AT&T are racking up the points right now as they announce a host of devices looking to make use of their fancy new LTE network, including contributions from the likes of HTC, Nokia. It is Sony, however who bring this tasty morsel of technological goodness. That’s Sony, not Sony Ericsson by the way, which will ever increasingly be the case as we progress into 2012. Sony and AT&T have unveiled the Sony Xperia ion. Their first LTE device to bear the Xperia name and it certainly is an impressive package. We’ll get a small negative out of the way first as this device would appear to offer a top experience say for the fact that the ION will launch running Android Gingerbread 2.3 and not Ice Cream Sandwich. With that out the way, let’s look at the ion’s impressive spec sheet. The first and most notable element is the ion’s 4.6″ Reality display, which promises a 1280×720 HD resolution and with the mobile version of Sony’s BRAVIA Engine in tow, the combination could make for one of the best viewing experiences around The rest of the hardware is equally as promising, with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 in charge, backed up by an Adreno 220 GPU, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of user space (expandable via microSD up to 32GB). The tools at the ion’s disposal are also promising, with a 12MP EXMOR-R camera mounted on the back capable of 1080p HD video recording at 30fps, a 1.3MP front facer, PlayStation-Certified goodness for the gamers out there and also NFC support. The Q2 release date means …
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