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The van's around the corner: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software upgrade coming to 2011 Xperia smartphones starting from mid-April
During Mobile World Congress I was lucky enough to taste an actual Ice Cream Sandwich (or two) at the Google booth, and you'll all be able to experience this sweet software treat on our 2011 Xperia smartphones, starting with the first models from mid-April.
Our developers have been hard-at-work to ensure we're on track and the highest standards are met to deliver you the best possible user experience on Xperia 2011 smartphones with the upgrade to Android 4.0 platform release.
The first Xperia models to receive the upgrade will be Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray. For these first models, the rollout will start mid-April and continue over 4-6 weeks.*
Following on, Xperia arc, Xperia PLAY, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro, Xperia active and Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman will receive their scoop starting from the end of May/early June.*
We'll get back to you once the rollout begins to keep you in the loop with progress and to tackle any questions you might have – as I said, please don't worry if your kit (customized software specific to your operator and handset) isn't immediately accessible; they will be made available as soon as they're ready to go.
The latest version of Android 4.0 is a very powerful OS, brimming with new features and functionality, but it also requires more resource from your smartphone and this may impact performance in some user scenarios. To ensure it's suitable, and performs for your individual needs, my friends at Developer World have taken a closer-look at how Ice Cream Sandwich will change your 2011 Xperia smartphone – check it out here.
Because this update is a significant revamp of some of your phone's features, we want to make sure you take a conscious and informed decision to upgrade, so that you continue to enjoy optimum experiences from your Xperia smartphone.
Therefore, we'll only be making it available for download via PC Companion and Bridge for Mac (i.e. not over the air via 3G or WiFi), and you also won't receive any update requests or notifications.
Again, we will get back to you with more information in mid-April when the rollout begins.
Finally, with regards to our all new Sony Xperia S, which will be upgraded to Android 4.0 starting from the later part of the second quarter, we will get back with more detailed information on timing over the next weeks.
Talk soon, Ant.
*The availability and scheduling of this software upgrade and specific models upgradeable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and carrier requirements.
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By Mischa Price
so first you push back the release date which for me isn't that bad Mid April but as late as june for everyone else and to make that worse you have to do it via Bridge software on your computer!!!!
come on Sony i bet Ericson wouldn't have done this too us -
haha you fool ericsson was doing that for years with sony ericsson
By Safe Guo
Oh, Sony, please help pull in the scheduel for all of us, because we love our cellphone….
Although I agree that support for devices should not be dropped until at least 2~3 generations, it always surprises me how you guys get so mad for the dumbest things.
These guys are doing their best to give you the smoothest experience of ICS on a device which is by far very outdated compared to the specs which ICS was originally made for (dual-core 1GB+ ram devices).
Also, they even cared to keep you constantly updated, even releasing alpha and beta versions so you can test drive their work, and all you do is get mad because they are not perfect. This gives bad rep for them (which is uncalled for), and its why no company ever tries to be nice to their customers. It ends up backfiring on them, like you guys are doing.
All in all, I do appreciate Sony's work, and wish they keep us informed of everything, like they have been doing!
By anthony
Hey Luis,
Thanks for your kind words – we'll continue to bring you regular updates.
Have a good weekend!
By roberto vaccaro
Dear Anthony,
I just bought an X10 mini as I uderstood that in few days we will receive an update to ics.
Any news about it?
Thanks a lot
Hi im using xperia neo MT15i. when the android 4.0 will be available for this handset
Great comment by Luis Carlos Banuelos!
By anthony
Hey Mischa – thanks for stopping by.
The rollout is phased over several weeks because we deliver a customized variant of the software for each handset and for each operator partner. Working closely with our partners, we need this time to ensure the software meets our, our partner's and your expectations. We release the different software variants as soon as they are approved.
Because ICS may impact performance in some user scenarios, we want to give you the choice to upgrade – a decision that's fully aware and informed – so, you won't receive any notifications or requests to download the update.
You can find out more on how ICS will change your Xperia smartphone on our Developer World blog: http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/2012/03/30/learn-about-the-technical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/.
I hope that helps, and we'll be bringing you regular updates along the way.
Have a good weekend,
When ICS is released for Xperia Play can I test it and if I am not satisfied return to Gingerbread?
By anthony
Hey Connor – thanks for your question,
You can't go back to Android 2.3 on your own, however by handing in the phone at a service centre you can request to have it re-installed with Android 2.3. But, please note that all your data will be erased when re-installing Android 2.3 from Android 4.0, so be sure to do a proper backup of your data before handing the phone in.
I hope that's useful,
Hello, I have a Xperia Arc S LT18a in Colombia with Movistar, where is not supposed to be (got the phone over Ebay). Will I be able to update too?
Thanks for everything.
You are absolutely right. Ericsson would not even provide you with any update at all!
By Adam Bialas
Maybe this upgrade is too much work only for one corporation , in December 2011 when was SE they planed to make upgrade on end March or early April .Now is only SONY and the upgrade to ICS is a problem ….. too much "hard-at-work" .Something is wrong with public relations , when on the end March almost last day , they say "You Have to wait longer much longer " .
By Joel Collins
Glad to hear the update is making progress and looking forward to seeing a release!
The extra features will be a real bonus. My Arc works perfectly as it is now so I see no need to rush, I'd rather a stable update a bit late than a rushed one because a mob complain about a delay!
By damion atkinson
i think most of the complaints are about the 2011 phones been updated before the 2012 one not the delay
Me too. I prefer wait a little longer for a stable OS.
I think that the ICS will ROCK on Xperia PLAY.
By Sodaman Soda
Thats nice, i bought xperia s because i thought that it would be the first to get android ics, now sony says that it will be one of the last ones.. well what can i say? nothing! after all i'm not the one trying to compete with other big brands on the mobile market and it must be a reason why the two big ones are on the top and all others try to follow them.. i still like my sony tab and my sony tv but not my xperia s anymore.
Have a good day all
By Joel Collins
@Sodaman Soda Awh man you have an Xperia S!? I'm so jealous! I have an Arc currently, but the Xperia S is SO nice! If you really want the update early I'll happily swap phones? I mean the Xperia S works amazingly with Gingerbread, but by the sounds of things you only want it with ICS.
By Ethan Leong
I'm not sure if that you would be happy if you had that Xperia S. I bought one on 12th March as the screen is terrible. There were dead pixels and yellow spots near the edges, corners and a big one at the bottom, near the transparent antenna. So I made a complaint and got my new Xperia S replacement from my mobile carrier. & the same thing happened again, yellow spots on the screen, especially near the antenna. Apparently, a lot of the users around the globe have this problem and many people are complaining this issue in the technical support forum of sony mobile. Now my 2nd xperia S is in the service center. I'm not sure if they can fix it right. Year on Year i've been trusting Sony or Sony ericsson…for almost 9 years now. The experience from getting this 2012 flagship Xperia S of Sony is really regrettablle. Went to try HTC One X yesterday and asked myself, "wth did I stay on with Sony again, why didn't i wait for another 3 weeks?" People are using quad core now, and at least, they have gorilla glass with their top notch model, without the need of "screen protector"
By Ace Angel
it wasn't that bad if you had bought Neo V.
Ya, they had admitted and addressed that flaw now. And Sony is thinking …a solution to that yellowish problem on the screen.
Me too … If i had waited awhile longer. I could have bought HTC ONe X or One S.
may you both replica?!
