An In-depth Review Of The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

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The latest company to jump on the Android bandwagon would be Sony Ericsson, and their attempts were not made in vain thanks to a stellar offering in the form of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone is the very first Android powered device from the mobile phone communication giant. Despite its rather delayed entry or foray into this market, the wait is definitely worth it - for a number of reasons that you will find yourself salivating over.

Launched in March of 2010, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone's most striking feature would be its astonishing size. Its wide but thin body puts it in the category of bigger phones, given its dimensions of 119 mm x 63 mm x 13 mm/The big draw to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone would be its astonishing size since it was launched in March of 2010. With a dimension of 119 mm x 63 mm x 13 mm, it is surely put into the category of bigger phones. While it is quite big in the size department, it is nonetheless lightweight given that it only weighs 135 grams. The screen real estate of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone ...
... is a sight to behold - all four inches widescreen of it. It is definitely a lot bigger than its contemporaries/counterparts in the realm of touch screen mobile phones, with a very stunning display to boot.

Tech Specific Stuff

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone runs on a Qualcomm QSF 8250 Snapdragon processor with 1 GHz speed and an open support for GL ES 2.0. Its operating system is Android 1.6 Donut that works extra-great with the Sony Ericsson user interface customization option. It comes with both Mediascape UI and Timescape. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone also features tri-band support for 3G and Quad band GSM. Connectivity is quite fast with a 10.2 mbps HSDPA speed and 2 mbps of HSUPA support.

Perhaps one very good thing about this particular mobile phone would be the Wi-Fi - which makes internet surfing quite awesome, suffice to say. Social networking integration is also present so you can easily access your Facebook and Twitter accounts with the built-in client/You can also easily access your Facebook and Twitter accounts with the built-in Clients since social networking integration is present in this phone. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone also comes with the latest Bluetooth software of 2.1, complete with A2DP. Port-wise, it has your standard port for the micro USB as well as a 3.5 mm jack. Navigation is never a problem with its GPS receiver that also features A-GPS.

Memory Matters

The internal memory of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone is at 1 GB along with 384 MB of RAM. Along with the package comes an 8 GB-sized micro SD card, which is big enough to store your basic stuff. It also comes with an 8 megapixel camera that takes pictures that remain decent even at 3266 x 2488 pixel resolution. It has auto focus, smile detection and image stabilization which can only be found in Sony-powered cameras (mobile phones or point and shoots). With a LED flash, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone allows you to take clear pictures even at night/It also sports an 8MP camera with a maximum pixel resolution of 3266 x 2488 which can take decent pictures always. And auto focus, smile detecion and image stabilization that can onlu be found in Sony-powered cameras are all available with this phone. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone also allows you to take clear pictures even at night, thanks to its LED flash.

Tilting the phone this way and that is quite fun because it comes with a built-in accelerometer and a proximity sensor/Since it comes with a built-in accelerometer and a proximity sensor, it will be a great fun to tilte the phone this or that way. It also has a document viewer so you can look at your files while being/when you are on the go.

Charging is done using the micro-USB port, and the Li-Po 1500 battery lasts you practically the entire week before you need to charge it again. In terms of short comings, perhaps the one thing lacking in the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mobile phone that most people expect it to have would be a secondary camera to make video calls and smart dialing features/perhaps the lack of a secondary camera should be an disappointment since it can help make video calls and smart dialing features. Overall, it is an awesome phone to covet if you can live without these two things.
Jerry Smith, the editor of http://www.mobilephoneonly.co.uk. An expert on mobile phone and an observer of UK telecommunication market. He writes reviews on latest mobile phones, and also suggests promotional deals and special offers from mobile phone retailers in UK.