Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 options a big 4 inch display screen and an 8 megapixel digital camera. The smartphone was introduced in November 2009. It hit the market in March 2010.
Show
The Xperia X10 has a 4 inch show with 480 x 854 pixels. In contrast to the Google Nexus One which has a retina-scorching AMOLED show, the Xperia X10 has a plain outdated TFT show. Nonetheless, the show is nice. Colours are shiny and vivid.
Working system
In the mean time, the X10 runs an outdated model of Android (1.6 or Donut). An replace to the most recent model is predicted later this yr.
Digicam
Sony Ericsson smartphones have all the time had nice cameras. The X10 is not any completely different. It has an 8 megapixel snapper that provides glorious image high quality. Smile detection works effectively, however face recognition is extra miss than hit. There isn’t a Xenon flash and because of the limitations of Android 1.6, the LED photograph gentle would not work as a correct flash.
Processor
The Xperia X10 has the identical 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor because the Google Nexus One. However because the Android 1.6 would not help {hardware} acceleration, it would not really feel very snappy.
Person Interface and browser
The Xperia X10 presents an entire new consumer expertise, because of the Timescape and Mediascape interfaces. Timescape is a killer characteristic. It’s mainly an animated pile of 3D tiles. Every tile represents a selected occasion in your life similar to a Fb replace, a tweet, an electronic mail or a photograph. These tiles are organized within the order through which they befell. Timescape lets you might have your social life multi functional place, but it surely runs somewhat slowly at instances.
Mediascape is X10’s media participant. Judging by Android requirements, it’s a superb utility. Mediascape lets you shortly entry music, films and pictures saved on the telephone or on-line. Proper now PlayNow is the one on-line music service supported by Mediascape. However extra plugins ought to arrive quickly.
Connectivity
The Xperia X10 helps a variety of connectivity choices together with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and file transfers. There’s a microUSB port for connecting the telephone to your PC. There’s a additionally microSD reminiscence card slot however it isn’t sizzling swappable, as it’s important to take away the battery to entry the slot.
Different helpful options embody built-in A-GPS and Google Maps for native search. The smartphone additionally has a trial model of Wisepilot pre-installed for satellite tv for pc navigation.
Verdict
The Xperia X10 has acquired the correct {hardware}, but it surely runs a barely outdated working system. An replace to the most recent model of Android will give the telephone a greater probability in opposition to Nexus One and HTC Legend.
Xperia X10 specs:
Show: 4 inch TFT show with 480 x 854 pixels
Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
Digicam: 8 megapixel digital camera with LED photograph gentle
Connectivity: A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, HSDPA
Battery life: 8hours discuss time on 3G, 425 hours standby
