2009 was not a very good year for Sony as the company failed to release a promising phone in the market. Sony was having Xperia X10 in the queue for long time as they wanted their first Android phone to be the best. Yes, Xperia X10 is the first Android phone from Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson managed to keep the X10 different from other Android phones by adding a big screen and some more features as well.
Design:
Well, it is Big. This is the first impression you will get when you see the phone as the big 4 inch touchscreen attracts you easily. Of course 4-inch is quite big when compared to the other smartphones available in the market. If you are looking for a big screen phone with Android OS then Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is the Phone for you.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Xperia X10 is 4.7 inches long and 2.5 inches wide with a weight of 4.8 ounces which is not a big deal to carry. X10 has its Home, back and menu buttons just below the big 4-inc touchscreen. These are the only available physical buttons in this phone.
Buttons
Volume controller is present at the left pane while the power button, 3.5mm headset jack and USB port at the top of the phone. Sony has kept the memory card slot behind the battery cover.
Side Panel
Features:
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android phone is powered by the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU processor which is well supported by the 384 MB RAM. The phone comes with Android 1.6 OS but as usual you can install Android 2.0 or Froyo unofficially. The Phone supports Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G.
Sony has provided X10 with an 8 megapixel auto focus camera with a capture rate at @ 30fps. There is a LED Flash light which helps in taking snaps at night. The camera comes with smile detection, geotagging and image stabilization. X10 comes with an in-built GPS with A-GPS.
Camera
Connectivity is taken care by Bluetooth v2.1, USB and Wi-Fi. Other than these the phone has a 3.5 mm audio jack, proximity sensor, Virtual keyboard, UXP interface, Timescape and Accelerometer. X10 comes with a 1GB Micro SD card for storage bundled with an 8GB card.
Sony has given the phone a good Virtual keyboard which is different from other Android phones in the market. You have lot of room for typing as the alphabets and numbers are separated in the screen. The most important feature is the automated dictionary which shows 20 words suggestions when you key in something i.e. if you start typing “wh” then the screen will be filled with 20 words suggestions like “where” “ who” “which” “whack” etc. Of course it is quite hard to match up with the HTC sense UI.
X10 also features a new interface called as UXP (User Experience Platform) which has various attractive elements. The basic feature of the UXP is to combine the alerts, messages, and contacts into a stream of communication called Timescape. UXP is implemented for the first time in X10. UXP is main advantage is the Timescape feature but also it is the main disadvantage as well as Timescape failed to behave as expected.
Timescape feature will display your latest mails and messages from your mail accounts, MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. It will also display the social media happenings in the home page in the form of a deck of cards. Just tap on the card to see the full profile with the photo. Timescape is not working properly as it fails to fetches the information at times and the performance is spotty as well.
Pros:
Xpera X10 has a user friendly design with a good call quality. The big 4-inc touchscreen helps in displaying the graphics and the images in good quality.
Cons:
Timescape application has defects. The loudspeaker audio quality is bad and not like other Sony phones. There is no FM radio and Flash support for the browser is also missing.
Techperk One liner:
“Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Offers a User friendly design but not performance.”
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Nice article. I too have this phone and i agree with all your pros/cons in this review. I just want to know 1 thing that when it will be updated to android 2.1 or 2.2 in india.
It will not be available that soon but if you want Froyo then try the Unofficial versions
we got upgrade to android 2.1 now in India either through pc suite or in se service center
But unofficial versions might bard my phone’s warranty. And can unofficial versions harm my phone ? or is it safe ?
Hi Nishant,
it does not harm. X10 got rooted only recently, just check this : http://www.techperk.com/latest-technology-news/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-rooted/
Follow the link given in the news, if you want a video tutorial then go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZ_10cvd9k
Hope it helps!!
-Praveen
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