Carrier (AT&T 10a)
Available
* 22 March 2010 (U.K.)
* 1 April 2010 (Japan)
* 15 April 2010 (Canada)[1]
* 15 August 2010 (U.S.)
Screen 4.0 inch touch screen, Hardware 16M Colors, 65,356-colour.
(480 x 854 pixels) (0.41 Megapixels) FWVGA TFT
Camera 8.1 MP with Auto focus, Face recognition,
Geo-tagging, Image and video stabilizer, Smile detection and Touch focus,
Video WVGA
Operating system Android 1.6 (Will be upgraded to Android 2.1) Q4 2010
Input Touchscreen, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, Proximity and ambient light sensors, Headset controls
CPU 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon
Memory 384 MB
Storage 1 GB NAND Flash in phone, up to 16 GB on microSDHC memory card
Battery Rechargeable and replacable, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41).
Physical size 119 x 63 x 13 mm
Weight 135 g with battery
Series Sony Ericsson Xperia family
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is a high-end smartphone designed by Sony Ericsson in the Xperia series. It is the first Sony Ericsson smartphone to run the Android operating system. The phone runs Android 1.6, and an upgrade to Android 2.1 will be available in the third quarter of 2010.
The phone features an 8.1 MP camera and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. The screen supports DVD wide-screen resolution. It allows users access to "apps" available in the Android Market. Connection speeds up to HSDPA (3G+) are possible with the handset. It introduces a new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time adding new features and capabilities. The UX platform gives Xperia X10 one application to lift together all the users different communications, Timescape, and one to lift together all the users media, Mediascape.
An Xperia X10 functions as a camera phone, including text messaging, a portable media player, and an Internet client, with e-mail, web browsing, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The user interface is built around the device's touchscreen, including a virtual keyboard rather than a physical one. Third-party applications are available from Android Market, which launched in 2009 and now (30 June 2010) has close to 70,000 "apps". These apps have diverse functionalities, including games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, and advertising for television shows, films, and celebrities.
Contents
* 1 Reception
* 2 Hardware
o 2.1 Networks
* 3 Software
o 3.1 Updates
o 3.2 Rooting
o 3.3 Issues
* 4 Xperia Series
* 5 References
* 6 See also
* 7 External links
The XPERIA X10 was first revealed on November 3, 2009.[3]
The Xperia X10 was released in one of its two home countries, Japan, on April 1st, 2010 and has become the quickest-selling smartphone for the carrier NTT DoCoMo. [4] The overall reaction has been positive to the hardware, camera and screen, with negative comments about the lack of support for Android 2.1 and calls for improvement in the custom made user interface [5] [6].
[edit] Hardware
The display is a wide screen, aspect ratio 16:9, with WVGA resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, covered by a capacitive layer that is designed to detect touch by fingers. The 8.1 megapixel camera has with a 16x digital zoom, image stabilizer, auto-focus, geo-tagging, smile detection and face detection. The camera can also record video. The phone has a led light that will help taking pictures and video in poor light. The Xperia X10 has as a 3-axis accelerometer and built in GPS.
[edit] Networks
The Xperia X10 is called a quad-band phone as it covers all four GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequency bands, but is actually a multi-band phone as it also covers three or four UMTS/HSPA frequency bands. Xperia X10 is sold worldwide and therefore has both common frequency band layouts. [7] These variants of the phone are internally called X10a and X10i by Sony Ericsson. X10a sells in in South America. X10i sells in Asia, Europe and Oceania. Both variants are sold in North America. The X10a is used in AT&T Wireless in the US and Rogers Wireless, Bell and Telus in Canada, while the X10i 3G is used in T-mobile in the US and Wind Mobile and Mobilicity in Canada. [8] In Japan the phone is called SO-01B and sold by operator NTT Docomo with the X10i layout.[7]
The X10i uses GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSPA 900/1700/2100. The X10a uses GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSPA 800/850/1900/2100.
