Sony announced the Xperia with a new type of touchscreen that doesn't require a full touch, NFC and Xperia SmartTags in three colors black, red and white. It is expected to be available in the second quarter of this year.
Along with the new no-touch hover navigation the Sony sola has a 3.7" BRAVIA Reality display, NFC, 1GHx dual-core processor, 5MP camera, Google Play, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, DLNA, 8GB storage onboard, 1320mAh batery, Android 2.3(Update to Android 4.0 in Summer 2012).
The SmartTag features lets you program the Xperia sola to complete tasks such as turning on Wi-Fi by scanning the SamrtTag.