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On the right there's a power/lock key at the top, with a volume rocker switch below. We found the power/lock key too small and difficult to press, making it a chore to do the simple task of locking the Xperia J, or waking the screen. Up top there's just a centralised 3.5mm jack, which according to Nokia and its Lumia 920 makes it easier to compaq presario cq60-419wm sata cd dvdrw/ram drive burnerslip a phone into your pocket when headphones are plugged in. Round the back of the Xperia J, the curved rear cover sports a slightly rubberised finish, and while it's not quite as grippy as the Desire C, we didn't feel like we were prone to dropping the handset. You get a 5MP rear camera flanked by a single LED flash in the top left corner, while at the base there's a speaker grill. Hit the power/lock key and a ambient light will radiate out from the silver strip of bezel on the base of the Xperia J – these lighting touches are popular with Sony (and previously Sony Ericsson), and we can trace them all the way back to the w850i with its pulsating orange menu button. The Sony Xperia J is an attractive, solid and well appointed handset set at a reasonable price which is sure to tempt some.Forecast for the current year Sony Mobile will ship 35 million smartphones by the end of this year, estimated the same source. This would represent a 50 percent increase from last year, but that might not be enough to leave the company in the black. "[Sony] is still unlikely to swing back to profitability in the year," according to the industry talker. This may be due in part to the additional scale and high fixed costs that Sony had to incur after it acquired Ericsson's stake in Sony Ericsson. Outsourcing almost half of its Xperia line to Taiwan could reverse that trend, and Sony has already put the plan into motion. Foxconn began making low-cost Xperia smartphones in the third quarter of this year, and Arima and Compal will take on similar duties by the second half of 2013, according to DigiTimes. The 50 million smartphone question How Sony Mobile is able to create enough demand to warrant shipping 50 million smartphones is the big question. The company's Xperia S and Xperia T were well reviewed, and T (and the U.S. variant, the Xperia TL) has some star power behind it. Both the Xperia T and the TL are featured in the new Bond flick, Skyfall, ensuring that it'll peak the interest of 007-wannabes everywhere. It also doesn't hurt that both the Xperia T and the TX models are receiving feature upgrades this week. But the real question mark lies with the long-rumored Sony Odin and its just-as-unconfirmed 5-inch WhiteMagic display. That may be the key to Sony's 50 million smartphone target.