Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 hacked to support multitouch, sort of
So there's no recent sign of an official multitouch update ever coming to the maligned X10 from Sony Ericsson, but you know how it goes: when a manufacturer fails to step up to the plate, a hacker with a heart of gold (or two) usually does so in its place. So it goes in this case, with folks on xda-developers showing off some very, very rudimentary multitouch capability on video
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: become-good, capability, device, engadget-mobile, ericsson, ericsson-xperia, gold, recent-sign, result, sonyericsson, touchscreen, x10, xda, xperia
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 starts shipping its outdated self around the world
We're not going to make any apologies. So long as Sony Ericsson continues to pretend like Android 2.x doesn't exist and keeps kicking out new devices running Android 1.6, we'll keep docking it points like the meanest of Russian judges. The 3-inch X8 is set to be Sony Ericsson's most affordable Android handset -- we were told it'll cost south of $300 unlocked -- to date, but then you get your money's worth with a 600MHz processing core and a 3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: camera, cedar, devices-running, ericsson-xperia, long-as-sony, nowshipping, sonyericsson, starts-shipping, x10
Sony Ericsson Xperia 10 officially debuts on AT&T: $130 on contract
If ever there were a place for using the phrase "it's about time," this would be it. If you'll recall, we heard rumors that Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 would be headed to AT&T as far back as November of last year , possibly proving just how grueling the certification process is for getting a handset onto Ma Bell's network
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: att, ericsson-xperia, gsm, handset, on sale, onboard-memory, over-at-amazon, smartphone, sonyericsson, x10, xperia, xperia-x10, xperiax10
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Samsung Eternity II hitting AT&T in the coming weeks?
You might remember that we'd said back in April that AT&T would be picking up the Sony Ericsson X10 in the 30th week of the year. Well, turns out we weren't exactly right, but it seems we're going to end up being pretty damn close. We're hearing that AT&T is lining up for a launch some time between the middle of August and the middle of September; smartphone data is required, of course, and it'll cost independent dealers $345 per unit (retail pricing is anyone's guess).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, ericsson-xperia, eternityii, middle, rumor, samsung, sony, sony-ericsson, sonyericsson, xperia, xperia-x10
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 coming to O2 UK in September
It doesn't have the X10's beefy spec sheet -- nor the X10 mini's cute-as-a-button looks -- but if you're looking for a midrange Android device that's a little lighter on the pocketbook, you might want to keep your eyes glued to O2 in the UK where the X8 is now slated for a September launch. Pricing hasn't been announced, but considering that it tops out with a 3.2 megapixel camera and will go unsubsidized for €259, we imagine you won't need to spend very much on your monthly plan to get it for free. Let's hope it comes off Android 1.6 rather quickly, eh
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: been-announced, button, cute, engadget-mobile, ericsson-xperia, hope-it-comes, Lighter, o2uk, quickly, spec
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini / Mini Pro review
In a smartphone market saturated with 3.5-inch and larger displays, Sony Ericsson reckons there's still a little place for petite packages.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: beastly, cute, descendants, entry, ericsson-xperia, form-factors, handset, media go, pc companion, pccompanion, petite, result, sony-ericsson, sonyericssonpccompanion, xperiax10minipro
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 coming to Rogers on April 15, free Bluetooth headset in tow
So who's the first North American carrier to pick up Sony Ericsson's high-end X10 ? AT&T? T-Mobile?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: Carrier, entry, ericsson, ericsson-xperia, getting-first, mobile, rogers-wireless, sony, upgrade, x10, xperia-x10, xperiax10
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 review
Of the world's largest phone manufacturers, perhaps none has taken a more twisted road to smartphone ubiquity than Sony Ericsson. It began its journey back in the pre-joint venture Ericsson days by throwing its weight behind Symbian , a smartphone platform that would ultimately become the world's most popular -- but it made a fatal error in supporting the doomed UIQ flavor that never saw even a fraction of the support its S60 cousin did. UIQ's untimely (but predicted) collapse last year left the company nearly rudderless and ill-equipped to deal with competitors like Nokia, HTC, and Apple, all of whom had long since embraced other platforms -- all with fighting chances of market dominance.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: apple, brink, collapse, ericsson-xperia, htc, manufacturers, nexus, nokia, result, sony, sonyericsson, windows, x10, xperia
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 gets its Vodafone spotlight at long last
There'd been some drama not long ago on news that Vodafone was scrubbing its exclusive launch of Sony Ericsson's troubled Xperia X2 , but it turns out they still wanted a crack at the thing after all -- just not in the UK, apparently, where it had originally been listed as "coming soon." Instead, it's Voda's Spanish outpost that's taking a crack at the phone, which features WinMo 6.5 (you might recall that this thing was announced way back around the time of 6.5's release) alongside a WVGA AMOLED display, 8.1 megapixel camera, and full QWERTY keyboard -- not bad on paper.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: engadget-mobile, ericsson, ericsson-xperia, keyboard, outpost, result, sony, time, vodafone, xperia, xperia-x1
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2a appears on US site screaming ‘I’m coming!’
Whoa! After two months of delay Sony Ericsson's finally done something with the Xperia X2 -- giving it an extra 'a' (for North America) instead of pushing it out to us mere mortals. Mind you, the number of times we've seen this thing -- even as a KIRF -- may fool you into thinking it's been out since forever, but the reality is it's slowly morphing into a unicorn. You know what though?
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ericsson-xperia, mobile, north-america, pushing-it-out, windows mobile 6.5, windows-mobile, x2a, xperia x2a