[edit] Software
Sony Ericsson has made its own custom overlay on top of the Android operation system called UX, short for User eXperience, which consists of design elements, themes and custom applications. The main applications are Sony Ericsson Timescape and Sony Ericsson Mediascape. Timescape is a program that lifts together Facebook, Twitter, SMS and mail into a flowing column on the home screen. Mediascape is a player and library application for media files that also connects to Facebook and Picasa accounts online and to the phone's contacts list. This makes it possible to attach photos you have taken with the camera to your contacts or send them to your Facebook account. The phone contains all normal smartbook applications and some stand out ones: Wisepilot (navigation software), Google Maps, YouTube, Sony's Play Now and TrackID (to identify a song by recording a small part of it).
[edit] Updates
The Xperia X10 was released with the operating system Android 1.6, with Android 2.1 being released in the third quarter of 2010. [9] The same release will give the Xperia X10 capability to capture HD video.
[edit] Rooting
The X10 is an Android powered device. The Android OS uses a Linux kernel and has the usual Linux concepts of groups and user-accounts. One of the default user accounts in Linux is called the "root" user. This user has full control over the system. Obtaining "root access" on the system is important for the deployment of custom ROMs. Custom ROMs are usually developed to bring newer versions of the OS to the hardware. As an example, the X10 was released with Android 1.6. Although the X10 has been rooted, the bootloader has yet to be hacked. Because of this, developers are not yet able to load the latest version of Android onto their device. Custom ROMs will not boot without access to the bootloader.
[edit] Issues
The initial 3UK (and possibly other Mobile Operators) release of firmware contains bugs - Some users report occasional WiFi disruptions on early software versions[10].
[edit] Xperia Series
Sony Ericsson announced two mini versions of Xperia X10 at the Mobile World Congress 2010. The X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro which has a slide out keyboard, were released in June 2010 and a further addition to the series, X8, will be released in August 2010. [11] Earlier Sony Ericsson has released Xperia X1 and Xperia X2 with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operation system.
[edit] References
1. ^ "Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Released by Rogers Canada". Phonesreview.co.uk. April 15, 2010. http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/04/15/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-released-by-rogers-canada/. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
2. ^ a b "X8 announcement and XPERIA Updates". Sony Ericsson Product Blog. June 16, 2010. http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2010/06/16/x8-announcement-and-xperia-updates/. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
3. ^ a b "Sony Ericsson unveils Xperia X10 Android handset". Computer Business Review. 3 November 2009. http://www.cbronline.com/news/sony_ericsson_unveils_xperia_x10_andriod_handset_091103. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
4. ^ "Xperia X10 is NTT DoCoMos fastest ever selling smartphone". Xperia X10 Blog - All things X10. May 4, 2010. http://www.xperiax10.net/2010/05/04/xperia-x10-is-ntt-docomos-fastest-ever-selling-smartphone/. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
5. ^ "Sony Experia X10". CNET Australia, CBS Interactive. April 15, 2010. http://www.cnet.com.au/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-339299360.htm. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
6. ^ "Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Review". Brighthand.com Smartphone News and Reviews. June 4, 2010. http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=16380&review=Google+Android+OS+Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+X10+Rachael. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
7. ^ a b "GSM World Coverage Map and GSM Country List". WorldTimeZone.com. http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
8. ^ "Wiki: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System". Wapedia - Mobile Encyclopedia. http://wapedia.mobi/en/Universal_Mobile_Telecommunications_System#4.. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
9. ^ "X8 Announcement and XPERIA Updates". Sony Ericsson Product Blog. June 16, 2010. http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2010/06/16/x8-announcement-and-xperia-updates/. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
10. ^ Xperia X10 WiFi bug found
11. ^ "Sony Ericsson 3 inch Xperia X8 made official coming in Q3 2010". Engadget, Weblogs Inc. June 16, 2010. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/sony-ericssons-3-inch-xperia-x8-made-official-coming-in-q3-201/. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
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