The Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) going on in Las Vegas this week witnessed the launch of a latest Android based Smartphone, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. This model is the latest addition to the Xperia series and is the first launched in 2011.  It’s claim to fame so far is its super slim body, which is among the thinnest Androids to date.

The Xperia Arc comes with some high end features, like an 8-megapixel camera with Sony’s Exmor R photo enhancement technology, a scratch free 4.2 inch TFT display with multi-touch recognition, Android 2.3 OS, Sony’s Mobile Bravia engine and a HDMI port to connect to a TV.

Besides these features, it is packed with lots of useful Google apps, but a key one is the Neo Barcode reader, making the phone readily interactive with the real world. The Xperia Arc is available in midnight blue and misty silver colors.

Several other smartphone developments are also going on at CES, including some powerful chip enhancements set to take mobile computing into the future.  NVIDIA’s Tegra  super chips were announced at the show; they will empower the coming super phones that will be ahead of current smartphone capabilities for browsing, media consumption and more. As of now, most smartphones start with single-core 1 GHz mobile processors, five-plus megapixels cameras, and multiple microphones. The so-called super phones use multi-core CPU processors, lightning-fast GPUs and ultralow power requirements.

“Real super phones require real super chips,” said Ben Barjarin, Principal at Creative Strategies Inc. “The new super phones being unveiled at CES will become an essential mobile computing device. And Tegra delivers these mobile computing capabilities for super phones better than anything else on the market.”

The LG Optimus 2X is the first super phone available now, and expect more in the coming weeks.