The Sony Ericsson Open is hosting foursquare’s first fully-integrated sporting event.  The event hosted in Miami brings tennis fans a touch closer to the action via foursquare. Fans can check-in to venues to receive discounts and access to match results and post-match press conferences with players and autograph signing. The fan who becomes ‘Mayor’ of each court will get the chance to ‘toss’ the coin at the start of the match.

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In the midst of my Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 review found here, I was lucky enough to also receive the LiveView to complement the package. The LiveView consists of a small cube – similar to a watch and incidently, it does come with a watch strap to wear it in that position.

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The newest handset from Sony Ericsson, the Sony Xperia Play will be announced on 13 February 2011.  If you wish to be there at the outset, then like this page on Facebook via the ‘Next Level’ Xperia Play tab, to be there at the ‘Play’s’ official announcement.

Follow the break for the fully featured advertisement on the Sony Xperia Play.

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Following my NokiaLondonLoop article, I said I would bring you details of the Loop tracks created at Sarm Studios. Here they are starting with the winning entry of the gold plated Nokia N8:

Toilet Loop by Maclondon – First place and winner of a gold plated Nokia N8

Its Hammersmith by itsnoel – runner up in second place

and in no particular order comes the rest of us.

Loop by dani2xll

Loop 3 by jonchoo

Thank you to womworldnokia for supplying the Nokia N8′s and the BH905i headphones.

We are all amateurs but let us know what you think of the mixes.

Nokia London Loop was held today 3 February 2011 (twitter tag #NokiaLondonLoop). The event was hosted at the Sarm Studios, the home of previous recording artists such as Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Jimmy Cliff, The Clash, The Eagles, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake and Band Aid. Follow the break for a live video of Loop in the making.

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In light of Facebooks “new message” addition and today’s “deals” via Facebook “places”, where does this leave Twitter and Foursquare? Facebook’s ‘new messages’ are being rolled out in the UK as I write.  Do not worry if you are one of those who have not yet had an invite, you will!  The new service enables you and your friends to send messages from Facebook free of charge, which are delivered as sms/text messages to your phone.

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Out of the box, the Xperia X8 is one of the smallest android handsets particularly alongside the complement of larger touch screen phones. The X8 feels light in the hand and weighs in at 104.0g. The diminutive size of the X8 initially makes you think that it must house a hidden keyboard, but this is not the case. At times, the phone can feel too small with its dimensions of 99.0 x 54.0 x 15.0 mm / 3.9 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches and a screen 320 x 480 pixels (HVGA). However, the phone functions admirably well with its 3″ capacitive touch screen. The screen clarity is easy on the eye and there are no problems with reading or viewing the icons or labels. I note that with the new update the screen clarity is improved.

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The postman surprised me with a lovely parcel this morning, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8.  It is minute! However, before I could take the X8 out on the road with me, the phone beeped low battery out of the box, so I had to leave it behind.

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