By anthony
Hey – thanks for your comment.
Due to customer demand for the first Sony branded smartphones, it has been our priority to get the Xperia 2012 smartphone portfolio out as soon as possible, especially since we knew we would be able to upgrade shortly thereafter.
Upgrading software for new hardware can prove more a little more time-consuming as it requires more resource to introduce new features, as well as approval and certification not always required for smartphones already on the market.
We'll continue to provide you with regular updates over the course of the rollouts.
Have a great weekend,
I agree I wish i'd bought the HTC one x now I never trusted Sony before but thought it was a good phone. WHAT ARE SONY THINKING? THEIR FLAG SHIP PHONE WILL GET ICS LAST! that's like Vaio coming out with Vista! Come on guys Xperia S should get it first!
Esto no puede ser, primero nos dijeron que iba a estar como mucho para mediados de abril y ahora nos dicen que va a estar a partir de mediados de abril, que poco compromiso se ve por parte de sony.
This can not be, first told us he would be as much to mid April and now we say it will be from mid April, which is little commitment by sony.
I wish all the bloatware would be removable or already removed and/or easy way to root them.
By Joel Collins
Part of ICS is the ability to 'disable' system apps. It doesn't remove them, but they disappear and can't ever run, so essentially freezing them. Hopefully Sony will leave this in. Not a perfect solution but it's good enough for me
By Sodaman Soda
@Joel i'm sure you would love that the point is not only ics, it's about the flagship phone of sony with an outdated software, it's like having the newest model of ferrari with last years engine.. or having the last vaio model with windows vista whie windows 7 is out allready. For sure i would swap my phone now with the new htc's that are allready available and with ics by default
By 郑传焕
望穿秋水,翘首以盼,就为了安卓4.0升级,怎奈看罢这篇所谓开发者的高论,如从飘然高空坠入深渊泥潭般。当初会从万花丛中选择了小Ray,很大的缘由是索尼的信誓旦旦,小Ray会是第一批升级到4.0的!Come On!顶呱呱的索尼来的,给力一点。
By anthony
Hey Kaarlo,
We've introduced a Performance assistant that'll run at ICS start-up, here you'll be able to disable certain services and/or processes. Another feature we've added is the 'App-Disable' functionality, which you can use to remove some of the apps you don't want or need.
I hope that helps,
By Adam Bialas
Remember …. Is no problem for Sony , on 14 April say "Ups we sorry , but the upgrade will be on end May or not "
until they will not do the update I will be forced to use a blackberry
By Barjesh Jain
I have ray.. but after this article i am going to switch to HTC…
By 懷恩 江
ics is Apollo for sony…… lol
By Soham Biswas
I was under an impression that ICS brought new features for us along with more stability, fast, less power consuming. Now after reading this articles, I think I shouldn't have brought Sony phones of 512mb ram. Instead I supposed to buy another phone with 1gb ram and more powerful processor. The main reason I brought this phone was Sony's earlier blog post where had written about ICS was coming to all 2011 Xperia devices, it's fast, more features, more stable bla bla bla ! Now what I knew, ICS is slow, unstable etc. I am really disappointed this time. I think same thing gonna happened. After ICS no update will be available for 2011 Xperia mobile devices. Same I already faced with x10 mini pro !
Nothing I could blame Sony as they have briefed very technical way (I should knew before purchasing the 2011 phones ) but I do not buy any more Sony mobile phones.
their new phone xperia neo L is also havin 500mb ram, and they keep saying that ics requires more than 500mb ram to run smoothly.. wtf!! lol
By anthony
Hey Soham,
Thanks for your comment.
ICS does bring new features and functionality. Just quickly, some of this includes: quick dial, allowing you to quickly find the number you are looking for, recent Apps button for clear overview of your applications and optimized email application for multiple accounts.
It won't necessarily be slow and unstable, but may impact your experience in some scenarios – you can find out more on how ICS will change your 2011 Xperia smartphone here: http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/2012/03/30/learn-about-the-technical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/.
Thanks and have a good weekend!
By DHANUSH T NAIR
hey what nonsense is these??????????? shame on you sony……
By neko nekic
after this rollout of ICS, will there be a possibility to downgrade to gingerbred ?
By nico Marinus
It would be wise and nice to have the possibility to come back to gingerbred if you are not sattisfied
with ICS. So you should be able just to have a look. -
By anthony
Hey Neko,
Thanks for stopping by. There won't be direct support for users to downgrade Android 2.3 on their own, but by handing in the phone at a service centre you can request to have it re-installed.
However, please note that all user data will be erased when re-installing Android 2.3 from Android 4.0, so be sure to do a proper backup of your data beforehand
I hope that helps.
Have a good weekend!
By Nasr Mobin
SonyXperia Twitter:
"You asked for it, we delivered! More details on ICS update for our Xperia devices:"Is this what we asked? What in a world do you guys think? What company would upgrade their flagship device after rest of old devices? When "APRIL" was advertised for ICS upgrade, whoever bought Xperia S thought that they will get ICS upgrade in APRIL. Now you are talking about JUNE?
Same nightmare from Xperia X10 story is starting again and whoever that has bought Xperia S is fooled by Son't marketing and advertisements. again…
You guys should looks over your strategies and double check them again.
you need to chill out and re evaluate how a phone update is important in your life is that really your biggest problem? calm down and let sony do their work it isnt a simple process
By DHANUSH T NAIR
then what about other companies?????????? they have already given ICS……
By David Waugh
I'm with you. My wife has a Samsung Galaxy SL bought on the same day I got my Xperia Pro. Samsung has announced that most of their recent/current Galaxy phones aren't going to get ICS ever (apart from SII and a couple others), and there's no end to the wailing and moaning on Samsung forums about this. I also have a Lenovo tablet that the company hasn't yet disclosed ICS upgrade plans about – and there's more wailing and moaning on their forums.
Meanwhile, Sony's doing us right by 1. developing an update if we want it, unlike Samsung, 2. being upfront about the limitations and 3. keeping us posted about their timeline.
Yet still people are complaining.
As far as I can tell, my Gingerbread Xperia Pro is totally stable. It doesn't have all the fancy zoomy fun of ICS, but it will if I want it next month. But Gingerbread works great.
Gentlemen (and I can fairly guess you're guys) – do you believe your hysterical threatening and complaining on a message board will result in some sort of benefit in your future? Life's too short. Chill, my friends.
Thanks Sony. Keep up the great work.
By anthony
Hey David,
Thanks for stopping by. We're proud to say our Gingerbread software is a very stable platform – glad to hear you're enjoying it.
By Jozef Es
Will you guys be releasing GB 2.3.7 for 2011 Xperias? If so, it would be nice if its gonna be the same UI, effects as with Xperia S (of course without NFC). I think Xperia S UI is feasible on 2011 Xperia.
This would be a great gift if you cannot really push through a better ICS on 2011 Xperias.
By Jordan White
Time to get into Custom ROMS… Disappointed.
By neko nekic
when this rollout of ICS over, will there be a possibility to downgrade to gingerbred ?
By Raymundo Lopez Diaz
Very bad, delayed again, where I have seen this before? I am a user of SonyEricsson T200 from the model, but I see very little commitment from you, I wonder if it really is as difficult as you say? I do not know. I know is they lost another customer, today I happened to SGSII, bye Sony, you were good …
By Sasa Petrovic
What a stupid company. Delay after delay, never on time!
