Sony Ericsson announced the Xperia X10. This is the first model from the company running on the Android operating system. Xperia X10 has a 4 inch touchscreen display with a 8.1 megapixels camera.
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With the rising popularity of Google’s Android OS, handset manufacturers are scrambling to create the next big thing using the Android OS. Sony Ericsson has announced their first Android-based smartphone named the Xperia X10. The Xperia X10 will be Sony Ericsson’s flagship phone as it prepares to release several new smartphone models during the first half of 2010.
The Xperia X10’s breakthrough features will be not just one, but two, applications named Timescape and Mediascape. These applications will be Sony Ericsson’s Android “trademark”. A manufacturer’s application that would differentiate them from other manufacturers and will be executed on top of the Android OS. Similar applications are being released by Motorola, HTC, and Acer in their respective Android handsets.
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It’s Timescape application organizes
messages, such as Twitter posts and
Facebook updates as well as phone
calls and SMS messages, in a number
of different views. In Sony
Ericsson’s view, helping users
better organize messages and
multimedia will help it stand out
from other Android handsets. This
application allows users to view
Twitter posts or SMS messages in
chronological order, or view them by
user or message type.
On the other hand, the Mediascape
application helps users arrange
their multimedia content, including
music and videos. The application
also gives users access to Web-based
content, including YouTube and Sony
Ericsson’s Playnow store.
One drawback for Sony Ericsson,
however, is the poor reviews given
to their prototype handsets. One
reviewer commented that right now,
the user interface isn’t as snappy
as it should be. The new user
interface may be a key part of Sony
Ericsson’s Android strategy, but the
interface still needs a bit more
work. But the device is still in
development and the interface can
still be improved and a final
verdict will have to wait until the
phone ships.
Overall, the X10 and its user
interface represents a new start for
Sony Ericsson. It’s a bit of a shame
that Sony Ericsson went with the
Xperia brand because the X1 wasn’t
that well received.
As for its hardware specifications,
the X10 came with some very nice
additions. It has facial recognition
features that can recognize up to
five faces in any picture,
automatically connecting them with
friends listed in your address book
and of your communications with that
person.
In terms of memory, the Sony
Ericsson phone comes with a microSD
card slot and ships with a 8GB card.
In most other respects the X10’s
hardware specifications surpass
those of the iPhone and other
Android handsets. The X10 has a
large screen and camera with a very
high resolution. The 4-inch
touchscreen display has a resolution
of 854 pixels by 480 pixels. Cameras
have for some time been one of Sony
Ericsson’s major strengths, and the
X10 has been equipped with an
8.1-megapixel camera and a LED
flash. Added camera features include
touch focus, geotagging and smile
detection.
X10 users can surf the web over HSPA
(High-Speed Packet Access) or Wi-Fi
networks. They can also listen to
music via a standard 3.5 millimeter
stereo headphone jack or navigate
using A-GPS (Assisted-GPS). The
phone has a 1 GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon processor under the hood.
On the software side, the X10 will
ship with Android version 1.6 but
users will be able to upgrade to
version 2.
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