subject: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Review - The Very First Android-based Phone From Sony Ericsson [print this page] Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is among the devices that included in Xperia series. This is actually the vendor's very first smartphone which utilizes Android 1.6 (Donut) as the operating system and it is upgradable to Android 2.1 (clair). The X10 could be used as a digital camera phone, a portable music and video player, and an internet client with email, web surfing and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Style and Screen
It possesses a touch-screen candybar design so it appears to be sturdy. With the proportional measurement, allow it to become fit with your grip. It provides a virtual keyboard rather than a physical one. Although it has been manufactured with no QWERTY keypad, it still has an excellent appearance. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 provides a fairly massive screen 4-inch and 262K-color display with the image resolution of 854 x 480 pixels that brings the better and stunning screen. The screen has been provided with a scratch-resistant surface; causing the big screen of the phone is resistant to scratches.
CPU and RAM
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 provides a 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset with 384 MB of RAM. It consists of 1 gigabytes of internal memory and the 8GB microSD included and can also be extended with microSD card around 32 GB.
Connectivity
This handset works on quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, HSDPA networks as much as 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA approximately 2 Megabyte per second. To complete the connectivity support, it is also equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and micro USB 2.0 for data transfer.
Multi-media
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is equipped with the 8MP camera with LED flash and auto focus, face recognition, geo-tagging, image and video stabilizer, smile detection and touch focus functionality. The video player supports MP4, H.263 and H.264 formats while the audio player can handle MP3, WMA, WAV, and eAAC codecs.
Other Features
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has several awesome features. For instance, the Timescape and Mediascape user interface feature. Timescape is the capability which puts together all of the online networking and emails in a single application, so if you want to see the upgrades of your online networking or to look at the email inbox just open it up in one program. Practically the same with the Timescape, the Mediascape UI is meant for multi-media apps. It also has voice memo, digital compass, YouTube application, Google Talk, Google Search, Gmail, Calendar, and Document viewer.
Although Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has a various excellent programs and functions, the handset doesn't have Radio, therefore for the music fans it will probably be a little bit unsatisfactory. The virtual keyboard is a little bit awful and it is still utilizing the outdated Android Operating System version 1.6.