By anthony
Hello everyone – thanks for all your comments so far.
Many of you are asking about the timelines – we committed to beginning the upgrade in the start of Q2 timeframe and are delivering against this promise by starting the rollout from mid-April. Our priority has and always will be to ensure the software is fully functional and delivering the best user experience. We'll be rounding up some of your questions next week and answering them in a separate post, so please keep 'em coming and we will do our best to address them.
By Nasr Mobin
With due respect, let them know that we won't be happy with the dates provided for Xperia S. We did count on Sony's move by providing and working with developers as a new and shaped mobile company but this is not an upfront and clear view of software upgrade for Sony's flagship device in 2012. I bought my Xperia S beginning of March and has been a month already, many had it before even I purchase with getting the promise of ICS in APRIL.
We bought this phone as a package, with respect to design and function included, half of feature would only work with ICS upgrade. The box says (ICS Upgradable) but what is the point of upgrading it when ICS is out dated? Jelly bean will be out in few months.
Maybe Sony should have completely skipped the 2012 models and jump to Jelly beans all together so it would't destroy your good practice of 2011.
Now we all look like fools listening to promises with no proof.
What if you address this!
By anthony
Hey Nasr – thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.
We work closely with our development team to ensure we bring you upfront, honest and firm updates when we can. Due to customer demand for the first Sony branded smartphones, it was our priority to get the Xperia 2012 smartphones out to the market as soon as possible, especially since we knew we would be able to upgrade shortly thereafter.
We're working to ensure we deliver and sustain the best possible experience on Xperia smartphones for all our users.
Thanks and have a good weekend,
By On Zi Hao
when is the ics coming out will u all inform us via blog?
By anthony
Hey On – yep, you'll hear about it right here on the blog.
By Kiran Kumar
but what about SE W8 updates i think it's waste of giving software update option.
will there be any updates for SE W8 to 2.3 or not………
By Sasa Petrovic
"Our priority has and always will be to ensure the software is fully functional and delivering the best user experience." – This is a joke, right? Bugs are still present in the X10 software 8 months after the release of update. For two years of using Xperia phones, a single one update is not released on time, always has been postponed. After X10 and Neo V no more Xperia phones for me. Sony constantly repeating the same mistakes.
By David Ripley
Well to be honest you saying that you are delivering against that promise is not true now is it and I think you know fine well its not. Customers deserve better than this. I just got off the chat session to a UK rep telling me all he could give me was an apology but he doesnt know why the delay has occurred? To be quite honest I could put it in a slightly more legal term of 'False Advertising' as Sony were putting out the word of April for ICS update for Xperia S at the very least early Q2 but now have pushed it right to the very back and in late Q2 which is not as promised. False promises = false advertising in this case and Sony should know that its unacceptable to lure people into this false hope just to draw them into buying the newest handset. Phone companies selling insurance have been fined and stomped into the ground via regulations because its unlawful to mis-sell the product and the same goes in this case! I made it clear to the customer rep that I indeed intend to report this to every corner of the internet including the Android magazine I just bought which I do believe is quite popular and as you well know both facebook and twitter are very powerful tools when needing to spread word to people. Just saying thats all.
By Matthew Wing
This is the frustration of Android. ICS has been out for almost 6 months now but less than 5% of Android owners actually have it on their phones, and by the time they do, Android 5.0 will be rolling out the door. Meanwhile, we're missing out, not just on the new features of ICS itself, but on apps that have been improved for ICS running devices.
By Wael El Hajj
what?!?! "Finally, with regards to our all new Sony Xperia S, which will be upgraded to Android 4.0 starting from the later part of the second quarter."
so we paid more than 500 euros to tell us that?!?! shouldn't u work on upgrading the newer xperias be4 the older ones?!
Sorry Sony, after this article… I sell my shiny new Xperia S tomorrow. An flagship like the Xperia S with an very old GB 2.3.x from 2010 is a bad joke… and a cheap chinese neo L for the masses gets an fresh ICS 4. Good bye…
By Nam Hoang
I am so frustrated about ban.X10-arcs
By Alberto Fuentes Lobato
Gracias por la informacion, he esperado tanto esta actualizacion pero me diento decepcionando despues de leer los pros y los contras en el post de al lado y solo espero si funcione como me lo espero este tan anciado android 4.0 en nuestros xperias con RAM de 512 MB…… Mantenganosal tanto y agradesco mucho su informacion desde ZACAPOAXTLA, PUEBLA, PUE….. México….
By David Ripley
I've already emailed Sony expressing my disgust at the fact the one phone that was supposed to get it first has now been listed as one of the last! Its poor and extremely lame, usual excuses I'm expecting as they never give you any real proper answers and try to worm their way out of giving you the real reasons.
By ALI Alzahrani
I bought the S yesterday. And today I want to cry NO ICS NO ICS
I though this year SONY will be #1. But with this news I think it will be #99.
SONY r u updating the xperia line to atleast 2.3.7 or not?
As an Owner of A Xperia S device, or lets say 2012 Device , I have the rights to be Asking for the ICS to come earlier !
My locale Sony Manager , Told us that the ICS update will be available in the 10th Of April, that's why i bought the xperia S .
And now you'r telling me that it will be After 3 months ?!SHAME ON YOU SONY !
By Adam Bialas
I'm confused , really confused . I was rally fan of Sony Ericsson for 10 years , a have T68i , T310 , K750i , K800 , C702 and now Xperia Neo-V . I was never thinking then Sony will gave me empty promises a then change the date to next promise ….. confused ….. really confused.
PS. But tomorrow will be 31 March and Sony really do hard work ,they will give us update as a gift
Sony are u kidding?? Where have you saw something like that that latest product will get the update at the end?? I have Xperia S ….and one of my reasons buying Xps was that i will get this update before 2011 line ! DISSAPOINTED :/
many friends at work buyed this phone because ICS update..and now?xd this is a joke?
From begining when u planed build and Xperia S phone u should prepare for ICS. xd
U guys at SONY must know that ..that People expect newest things in new products ! New products have priority….
On box should say " Upgradeble to ICS ….in far future "
Maybe u will change ur minds…after so many ppl are now complaing about that and start changing "things",but i think now is too late for that :/
shame on you Sony .
next time remember : New products have priority !
because when i will consider to buy next phone next year…i will think twice before i buy Sony phone.
Mmm… doesn't sound good for 2011 Xperias or current models.
Was hoping that Sony would do a proper job on this update. They would get a lot of credibility from the loyal customers and enthusiast community if they did so.
By Tommy He
As a Xperia Neo user, it's sad to hear I have to wait for another one or two weeks compared to original date.
But I completely understand the difficulty since I have seen many companies and software developer have difficulties on ICS.
Think about it, it isn't a big deal:
1. You knew it will definitely be there, for the sake of Beta in the wild.
2. The current GB build runs perfectly. ICS as a OS alone will not make camera shooting faster, games running faster, video playing smoother, app launching faster. Probably the only new user experience you will notice is the Holo theme. Others are nice improvements.
3. one or two weeks won't kill you, right? Time flies when spending with Angry Birds in Space. -
By anthony
Hey Tommy – I'm with you, time really does fly on Angry Birds
We'll continue to provide you with updates on the rollout progress, so stay tuned.
