Sony Xperia S smartphone Global Launch Details, Specifications

 Sony recently announced the global launch of its all new smartphone, Sony Xperia S smartphone which was previously available only in UK.Now the Sony Xperia S smartphone will be soon made available in India and all other markets world wide.

 The new Sony Xperia S smartphone comes equipped with a 4.3-inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen display with 1280 x 720 pixel  resolution and Mobile BRAVIA Engine.The smartphone is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz processor along with 1GB RAM and 32GB Internal memory.

 Other exciting features includes 12.1 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and Sony Exmor R for mobile CMOS sensor, 1080p Full video recording,  a front-facing 1.3MP camera, HSPA, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, GPS, geo-tagging, NFC (quick tap), and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n.

 New Sony Xperia S smartphone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. The battery provides about 8 hours 30 minutes of talk time, 420 hours of standby, 25 hours of music playback.Sony Xperia S weighs 144 grams and its dimensions are 128.0 x 64.0 x 10.6 mm.

HTC Says No to Physical Keyboards

 There's bad news for fans of smartphones with physical keyboards: HTC is going to stop making devices that include them.

Claude Zellweger, this company's creative director, said at a press event "As a company, the QWERTY keyboard we're moving away from in general. We feel that putting too much effort into that would take away from our devices."

  Instead, HTC is going to work to improve the haptic feedback that is included with the on-screen keyboards it will use in future handsets.

Touchscreens vs. Keyboards

Many years ago, virtually all smartphones had a physical keyboard, with RIM's BlackBerry line and Palm's Treo models being the most obvious examples. Then Apple experienced huge sales of the first iPhone, which was focused entirely on its touchscreen, and other companies took note.

A few models with keyboards are still released each year, such as the Motorola Droid 4, the HTC EVO Shift 4G, and Samsung Stratosphere, but these are definitely in the minority. Instead, the focus is on ever slimmer designs.

Physical keyboards are usually most popular with businesspeople, as their main focus for their smartphone is generally email. This is part of the reason why RIM has continued to use them, and other companies have followed suit when making devices aimed at professionals.