developers, administrators, users and experts will come together. Frank will share insights on how to use and understand the Real-Time Cyclictest benchmark, and Tim will explain how Linux developers can reduce [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/23/sony-experts-present-new-kernel-research-and-a-tool-to-measure-wake-up-latency-at-linuxcon-japan/feed/ 0 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/22/sonys-open-source-backlogtool-updated-with-new-features/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/22/sonys-open-source-backlogtool-updated-with-new-features/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:22:29 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=19258 BacklogTool is a light weight planning tool that allows users to plan their daily work and easily rank their tasks using drag and drop. BacklogTool was developed at our internal software tools department, and since we like it so much we shared it on GitHub a while ago. Now it’s been updated with several new [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/22/sonys-open-source-backlogtool-updated-with-new-features/feed/ 0 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/17/xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/17/xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:31 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=19153 Today we added Xperia Tablet Z to our Android™ Open Source Project (AOSP) for Xperia™ devices. Xperia Tablet Z follows in the footsteps of Xperia Z and Xperia S, which are open for developers to explore. Learn how to participate and get the latest technical status in the full post. Just like for AOSP for [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/17/xperia-tablet-z-added-to-the-aosp-for-xperia-project-on-github-open-source/feed/ 8 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/14/sony-devices-added-to-testdroid/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/14/sony-devices-added-to-testdroid/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:41:37 +0000 Tobias Nilsson /?p=19091 Today we’re happy to tell you that a number of Sony devices have been made available at Testdroid Cloud, which is a premier cloud-based Android testing platform for apps and games. Testing and verification are becoming more and more important for app and game developers, as more software platforms and devices are introduced all over [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/14/sony-devices-added-to-testdroid/feed/ 2 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/13/sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/13/sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:19:30 +0000 Joe Padre /?p=19076 Today, we’ve announced the new Xperia™ ZR, which closely follows on the heels of its bigger sibling, Xperia™ Z, with its waterproof* and dust-resistant capabilities. Xperia™ ZR comes equipped with a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Pro quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 4.6” HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2, Android™ 4.1 (Jelly Bean), [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/13/sony-xperia-zr-a-quad-core-waterproof-smartphone-video/feed/ 21 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/08/technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/08/technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 17:18:28 +0000 Joe Padre /?p=19061 Last year, we published a story covering GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema), a Russian, radio-based satellite navigation system covering the globe (locations mapped above), which a number of our Xperia™ devices support. In addition to an overview of GLONASS support in our latest Xperia phones from Sony Positioning Specialist, Magnus Persson, he also explained how [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/05/08/technology-reboot-updated-list-of-glonass-supported-xperia-devices/feed/ 11 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/30/chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/30/chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:56:20 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=18998 Do you remember Sony’s ChkBugReport tool that was published on our GitHub last year? ChkBugReport is a tool for analysing the output of an Android™ bugreport. Now Pál Szász, who created the tool, has added some new features and made several updates to it. You can also download a presentation about ChkBugReport that Pál held at [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/30/chkbugreport-bug-analysis-tool-updated-with-new-features-presentation/feed/ 0 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/25/more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/25/more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:13:48 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=18969 One of our most popular services here at Developer World is the flash tool for Xperia devices, which lets you flash Sony software on a device with unlocked boot loader. This is convenient if you want to go from a custom ROM to generic Sony software. We’ve now added software for several more models, most [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/25/more-models-added-to-the-flash-tool-for-unlocked-xperia-devices-beta/feed/ 19 http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/23/aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/23/aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:21:21 +0000 Anna Aleryd /?p=18903 ***Update: Software binaries updated. *** Remember our Android Open Source Project for Xperia S? Because of the great interest we saw in that project, we’ve now decided to create an AOSP project for Xperia Z as well. This means that the software will be open for you as a developer to use and contribute to. [...]]]> http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/04/23/aosp-now-available-for-xperia-z-on-sonys-github-open-source-video/feed/ 46