Have a good weekend,
Why dont just let us unlock the bootloader in the ones who has locked by carrier, thus the people who want ics just can install a custom rom, and the ones who just dont care they can still with gingerbread
By Dunia Abduljadir
it's not sony's fault it's google's fault ' casue the targeted ICS for phones/tablets with 1 GB ram and Texas Instruments Hardware. Tell It To Google To Change Their Update Hardware Requirements! Geezez
By Роман Волощенко
I' ve bought my Arc S 'cause there was a stick "Android 4 Upgradeable" and now you say that ICS will run slow. it's not enough, etc. You have just lost customer since 2005 (k700-k800-P1-X10-Arc S)
As a Xperia S possessor I ask to change this ridiculous upgrade plan. The latest and first phone for new brand and line will be upgraded the latest. I really really don't understand.
Good work for your openness, but bad treatment for our fidelity and trust!
Another bad planning is to give priority to older devices that have less RAM and slow CPU than the more ICS-friendly Xperia S. If you had changed before your priority now Sony just had an ICS device at the top of the concurrence.
By anthony
Hi Nicola – thanks for stopping by.
Due to customer demand for the first Sony branded smartphones, it has been our priority to get the Xperia 2012 smartphone portfolio out as soon as possible, especially since we knew we would be able to upgrade shortly thereafter.
Upgrading software for new hardware can prove more a little more time-consuming as it requires more resource to introduce new features, as well as approval and certification not always required for smartphones already on the market.
We'll continue to provide you with regular updates on the rollouts.
Have a great weekend,
I feel vindicated
i own a xperia x10…a lot of people like me spent their money(more than 500eur) to buy a phone which was forgot it just in a day..
and you were supporting Sony in those days because sony would update just your phones…
HoHo Ho i am laughing for you now…you spent your money and now Sony just hangs you up too…Why should i support you now???none of you support X10…which is still much better from many newer phones.
I enjoy -
Yes the small delay in rollout is disappointing, but we would rather it would be this way than releasing buggy firmware earlier.
what about arc s????????
By adam price
why are you making the update via the companion software?? It does not work with my xperia play i followed all the steps and it basically tells me NO.. that freaking sucks i guess i want be getting ICS >:(
we have that firmware version too on Neo/Neo V on PTCRB, but that could be GB 2.3.7 or ICS 4.0.3 ….
ok sony if ICS is not feasible or has low user experience rating on our 2011 Xperia Smartphone (specifically Neo V), then release a firmware update to GB 2.3.7 with exactly the same UI and functionalities with Xperia S (of course inline with the current hardware specifications that we have)
By Jerome Drese
Hey guys, relax is just a PHONE… A PHONE. I know that it's more than a phone, but come on.
For what it worth I'm happy with the Xperia S phone that I bought.AMAZING WORK GUYS!
By anthony
Hey Jerome,
Thanks for your kind words.
Have a great weekend!
By Lin Xin
My Xperia arc will be the last phone from Sony , I'm so disappointed.
Sony ericsson is the one who always behind other phone companys, Sony is even worst.
I been waiting for 2 months just for this update, and they can't even keep their promise.
Sony should go back and make tv and pc, not mobile devices , because they suck.I don't see any improvement by Sony!!!!!
Full of disappointment .
By Lin Xin
I don't know why but I think sony is proud of them self to delay the updates.
I mean come on Sony u r big company, and u can't even keep up with other phone companies.Wake up Sony.
U r so far behind -
By Shang Jeen
I hope the new ics wont take up much internal memory of my arc s since phone memory already quite low for arc s.. If not it will definately slow down the phone. Ics better not scew up the phone
By anthony
Hey Shang – thanks for your comment.
Applications in ICS use slightly more RAM (talking generally here that this is your smartphone's 'working memory') – for example the web browser uses roughly 20-30MB more when compared to GB. However, we've optimized the RAM management and are introducing a Performance assistant that'll run at ICS start-up. Here you'll be able to disable certain services and/or processes.
You can find out more on how ICS will change your Xperia arc S on our Developer World blog: http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/2012/03/30/learn-about-the-technical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/
We'll be providing more information on there, and here on the Xperia blog as soon as the rollout begins.
Have a good weekend,
By Shayne Chen
Lt26, purchased in March 18, the first time i shut out the phone yesterday,it downed, and i cant turn it on at first, then i tried power- switch & Voice-Up, finally i got it on, but shortcut on the desktop disappeared.
this morning, it auto restarted and the shortcut disappeared again.
Can anybody tell why?I was fooled by the 'ICE CREAM available' on the package, so how much longer EXACTLY do i have wait until the IC coming out?
I have encouraged 3 colleges to buy the Lt18i 3 month ago when i was using X10, i really loved the xperia since the X1, so do not disappoint me this time. -
By Iyad Abdulhadi
"Finally, with regards to our all new Sony Xperia S, which will be upgraded to Android 4.0 starting from the later part of the second quarter."
By Iyad Abdulhadi
By Rahul Kumar
Well said Jyad. And dnt think about andy5 or 6 running on sony mobiles it will be a joke…
By Rahul Kumar
We get any conclusion only after trying the ICS release by sony; how fast and how stable it will be…….let's wait………..
well,at least Sony did the best for us,i mean,really,just because another smartphone from another brand has already used ics but that doesn't mean they have a better features than Sony's Smartphones.Am i right or am i right?
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why your planning ICS update for Xperia Arc and other models May/June, already all companies released ICS update and enjoy that customers. you make more models after without good update and good support. what we can do.. buy your all new models….I understand why your models not success on mobile market and resale value.
Xperia 1st models what a stupid low level internal memory 320 MB (user-available) , please just u see other company models, my last is sonyericsson/sony phone xperia arc, next time I buy other good support brand. not buy Sony phone……
By David Ripley
I'd just like to make a point, to all those happy to wait or happy with their Xperia S as they are, fine thats your opinion and good for you if you are happy but by the sounds of it there are A LOT of people that are not happy and we are entitled to our opinions too!
I too bought the Sony Xperia S which I thought was a tad over-priced but after reading reviews and seeing the information on when the ICS update was due I thought what the hell you know i'll only have to wait til around mid April according to the feelers put out there by Sony, however after seeing this new update on the situation I'm utterly disgusted with Sony. They promise but they don't deliver. I've just written a lengthy email to them but I expect to get a few lines back from them with some kind of lame or poor excuse with some techno babble about how it takes time and blah blah blah which is not what I or other people want to hear, I did say to them in the email I don't want excuses but I'll probably get them anyways!
Might just jump ship again to HTC as after all their new One X has good specs with ICS already on it! I started with HTC then jumped to Samsung then to Sony, maybe time to complete full circle!
Disappointed Sony, expected more and so did everyone else!
hi sony
pls dnt try to disappoint ur customers,because in the case of x10 also u first give us such a big expectations and make us wait for a period and after tht u upgraded telling tht it was so hard to customize GB on x10.but most of the other developers in XDA are still using X10 and they even run custom ICS roms …. in this case also (2011 smart phones) u r trying to tell ur customers the same tht happend in the X10 case, pls dont disappoint us, understand tht ur products are good thats the reason that so many trust on u…. but pls take effort to increase the quality of ur softwares. and make a good relationship with customers….customers and their trust are ur values dnt try to disappoint thm and lose their trust, in this electronic world some devices gets faulty and some gets a bad impression on you. but thts not a problem… but in the case of 2011 smartphones u r betraying all ur customers by simply giving them expectations not some . -
By Nam Hoang
The promise of sony. Horrible
The Xperia S is really a great smartphone and the camera is awesome. But there are some bugs with GB 2.3.x, using GPS that the signal gets lost and the device drivers for the power consumption are bad programmed. The battery of the Xperia S with low usage runs only 24 hours without WLAN, GPS,… wo Widgets and all features disabled…But if Sony don't want me as longtime iPhone user then i switch back…
By ALEX USMANOV
good luck with your crappy locked down iphone.
