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hi this is Brian Bennett for cnet.com and today we're taking a first look at the Sony Xperia ion for 9999 on AT&T this Android smartphone is handsomely styled runs a 1.5 gigahertz dual-core Qualcomm processor and packs a 12 megapixel camera it also is the first Sony handset to connect to a tts fast 4G LTE data network on front is a 4.6 inch 720p resolution LCD screen a 720p resolution front facing camera sits above that below our capacitive buttons for the four major Android 30 gingerbread controls that's right I said gingerbread sadly the Xperia ion unlike modern Android phones doesn't run Android for dough ice cream sandwich sony has tweaked stock Android though to be more ICS like for instance there are customizable shortcuts on the lock screen and you can create folders by dragging app icons on top of each other on the top edge is a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack the right side holds power button volume rocker and dedicated shutter button that will wake the phone from sleep and launch the camera function an ability not many handsets have the left side houses a flap which covers both the micro USB port and HDMI connection for connecting the Xperia ion to HD TVs near-field communication technology or NFC is also on board which allows information to be transferred between compatible phones and devices just by tapping them together I'm Brian Bennett and this has been a first look at the sony xperia ion be sure to check out our full review at cnet com