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At any time, you can communicate with a contact in a variety of different ways. Other media, including Twitter tweets, Facebook status updates, texts, emails and so on will also be associated with each contact in your phonebook. When everything is tagged, you can call people by selecting their face, and view pictures associated with the contact in your phonebook. Once a person is tagged, the phone will look for matches in your other photos. This isn’t the usual face detection for autofocus purposes or exposure adjustment (it has this too), but actual detection of people in photographs. We’re not sure if it is designed to be removed, or was simply not present.Īnother new feature is face detection for images. There’s no proprietary Sony Ericsson charging port the X10 now uses the standardised microUSB connection hidden behind a cover – although on the prototype model this was removed. It has a 3.5mm headphone jack – but no integrated stand to sit the phone up for watching video (like the W995) It will use the same 1500mAh BST-41 battery as used on the Xperia X2 – actual battery life data was not confirmed The truth: Although it is feasible for such a feature to be made available via an application released in the future, the X10 has no native support for the service exclusively available on the current Aino (based on Sony Ericsson’s A200 platform). Rumoured: The phone will have integration with the Playstation 3 (like the Aino).
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Timescape and Mediascape are each integrated with the standard Android OS, rather like HTC’s Sense, to give a customised and unique user experience that makes it quick and easy to manage media, your contacts and social media that’s all integrated. The truth: This is mostly correct, with two key additions for handling contacts and multimedia – with a view to ‘humanising’ the user experience. Rumoured: The X10 will have a completely unique user interface. The truth: The phone will use memory cards, with an 8GB microSDHC card shipping with the device.
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Sony Ericsson didn’t confirm if it would be offering an upgrade path to Android 2.0 (and beyond), but it seems likely in view of what was said later regarding updates to Sony Ericsson devices in general.
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The truth: This phone will ship with Android 1.6 and besides the Sony Ericsson UI enhancements, it’s a pretty standard offering with no support for multitouch, no enhancements to the web browser or other 2.0 features such as Bluetooth file transfer. Rumoured: The X10 will be running Android OS 2.0 The truth: The phone is due for release in Q1 of 2010, and the sluggishness of many aspects of the phone means we’d expect it to be nearer the middle to end of Q1, although Sony Ericsson insisted it would not be a case of shipping it at 2359 on March 31st! Rumoured: The X10 will be on sale in a matter of days or weeks. It looks to be in need of a lot more work – but does prove thet fancy pre-rendered conceptual videos will soon make it into reality. Unfortunately, on the development model we saw, all of the Sony Ericsson developed features were slow and very laggy. The speed of the device is impressive, and it is essential for offering support for processor intensive tasks like rendering the animated UI and allowing the use of the face detection feature. The truth: Yes, it will ship with a Snapdragon processor. The truth: The X10 has a 4-inch, TFT, capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 854×480 pixels. Rumoured: The X10 will have a 4.1-inch, OLED, capacitive touchscreen display. Having seen lots of rumours out there, we’ve separated the facts from the fiction… In fact, unless Sony Ericsson specifically receives a firm order from an operator to produce a batch of entry-level handsets, it seems unlikely they will even try to compete in that part of the market, preferring to allow other manufacturers to compete in a part of the market they have had little success in.īut, on to the X10 itself. The company also confirmed that it will be releasing fewer devices next year, and concentrating primarily on mid to high-end models – rather like the early days of Sony Ericsson when it was formed with handsets that included the T68i and the Symbian/UIQ smartphone, the P800i. What Sony Ericsson didn’t tell anyone was that this new experience reflects the future vision for the company – and the clever features shown on the flagship Xperia X10 will also appear on many more devices in 2010 and beyond. Everyone has probably seen the spy shots and early specs, as well as concept videos showing off the new user experience. The launch of the Xperia X10 isn’t, according to Sony Ericsson, simply the announcement that it’s releasing an Android device. See our photo gallery for the Xperia X10 here