By Iyad Abdulhadi
i agree with you, Sony good as a hardware providers, bad as a programmers.
better to work as intel or amd, to provide only parts of hardware, and keep the programming for professionals.
compare the built in apks, there is nothing special, even sony market apk's not updated since very long time.
The Xperia S has been my first Sony smartphone, and it will be the last one, if Sony won't update it before June.
Next time I'll choose a Google Experience phone… -
Disappointed,,, I have just bought x10 last august just to found out that theres no ICS update. So my solution. I bought xperia RAY ths month coz I was waitng for that ICS UPDATE. NOW your sayin that it will get delayed, im planning to buy xperia P and xperia U. Tell me, when can I get the update on those two phones,
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We need more explanation why you will upgrade XS the last one. It is 2012 mobile not 2010.


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- 01-29-2013, 11:53 AM Thread Author #1
Verizon Customers : Call customer support and demand answers
I just called Verizon customer support in an attempt to find out when they would have the Z10 in stock. The gal I spoke to didn't have a clue. I don't think she even knew about the phone and wasn't aware that it was being released tomorrow or even that Verizon was signed on to sell it.
As with most big companies, Verizon doesn't make it easy to get in touch with them on a real time basis. I ended up using the store locator and phoning the number provided which kicked me to a call center. I would encourage Verizon customers to badger Verizon through customer support (be nice as the representatives are probably the last to be told anything) to help get a fire lit under their butts. I used the old "I'd hate to leave Verizon but..." - 01-29-2013, 11:59 AM #2
A lot of front line employees won't know anything.
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No carrier is going to announce a release date before RIM unveiling tomorrow, so why harass call center reps? Just wait 1 more day...
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A simple attempt to turn up the temperature so to speak. Hopefully, increased chatter about the Z10 will filter up the chain of command.
that will do absolutely nothing but give some call center agents something to laugh at.
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Heh, heh! That was my reaction to the answers I received from customer support.
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- 01-29-2013, 01:54 PM Thread Author #14
Interesting points of view. Subscribers who spend $1000s should be satisfied with, "I dunno." Seems 10,000s of 1000s took the advice of Verizon et al and were led down the garden path to adroid and Apple phones and tabs. My wife wanted a 9930. The Verizon people tried hard to steer her away from BlackBerry. She almost went for it but loved her BlackBerry qwerty too much. Nice phone the 9930.
Re: Verizon Customers : Call customer support and demand answers
The reps there seriously don't know anything. It's best just to wait. People badger reps all the time for dumb crap so I doubt badgering them for phone info is going to do anything. Upper management doesn't care. I agree with the others who have said that it doesn't matter how much you spend. You can use that line when you're trying to get better service or coverage where you are and are asking for a reduced price network extender. Using that line to try and get unannounced information is just dumb.
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Soon after she became superintendent in spring 2010, Marple hit the road and started visiting schools. "She'd drop by my office to tell me about the chicken nuggets and corn dogs she'd seen kids eating," Goff said.
"West Virginia leads the nation in obesity, diabetes and heart disease," Marple said. "Do we only fix these problems after they happen? Or do we also begin to fix things from the get-go?
"It's going to save money in the end if we feed all our children and encourage them to eat nutritious meals," she said. "Then maybe there won't be 30 percent of our fifth-graders who are obese. And maybe there won't be 25 percent who have high blood pressure and high cholesterol."
For years, as director of the Office of Child Nutrition, Goff has waged war on empty calories. He and his staff got junk food out of school vending machines, drove soda pop from the schools, and stiffened the state's nutritional standards.
"I've been waiting for a long time for a superintendent to make meal preparation a priority," Goff said.
Last fall, Goff invited Marple to eat at three Cabell County schools where cooks prepare meals from fresh ingredients five days a week. "I wanted her to see schools where it's being done right," he said.
"After that visit, she asked me, 'What can we do to spread this statewide?' I didn't have to be asked twice."
They decided to do a trial run first in a few counties. Goff started recruiting. The seven counties volunteered.
By the end of December, the number of breakfasts served in the seven counties had skyrocketed from 43,600 a day to 74,900 a day. The lunch count rose to 75,597. In four months, the extra meals pulled in more than $1 million in additional federal funds, compared to 2010.
"Cooking from scratch costs less than processed food," Goff said, "so you save money on the food. Then you have the extra reimbursement."
The federal government reimburses $2.51 per lunch for a child who is eligible for free meals and $2.11 for a reduced-price meal. The county receives 28 cents for each paying child, even if the school serves the meal for free. A separate, lower reimbursement scale is set for breakfast.
"If you serve a lot more kids, you can break even on breakfast, with federal reimbursement, especially if a lot of kids qualify for free and reduced-price meals," Goff said.
"Even if you end up paying a little more overall, it's worth it, for what the kids learn in life skills," Goff said.
"I think people would protest now if we tried to take it away."
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Goff's office doesn't order counties to quit serving prepackaged food. "We wouldn't want to," he said. "For it to work, they have to buy in. But we can try to inspire them."
Last summer, his office arranged for cooks from the seven counties to train for two days with veteran Cabell County cooks, learning tricks of turning out scratch meals for hundreds of kids.
They seasoned raw chicken with oil/herb rub and steamed hundreds of bunches of broccoli. They learned to use tools that puree or chop hundreds of vegetables. They baked hundreds of pizza bread rolls. They flavored with garlic and onion powder, lemon, ginger and herbs, to make food tasty. They learned how to make various salad dressings and homemade croutons.
"It's no easy thing, to cook for that many kids," said Kristi Blower, project coordinator. "It's one thing to make it taste good for your family, but another to cook for hundreds, with nutrition guidelines to follow."
"You learn to make different choices," she said: fresh marinated chicken chunks, for instance, vs. prepackaged, chemical-laced, breaded chicken nuggets.
The seven counties got necessary kitchen equipment and student-tested recipes. "When school started, we were ready to go," said Kay Maynard, Mingo County food services supervisor.
"We used to have a lot of kids trying to pay attention on an empty stomach," she said. "That's not so anymore."
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At Gilmer County high school, more than 80 percent of students are eating school lunch. "That's unheard of, nationally," Goff said.
In mid-March, Gilmer high schoolers rolled through the lunch line to pick up rotisserie chicken and roasted garlicky red potatoes. At the "Grab 'n' Go" station outside the kitchen, a few picked up pizza bread. Students wiped out the salad bar.
Last year in December, only 46 percent of all students ate breakfast. Now it's 87 percent.
"Last fall, a group of my teachers came to me and said, 'This is the best thing that's happened,'" Gilmer County High School Principal Nasia Butcher said. "They say they're seeing much better attention and focus, much better concentration since this started."
"We may not break even this first year," food services director Joe Frashure said. Fifty nine percent of Gilmer students qualify for free or reduced meals. "But this has been so good for the kids, we've pretty much decided that, if we have to pay a little more for it, it's well worth it."
"This obesity problem was created in a generation, and it's going to take a generation to solve it," Goff said.
