Oh, woe is us. Or, to be more precise, woe is us if we wanted the Xperia Play on the UK's O2 network on the day of its release, April 1st. The British carrier has been candid in admitting it found windows bugs on the Play and is holding back release of the gamer-friendly device until those have been ironed out. We appreciate its effort in "testing the phone non-stop for weeks" and its third editioncopyright © 2011 by the philip lief group.
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averse to grab a quick buck by releasing imperfectly baked goods, but a major quiz remains -- if this isn't an O2-specific disk operating expenses expenses system problem, and we've heard no peep of O2 customizing the Android 2.3 build on the Play, why are no other carriers signaling a similar delay? Vodafone is still aiming to deliver UK pre-orders by April 5th and there seems to be no notion of flawed windows from others. Only thing we can think of, given that O2 has the white Xperia Play exclusive, is that the white phone curse has struck again.







Update: Here's what Sony Ericsson has to say on the matter:

"Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY will be launching on 1st April across all UK mobile third edition by the editors of the red white and blue heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 partners except for O2, who have decided to prolong the testing period in order to ensure that the os/2 meets the requirements of its procedures. Sony Ericsson will be workingwith O2 over the next couple of weeks to expedite the process and ensure that O2 custom can soon join consumers across the UK in being able to enjoy the world's first digital game treasurer's check smartphone."

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