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22nd December 2011. 09:35
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Thanks for the feedback!

Last week we made an Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM available for unlocked Xperia™ phones. The response we got was overwhelming, and we want to say a big thank you for all your great feedback and the huge interest shown! We will look through all the comments we received in the survey, on the blog post and on the video, and incorporate the input into our planning of future software and product releases. We have now also made the open source archive for the Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM available. In addition, the sensor HAL will also be available as open source soon.

Even though we were expecting some reactions on the Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM release, we did not expect such an amount of great and constructive feedback. Some of the things we have received comments on are actually already planned for coming releases (keep in mind this was only an alpha). Other things will be up for consideration and prioritisation, based on parameters such as relevance, usability, workload, resources and timing.

At this point, it’s too early to go into details about what will be included or not in future software releases, but we can share some information about the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich software release:

  • We’re looking into making it possible to create groups in the list of contacts.
  • We’re planning to ship both the Ice Cream Sandwich vanilla gallery app and our own Sony Ericsson gallery app. They both include some great features, so it will be up to you to use the one which fits your needs best.
  • It is our intention to include the popular swipe to write feature, currently available in our Gingerbread software.

Open source archive available now
As the headline says, we have made the open source archive for the Ice Cream Sandwich alpha ROM available. Moreover, we will also publish the sensor HAL as open source. This means you will be able to get access to sensors such as the proximity sensor, the compass and so on, through the lower software layers. This file will also be published in our open source archive.

Keep up all the good work devs!

 

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  • From Sony Ericsson reveals few more details on what’s in Xperia ICS update | Xperia Blog
    22nd December 2011.
    15:28

    [...] Via SE Developer Blog. [...]

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  • By Lucas de Andrade
    22nd December 2011.
    16:39

    Great! But please, don’t forget to fix the over photo compression! =)

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  • By Anonymous
    22nd December 2011.
    16:51

    Good work Sony Ericsson developers !!! If there exists a good relation between the customers and the development team, rest assured, you will come up. You guys have the potential . Publish,new features every two weeks,it will definitely help. Lot of my friends(techy friends) are talking about this development blog of yours and how this is different from other manufactures who try to hide there progress from the public. thats just wrong !!!
    One thing : Lot of people want to see a new lock screen much like the Sense 3.0 in htc.
    -> My friends suggested you guys borrow the sony tablet s lock screen and add shortcuts. just try. you guys rock.

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    • By Anonymous
      22nd December 2011.
      16:54

      don’t copy the sense screen,be different but make it more functional. Be innovative.

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      • By Anonymous
        22nd December 2011.
        16:57

        I kinda liked the sense 3.0 lock screen though.. yeah ,but guess its better to be innovative. make it look better than htc,that s where they suck at,they don’t make polished good looking UI where sony ericsson is good at.

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    • By Anonymous
      23rd December 2011.
      11:43

      Hmmm…..gud idea. I like the screen lock animation on the tablet s,but add more access control to at least four apps. Maybe around the corners. just my opinion.

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  • By Anonymous
    22nd December 2011.
    17:01

    Please do diffrnt lock screen. add camera to lock screen please !! PLease pleasePLEASE PLEASE

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  • By Anonymous
    22nd December 2011.
    17:39

    Talk about the basic features.

    -> The contacts app should include smart dialling and contacts should pop up while we dial on a number. I hate when i have to dial the whole number. Every smart phone and dumb phone i came across except xperia phones had this feature.

    ->Toggles in the notification bar. Please Sony Ericsson !!!

    ->TV like shutdown animation. I used to show that off to my htc friends. Please bring it back. The new animation is not near as cool.

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    • By Singh Noni
      24th December 2011.
      11:33

      Please add smart dialing. I have to use secondary dialing application like go-contacts for that. Also help us arrange contacts in groups for sending group messages and improve the messaging app., look at Handcent or Go-sms for inspiration.

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  • By Victor Villaseñor
    22nd December 2011.
    17:43

    Amazing! Providing updates and requesting feedback from users, this is a great way to keep devs and users happy, incredible change of style (from X10 era). Thanks a lot!

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  • By Anonymous
    22nd December 2011.
    17:44

    Lot of my friends are ditching their htc phones and planning to jump to Sony Ericsson. Doing stuff like this could really make people change their minds. update your blogs with new features. Make the customers take part in the update process.

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    • By Anonymous
      23rd December 2011.
      16:59

      Defnitely. This was the first time i opted for a sony ericson (xperia ray). I am so glad i bought this phone. Sony ericsson fan for life. Hope they update the blog with new features.

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  • By Anonymous
    22nd December 2011.
    17:46

    I have been a galaxy user all my life. might take a chance with sony ericsson if they keep up the good work.

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  • By kalle johnsson
    22nd December 2011.
    18:33

    I don’t remember who it was but the guy who introduced ice cream sandwich talked a lot about choice and how people love choices, i think you should do the same, think very carfully about the choices you offer to the customers, many people have complained about overcompression in the pictures, then you should give the customers the choise to change it to what they want, use what’s been the whole idea with the free and awesome android!:)

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    • By Anonymous
      27th December 2011.
      08:35

      i think that upgrading the albums view in the music player would add an extra look jst like other smartphones.

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  • By Paul McAuley
    22nd December 2011.
    19:13

    Please let us organise apps into tabs or folders.

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