Three non-demonstration counties have already started a universal free breakfast. Eight others eliminated the 40-cent "reduced price" charge.
The next step for West Virginia school food: four cooking-from-scratch trainings next summer, then regional trainings through the school year. "It looks like we're going to have more counties wanting to send cooks than we'll have room for," he said.
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Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University | |
Motto | Higher Values in Higher Education |
Established | 1899 |
Type | Public |
Endowment | $32.1 million[1] |
President | Jack Thomas |
Undergraduates | 11,300 |
Postgraduates | 2,300 |
Location | Macomb, Illinois, USA |
Campus | Small town, 53 buildings over 1,050 acres (424.9 ha) on the Macomb campus |
Athletics | Fighting Leathernecks |
Colors | Purple and Gold |
Mascot | Bulldog (Colonel Rock) |
Website | http://www.wiu.edu |
Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university located in Macomb, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Like many similar institutions of the time, Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College. Today, Western Illinois University is composed of two campuses that provide a wide range of academic programs. While the main campus is in Macomb, Western Illinois University-Quad Cities is in Moline, Illinois.
Western Illinois University was founded in 1899. The land for the University was donated to the State of Illinois by Macomb's Freemasons (Illinois Lodge #17). Macomb was in direct competition with Quincy, Illinois and other candidates as the site for a "western" university. The Illinois legislature selected Macomb as the location. University administrators uncovered evidence of the Freemason's efforts on Macomb's behalf when they opened Sherman Hall's (the administration building) cornerstone during their centennial celebrations.
Sherman Hall served as the University's primary facility for many years, but as the University and its programs expanded, a need surfaced for further expansion. Today, the Macomb campus consists of 53 buildings over 1,050 acres (424.9 ha). Sherman Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Western's presence in the Quad Cities spans more than 40 years. In Fall 1960, the University offered its first undergraduate course in the Quad Cities.
University presidents[edit]
1st | John W. Henninger | (1901–1905) |
2nd | Alfred Bayliss | (1906–1911) |
3rd | Walter P. Morgan | (1912–1941) |
4th | Frank A. Beu | (1942–1957) |
5th | A. L. Knoblauch | (1958–1967) |
6th | John T. Bernhard | (1968–1973) |
7th | Leslie F. Malpass | (1974–1986) |
8th | Ralph H. Waggoner | (1987–1993) |
9th | Donald S. Spencer | (1994–2001) |
10th | Alvin Goldfarb | (2002–2011) |
11th | Jack Thomas | (2011–present) |
Academic organization[edit]
Western Illinois University is composed of four academic colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, Education & Human Services, and Fine Arts & Communication, in addition to an Honors College the School of Extended Studies, which includes nontraditional programs. Ranked 413 among the best public and private colleges and universities, from the student's point of view in Forbes.
The University also offers a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed. D.), which was established in 2005.[2]
The University offers 69 undergraduate majors over 51 bachelor degree programs and 13 pre-professional degrees at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level, 42 degree and certificate programs are offered. 95% of all courses are taught by full-time faculty.[3]
Western's Cost Guarantee Plan is a four-year fixed rate for tuition, fees, room and board that remains in place as long as students are continuously enrolled. Western was one of the first institutions in America, and the first state university in Illinois, to offer the guarantee.[4] WIU's program served as a model for all other Illinois state universities through the state's "Truth in Tuition" program; however, Western is the only public university in Illinois that includes fees, room and board in its Cost Guarantee.[4] Western Illinois also offers the Cost Guarantee for graduate students enrolled in a degree program, as well as to transfer students earning an associate's degree. Those students who transfer to WIU the following semester upon completing their associate's degree will receive the previous year's cost guarantee rates.[4]
WIU also provides the FYE (First Year Experience) Program for all incoming freshmen. This program is designed to ease the transition from high school to college, and fosters the participation of FYE students in co-curricular events such as concerts, art exhibits, and guest lectures. In addition to their FYE program, WIU also provides a TYE (Transfer Year Experience) program to interested students. This program is aimed at introducing transfer students to the services and resources on campus within a residential setting.[5]
School of Music[edit]
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The School of Music is a full member of the National Association of Schools of Music and a member of the Association of Illinois Music Schools. It offers a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance, Music Education, Composition, Music Business, Jazz Studies, and Music Therapy, and a Master of Music degree in Performance, Instrumental and Choral Conducting, Music Composition, Music Education, Piano Pedagogy, Music History and Jazz Studies. Certification as a music therapist is available through the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT).
Western Illinois University, dedicated to diversity and the fine arts, has designated four complete scholarships (tuition, room, and board) to attract international string students. These four string players (two violinists, one violist, and one cellist) form the WIU Presidential String Quartet.
The School of Music performance opportunities and ensembles are Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, University Band, Marching Leathernecks Band, basketball and volleyball pep bands, Jazz Studio Orchestra, Jazz Band and Jazz Combo. There are also a number of choirs such as University Singers, Madrigal Singers, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Opera-On-Wheels and Opera Theater. Some of the smaller ensembles are Brass Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band and many chamber groups. Faculty ensembles are Hopper Faculty Jazztet, Camerata Woodwind Quintet, LaMoine Brass Quintet and Julstrom String Quartet.
The School of Music hosts many festivals such as 41st International Horn Symposium, Festival of Choirs, Jazz Rhythm Section Festival, New Music Festival, Showcase of Bands, Brassfest and Jazz Festival among others. The ratio of music majors to full-time music faculty in the Western Illinois University School of Music is 6:1. The music faculty are artist-teachers of the highest quality with specialties in all instruments, voice, choral, band, orchestra, jazz, music education, history, theory and composition, music business, and music therapy.
Library system[edit]
Five libraries make up the WIU Libraries system.[6] The current Dean of Libraries is Michael Lorenzen.[6]
Completed in November 1975, Memorial Library (renamed and rededicated The Leslie F. Malpass Library in 2001) is the main branch of the library system. Designed by Gyo Obata, Malpass Library stands at six levels high and 222,000 square feet.[7][8] Other WIU libraries include the Music Library, Physical Sciences Library, Curriculum Library, and the WIU-Quad Cities Library (Moline, Illinois) that was opened in the late 1990s to support WIU's growing presence in the Quad Cities.
