subject: An Overview Of The Brilliant Sony Ericsson Xperian X8 [print this page] The new Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 offers great Android smartphone functionality but in a compact and modern design that really makes it stand out from many other new models available.
The Xperia X8 offers a high quality but compact display that produces a great quality of image. The resolution of 320 x 480 pixels may not turn many heads, but given that it is on a display that measures just 3 inches means results are superb. The screen uses a capacitive touch panel to achieve a great level of responsiveness. Colour wise the unit is capable of displaying up to 16 million, so regardless whether you are viewing websites or your own media, what you actually see appears vivid and vibrant. Design wise the phone undoubtedly looks good. A range of different colour finishes are available, and the mainly plastic construction help keep the weight down to an impressive 104g. The overall dimensions of the model are 99 x 54 x 15mm which is just about as compact as you can ask for in a smartphone. There are a few physical buttons dotted around the units chassis including the volume rocker and the camera shutter button, as well ass three neat looking chrome finished ones on the front that perform the Home, Back and Menu functions. The usual array of connections are located on the top side of the chassis including a 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro USB port.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 comes supplied with just 128MB of internal storage but does come supplied with a 2GB sd card to give you room to store various media files. The micro SD card slot accepts cards up to 16GB. The phone incorporates a good quality camera that snaps photographs at a resolution of 3.15 million pixels. Results are pleasing and the device also features useful geo tagging facilities that enable you to store each snap with a geographical location. If you want to capture video, then this can also be achieved thanks to the VGA recording that is offered at a rate of 30 frames per second. A wide selection of audio file formats can be handled by the Xperia X8 that include MP3, eAAC+ and WAV. Thanks to the earlier mentioned headphone jack, you are free to choose from a massive selection of headphones on which to listen to your music. A 1200mAh battery offers users a good 5 hours 40 minutes of 3G talktime and massive 476 hours in standby.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 offers great smartphone functionality in a modern and compact chassis. It is the perfect phone for newcomers to the smartphone world and will also have a huge appeal to the teen market thanks to the vibrant range of colours available.
