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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

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The Xperia X10 has constantly gained attention for being the first Android

phone from Sony Ericsson, especially since it was running a customized

interface. Being touted as one of the best Android phones available, the X10 has

an amazing build quality. The beautiful 4-inch capacitive touch screen occupies

the front. There are 3 hardware buttons present just below the display for back,

options and menu functionality. The overall dimensions of the phone are larger

than normal due to the display size, but the phone impresses with its 13mm

thickness. On the top, the phone has a power button, 3.5mm audio jack and

microUSB port. On the right side are the volume keys and the camera shutter key.

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The phone runs on Android v1.6 which sadly limits the large screen to 65k

color display. It has a Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor, 384 MB RAM,

1GB internal storage which is expandable via microSD card. The phone's user

interface has been fully customized by SE and brings in two new features called

TimeScape and MediaScape to the phone. Timescape integrates messages from all

your social networking sites, emails, SMSs, etc and puts them on the home page.

Mediascape does the same thing, but to your media files. Both the applications

are pretty graphic intensive with all the animation and effects, but thanks to

the 1GHz processor they run butter smooth on the device. The UI has a quick

learning curve and once you get accustomed to it, you would fall in love with

the Timescape for sure.

Price:

Rs. 35,795



Meant for: Social Networking and Multimedia Enthusiasts


Key Specs: 4-” capacitive touchscreen, 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM, 3G,
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 8MP AF camera with LED flash, Android OS 1.6,

135g



Pros: Display, Timescape, Mediascape, Looks.


Cons: Older version of Android OS, No FM radio, Expensive, no
multi-touch support, no flash support in web browsers



Contact:: Sony Ericsson India


SMS Buy 130780 to 56677




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The Xperia X10 sports an 8MP AF camera with an LED flash. It records videos

in WVGA resolution @ 30FPS. The camera also boasts of touch focus, image

stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection. The images clicked in

daytime turned out to be wonderful, although any picture taken in low light or

even indoors turned out to be full of noise. Video recording suffered from the

same problem. In ample light it was fine, but under false light it started

showing grains on the phone display itself. The sound output from the speakers

is just average. The speaker grill is present on the left top of the phone,

which proves to be great if you use the phone on loudspeaker mode next to your

ear. The phone comes loaded with Wisepilot GPS application for navigation,

however the turn-by-turn navigation is paid.

The X10 has its share of quirks as well. It runs on Android V1.6 and even

though there has been announcement that a 2.1 update would be made available, it

would be available at the end of Q4, 2010. The magnificent display is not

utilized to the full extent due to limitations in the Android v1.6. The phone

would never get multi-touch due to hardware issues. There is no FM radio and the

browser doesn't support Flash. If for some reason, you want to reset the phone

to factory defaults, and the phone is on low battery, then it won't let you do

that, even if it's connected to a charger..

The X10 is Sony Ericsson's first Android phone; hence there are lots of

chances for improvements. Currently, the phone is one of the good touch screen

Android phones available, however for the same price you can also get the

Motorola Milestone which offers a slide-out keyboard, runs Android v2.1, and

even has multi-touch though its got a 3.7” display.

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