Western Illinois University Libraries house several archives and special collections that aid in documenting the history of the west-central Illinois region.[9] The libraries are the home for the Center for Hancock County History, the Center for Icarian Studies, the Civil War Collection (documenting the western Illinois experience in the war), the Decker Press Collection and the Mormon Collection.[10][11][12][13]
The library's one millionth volume, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations, by Lucy Mack Smith, was added in 2002.[14]
National rankings[edit]
Currently, US News & World Report ranks Western Illinois University as 49th among regional universities.[15]
US News ranked Western Illinois University as 11th in Regional Universities (Midwest).[16]
Western Illinois University has been repeatedly recognized as one of the "Best in the Midwest Colleges" by The Princeton Review.[17]
Illinois Centennial Honors College[edit]
Western Illinois University is home to the Illinois Centennial Honors College, which was founded in 1983 in order to attract more adept students as freshman, as well as an avenue by which the most talented students at Western Illinois could distinguish themselves from other students at the university. Accordingly, the GPA admissions standard for the Illinois Centennial Honors College is nearly a full grade point higher (0.9) than the minimum GPA of any other college at the university, the second being the College of Business and Technology. Honors students complete a series of courses and projects unavailable to average students studying at Western Illinois, and are also eligible for a host of exclusive foundation scholarships.[18]
Due to the intense nature of honors coursework, students vying for a spot in the Illinois Centennial Honors College should be prepared to dedicate additional time and effort to their schoolwork. Honors can be completed in many of the majors at Western Illinois, but there has not been a curriculum fashioned for every discipline.[18]
Consistent with its mission, the Macomb Honors Program provides a curriculum consisting of special tutorials, seminars, guided studies, and research projects, as well as opportunities to develop leadership and professional skills and participate in community and social services. A unique curriculum, honors faculty, and opportunities for leadership and service are integral to the honors experience. These are critical reasons to participate in the Honors Program for students seeking to maximize their collegiate years.[18]
The prestige associated with the Illinois Centennial Honors College has led many to believe that graduates from the Honors Program receive preferential job placement, and applications to graduate schools are viewed more favorably than those of typical Western Illinois students.[18]
Student life[edit]
Inspired by the surrounding "vast golden prairie strewn with purple coneflowers," Western Illinois University adopted purple and gold as its official colors in 1902. WIU is the only non-military institution in the nation with permission from the Department of the Navy to use the United States Marine Corps Official seal and mascot, the Bulldog. Colonel Rock, or Rocky, is the University mascot representing "The Fighting Leathernecks" for all male sports teams. Rocky was named after Ray "Rock" Hanson, a former WIU athletic director and former Marine. As of the Fall of 2009 the men's and women's teams were unified under the Leathernecks name. Previously, the women's teams and athletes at the school were known as Westerwinds.
Western Illinois sports teams participate in the NCAA Division I Summit League. Leatherneck football competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Western Illinois University was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1914-1970.
The Western Courier is a collegiate newspaper that serves more than 14,000 students, faculty and staff at Western Illinois University, publishing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the academic year, excluding holidays and breaks. Summer publication is on Wednesdays only. The Western Courier is the only officially recognized student newspaper on campus and is distributed free at 80 locations throughout the campus (including residence halls) and throughout the Macomb, Illinois business community.
Future expansions[edit]
- The school has already broken ground and is currently waiting to receive funds from the state of Illinois for its new state of the art Performing Arts center which will feature three different stages for productions along with class rooms and many other amenities.
- Also in plans for the future is development of future parking decks to remove the large parking lots
- A new athletic basketball stadium has been proposed for the future.
- All of the plans for the school can be view at the Master Plan page
Simpkins Hall, home of the English and Journalism departments, has long been believed to be haunted by the ghost of an adolescent child, in a large part due to its former use as a training school. Simpkins is also said to be haunted by "Harold," a former janitor or graduate assistant who lurks among the classrooms on the third floor and in the Writing Center. Students have reported hearing the disembodied sound of keys jingling, doors opening and closing, or a typewriter clicking. Another story circulating the hall is that of a woman who can be heard crying in the first floor restroom.[19] Bayliss, Tanner, Thompson, and Washington residents halls have their own ghost stories, all of which are based on unsubstantiated student deaths ranging from suicides to accidents. In Washington Hall, for instance, a girl supposedly ended her life after a fight with her boyfriend. According to the storytellers, the phone in her former room rings even though no one is on the line.[20]
Notable alumni and faculty[edit]
- ^ As of June 30, 2013. "Audit Report" (PDF). Audit Report. Western Illinois University Foundation. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ http://www.wiu.edu/academics/
- ^ "Western Illinois University Majors Offered". Western Illinois University. 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2007.
- ^ a b c First state university in Illinois to offer guarantee
- ^ FYE Program
- ^ a b Libraries Dean
- ^ Library Info
- ^ Library Trivia 2010
- ^ http://www.wiu.edu/library/units/archives/
- ^ Archives
- ^ Icarian Studies Archives
- ^ Archives Decker
- ^ Library Collections
- ^ WIU Libraries -- Millionth Volume Digital Exhibit Retrieved December 11, 2007.
- ^ "US News and World Report Best Colleges 2011". US News and World Report. 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ 11th Regional Ranking
- ^ "Princeton Review Best Midwestern Colleges". Princeton Review. 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Honors
- ^ "Western Illinois University at the Legends and Lore of Illinois".
- ^ Michael Kleen, Paranormal Illinois (Atglen: Schiffer Books, 2010).
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CLASSICAL STUDIES have always been at the heart of a liberal education, because they afford unmatched perspectives from which to understand our own time. We offer courses in the history, religion, art, philosophy, legal systems, literature, mythology, social and cultural developments of antiquity. The curriculum covers 3,500 years of human experience in the Greco-Roman world, from the beginnings of Western civilization through the Christianization of Europe.
Three major programs are available. Students majoring in classical languages approach the ancient world primarily through its literature, read in the original language. Students majoring in classics integrate the ancient texts with other kinds of evidence. Students majoring in classical civilization receive the broadest introduction to the ancient world, and they read the primary sources in translation. Majors are encouraged to spend a semester at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome or a Maymester session in Greece or Rome led by one of our own professors.
Our Department is committed to the interdisciplinary study of Mediterranean antiquity, integrating the ancient texts with material and visual culture, both in our teaching and in our research. Faculty members have recently published books on race and ethnicity in the classical world, the Roman law of obligations, and on Roman and Byzantine graves; they lead summer programs for students overseas; and one colleague directs the Kenchreai Excavations, a long-term archaeological project in southern Greece.
Recent News
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- Tom McGinn was invited to give a paper entitled "Cui Bono?: The True Beneficiaries of Roman Private Law," at the University of Michigan.
- Tom McGinn was invited to give a paper entitled "The Expressive Function of Law: An Opportunity for Romanists?," at the University of Salzburg Law School
- Tom McGinn was invited to give a paper entitled ""The Career of Julius Caesar as a Political Science Case Study," at the Annual Institute of the American Classical League, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, in Memphis TN.
- Tom McGinn presented a paper entitled "The Ars Boni et Aequi and Gender Equity: The Case of the Lex Iulia on Adultery," at a conference organized by the Southern Africa Society of Legal Historians, in Pilanesberg, South Africa.
Lectures and Events
Hell Hath No Fury: How the Looting of the Iraq Museum Changed the Way Archaeologists Think about Armed Conflict
Location: Nashville Parthenon
Roman Athens: The Transformation into an Imperial City
Speaker: Michael Hoff, University of Nebraska
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Cilician Pirates
Speaker: Michael Hoff, University of Nebraska
Location: Hank Ingram Hall 210
Herakles on Greek Amulets
Speaker: Christopher Faraone, University of Chicago
Location: 323 Cohen Memorial Hall
William Bernstein Latin Declamation Competition
Location: atrium Cohen Memorial Hall
Qualis Grex, Talis Rex: the Political Invective of Cicero's de lege agraria I and II
Speaker: Brian Krostenko, University of Notre Dame
Location: 323 Cohen Memorial Hall
Max Goldman, Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World. An Anthology of Primary Sources in Translation This volume provides a comprehensive overview of ancient Greek and Roman concepts of "otherness," as well as Greek and Roman views of non-Greeks and non-Romans. More info here |
Joseph Rife, Isthmia IX: The Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human Remains. !!! WINNER OF THE CAMWS OUTSTANDING PUBLICATION AWARD 2012 !!! It is an interdisciplinary study of life and death in the Greek countryside during the twilight of antiquity. More info here |
Maymester Courses in Greece and Rome
Uncovering Greek Religion: Cults, Festivals, and Sanctuaries in the Ancient World.
