The rooting of Android handsets could soon be encouraged at Sony Ericsson aftera tweetfrom Simon Walker, Head of Developer Program and Partner Engagement for Sony Ericsson Mobile said he was “in favour of rooting if it was done right”. AsSen-se.net reports, the Android developers and smartphone hackers over at XDA Developers have been attempting to open up the bootloader on the current Xperia devices, managing to achieve certain milestones but have not been able to completely open up Sony Ericsson smartphones....

Sony Ericsson hasposted its financialsfor its important year-end quarter, highlighting profits that failed to match expectations but also revealing the managed to ship 9 million Xperia handsets during that period. Whilst shipments do not necessarily equate to sales, 9 million units is a impressive amount of devices shipped, especially when the X10 family where beset by Android update woes and numerous delays. Sony Ericsson, a joint-venture between Swedish company Ericsson and Japanese electronics giant Sony, made pretax profit of 35 million euros, posting sales of 1....

Sony Ericsson, maker of the new Xperia range of Android phones, has become thefirst mobile manufacturerto launch its very own channel on the Android Market, highlighting recommended games and official apps available for its devices. The new option will be present on future Sony Ericsson devices, gradually rolling out to existing devices starting today. The channel will replace the “My Apps” option within the Android Market, but will operator dependant, meaning your network provider has to enable the feature for use on your phone....

Sony Ericsson has put live what looks like the first official confirmation that it is indeed about to release the Xperia Play, publishing a countdown on its Facebook page and the full length version of the trailer that weposted last week. The Xperia Play – also referred to as the PlayStation Phone – has already been subjected to a teardown, taken through its paces innumerous videosand has also beengiven a full review, meaning that all Sony Ericsson had to do was to simply officially announce the phone, which it looks to have done with itsnew Facebook page....

Sony Ericsson has put live its newbootloader unlocking website, instructing users on how they can unlock their devices and enjoy a the world of ROMs, rooting and the additional features that come with it. The websitecomes just weeksafter the company announced it was to open up its newer devices, with only Sony Ericsson’s latest smartphones are available to unlock, including Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia pro and Xperia PLAY. Devices need to be carrier unlocked and fulfil a number of other requirements to become eligible for an unlock, meaning owners of the Xperia X10 will be disappointed if they wished to officially unleash their smartphone from its restrictions....