Sony Ericsson today unveils the Xperia arc smartphone, the first of a new generation of Xperia smartphones to be announced in 2011. Ian Gardner, Corporate Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Region, Sony Ericsson says, ?We?re starting strong in 2011 by introducing our most exciting Xperia product yet. Xperia arc combines state-of-the-art Sony technology with breathtaking design to entertain and wow consumers. All on the latest Android release.?

The handset packs in an 8.1 megapixel camera with up to 2.46x smart zoom, support for video recording and playback and stereo Bluetooth, an in-built Facebook application, 3D games and a media browser. Other features include access to YouTube, an Android operating system, a TFT screen, up to 512 MB phone memory, memory card support up to 32 GB and Qualcomm?s 1 GHz processor.