The arrival of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S illustrates how incredibly fast things are moving in the world of Android hardware. The original Xperia Arc launched in April, now here’s the upgrade a mere six months later.Well, we say “upgrade”… what you’re getting in the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S is two new features that aren’t in the older Arc – a faster 1.4GHz single-core processor, plus the latest Android 2.3.4 update of Google’s operating system and Sony Ericsson’s user interface skin.And even then, the 2.3.4 software update is ...

Sony Ericsson said that it is going to shift its entire cellular phone business to smartphones only starting in 2012. According to Sony Ericsson, smartphones already account for 80% of its sales and its Android phones account for 12% of all worldwide Android sales. The company still makes some feature phones, but will cease doing so come next year. Reports surfaced last week that Sony might buy Ericsson out of the joint venture so that the company can more closely integrate its smartphone products with Sony’s large line of consumer electronics. Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg declined ...