Travel to Greece to survey Greek religion: its deities, sanctuaries, and festivals. Examine the wide variety of pagan cults from prehistory to late Antiquity; the roots of early Christianity; and the influence of ancient pagan cults on modern Greece. Related topics include Athenian democracy; the impact of cults and festivals on warfare, the economy, athletics, and literature; and the role of women and other marginalized groups.
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Archaeology, History, and Culture in Greece: Kenchreai Field School.
Archaeological field school at the site of Kenchreai with seminars and excursions in southern Greece. Basic techniques in excavation, survey, and the analysis of architecture, artifacts, and bones. Explorations of churches, temples, houses, and tombs. Focus on Greece during the Roman Empire and late antiquity. Landscape settlement, cult practice, cultural and social diversity, and funerary ritual.
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History and Art of Ancient Rome: Maymester in Rome and Campania.
Visits to significant archeological sites, monuments and museum collections in Rome and locations throughout southern Italy.
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THE PARTHENON IN CENTENNIAL PARK, less than a mile from the Vanderbilt campus, is a precise 1:1 replica of the original. It reproduces all of the refinements of the fifth-century structure and sculptural decoration with the exception of the Ionic frieze. In 1990, a full-scale replica of the Athena Parthenos, researched and executed by local sculptor and Vanderbilt alumnus Alan LeQuire, was completed and unveiled. Visit the Nashville Parthenon Home Page.


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This is an experimental website for testing BlackHole CMS. This page is used to belong to Reconstruction: A Cultural Studies Community. The original site moved long ago.
BlackHole CMS can be used to create a new website but right here I would like to test something else. Will keep updates and self notes about the improvement introduced into the software.
Website reconstruction is becoming avidly popular amongst the online community. Inadvertently everyone knows that your site should always be updated with content that your readers can view concerning new things that you have going on.
But, aside from updating content you should also update the design of your site as well. People think that simply because they update content on their site, that there is truly no reason to have to update everything as well.
This is actually a misconstrued judgement. If you think about your site from a customer's perspective you will understand how crucial it is to consistently keep your site looking new and updated with new things for your customers to see.
Aside from updating content and changing the overall layout of your site, you need to also take into account that navigation of your site should be included in the reconstruction process as well. Your website should have a consistent flow in which consumers can navigate with ease.
No one likes to be stuck on a site that they have no idea how to get around on. You need to keep your site easy enough for anyone to figure out. Calling on the aide of a website reconstruction company can help you in this dilemma.
A website reconstruction company will sit down with you and describe to you in detail the different things that they can do to enhance your site and make it enjoyable for anyone that comes in contact with it.
The main agenda of having a website is to be able to share it with the world. You don't want your consumers to get bored with seeing the same appearance. Therefore you update it often and change the look of the site. But, keep in mind that anytime the look of your site changes you need to also change the way that people navigate your site to keep the process interesting.
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Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012The Davenport Cable Commission will host a public access cable seminar at 10 a.m. at the Davenport Library, 6000 Eastern Ave. Topics include how to get programs or PSAs on Mediacom Channel 19, and the ease of production in the digital age. Community groups and individuals can use cable television cost free. Email for details.
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Probing and Regulating Dysfunctional Circuits Using Deep Brain Stimulation
Probing and Regulating Dysfunctional Circuits Using Deep Brain Stimulation
Neuron, Volume 77, Issue 3,
Pages 406-424,
Publication Date 6 February 2013
Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.01.020
Andres M. Lozano
Nir Lipsman
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Krembil Neuroscience Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
Corresponding author
Despite the best available medical treatments, many patients continue to be disabled by neurologic and psychiatric disorders, resulting in a large unmet need. Advances in imaging and neurophysiology over the last two decades have led to a reinterpretation of some neurologic and psychiatric conditions as primarily disorders of circuit function, or "circuitopathies." These developments have been accompanied by advances in neurosurgical techniques with the increasingly widespread utilization of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to recalibrate dysfunctional circuits. The versatility of DBS as both a probe and modulator of neural circuits is making it a powerful tool to study the human brain, helping provide important details of the pathophysiology of circuit dysfunction. We are currently in a phase of active investigation to determine which circuits and disorders could be treated with DBS. Here we review recent advances in the DBS field and discuss potential future directions in targeted intracranial neuromodulation.


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DULUTH - The American Chamber of Commerce Executives presented the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce with two national awards for communications excellence at its 2008 National Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. last week.
The awards recognized the Partnership Gwinnett Community and Economic Development Strategy and the Focus Newsletter as one of the nation's top economic development initiatives and member newsletters, respectively. This year's ACE competition drew hundreds of entries from chambers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Awards for Communications Excellence is an annual competition that recognizes excellence in all areas of chamber of commerce communications. "Both of these Gwinnett Chamber initiatives represent some of the profession's finest in innovation, talent, and leadership," said Douglas S. Kinsinger, ACCE chairman and president and CEO of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce. Partnership Gwinnett is a countywide economic and community development initiative launched in 2007 and led by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and a host of public and private partners. In its first year, 40 companies relocated or expanded major new facilities in Gwinnett, resulting in 2,900 new high wage jobs for the county and two incentive-driven projects that created $150 million in capital investment. The Chamber's Focus Newsletter has the largest local circulation of any chamber newsletter in the state with nearly 10,000 readers, including the top CEOs and elected leadership in the State of Georgia. "Our long-term goal at the chamber is to make Gwinnett the prototype county of tomorrow with a national reputation for job creation, educational attainment and quality of life. Being honored as one of the best in the country from peer metro chambers shows we're on the right track," said Demming Bass, vice president of marketing and public policy for the Gwinnett Chamber and ACCE national communications division chairman.More like this story
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A handcrafted mahogany runabout boat is a classic beauty that never goes out of style. Carlson Boats is a company in Michigan that is creating a new version that has the same visual appeal as the older yachts but with updated design for a sleeker ride. The 25-foot yachts will hit speeds over 50 mph and has hand-polished mahogany,, raw teak decks, and hand sewn leather. The boats seat seven and remind me of the Riva yachts for pure gorgeousness. The first CB25s will be rolled out in 2008 but can be reserved now.


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DURHAM -- An international organization has recently honoured a UOIT criminology professor for her global research.
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology's Dr. Molly Dragiewicz, an associate professor with the faculty of social science and humanities, has been named Critical Criminologist of the Year by the American Society of Criminology's Division on Critical Criminology. She received the honour for her significant contributions to international research on violence and gender.
"It is an honour to receive this award, especially given the record of distinguished contributions by colleagues," said Dr. Dragiewicz.
Her research areas include family law and domestic violence, human trafficking, violence and gender, and critical criminology. She has authored 28 scholarly publications since arriving at UOIT in 2006, including two books, Equality with a Vengeance: Men's Rights Groups, Battered Women and Antifeminist Backlash and The Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology, co-edited with UOIT professor Walter DeKeseredy.
"On behalf of UOIT I'd like to congratulate Molly on this tremendous accomplishment," said Dr. Shahid Alvi, interim Dean, FSSH. "Her award is another example of the talented individuals and quality of research conducted by our faculty members."
Dr. Dragiewicz is currently on research leave from UOIT, studying family law reform as visiting fellow at Queensland University of Technology in Australia.


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