Sony Ericsson "Rachael" Android XPERIA handset unveiled?
By Paul Miller 
posted July 4th 2009 12:41PM
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Do want. :)
Yeah, that thing looks pretty sweet!
As always, the number of dollars they want for the device is sadly not posted.
idiot. did u even read the article. say something useful. i'm scolding so u dont do same moronic act again. here 1st post is the most read post.
af u need to really chill
OK. Maybe I overreacted.
that's why iPhone roooolez,
boooo Micro$oft
Barney: What does Microsoft have to do with this again?
The back of the phone is really pretty.
That's how you know whether a phone comes with a s***ty camera. :P
It does look good, and it's not a "with Google" phone (by the looks of it), so it'll have a custom UI that can hopefully rival HTC's.
Me want...
What does MS have to do with this? The iPhone is nice, their are other good phones, and yes, MS WinMo is horrible, but android isn't.
If my experience with the SE P series is an example, this lovely device will likely cost about $800, lack most US network protocols, but be quite a nice example of where things should go.
I want as well. I develop/design for the iPhone, but Android would be pretty impressive on the SnapDragon!
what exactly is horrible on WinMo phones HTC makes? oh yeah, there are 100x more apps than Android has
It's alright.. there's no flare to it
SE made smartphones? :).
Snapdragon? Who's naming processors these days! Answer me!
I also want one, this phone has the looks. And no waste-of-space physical keyboard. Hopefully that screen is all glass.
@ MrNuclear
Im pretty sure Qualcomm names it.
@Jimbo - Don't stick up for the travesty that is WinMo 6.1. It locks up at least 3 times a day, takes 5 - 10 seconds to repond to button presses, randomly decides to turn itself on and call people.... You could have a million apps for WinMo, and it would still be horrible.
Wishing I could get Android on my HTC.
Man now that's a powerful device !
That's what she said!
Android on a 1Ghz processor is gonna be awesome. Maybe Sony will have its own special UI on top of Android like HTC is doing?
If she called it a "device," she was probably referring to your battery-operated counterpart. (Jk, of course. It needn't run on batteries, but in the spirit of Engadget... ;D)
I'm most excited to see the pleasurably gratuitous technological showing. Having the Xperia label and not having the "with Google" designation, this phone should be pretty damn kick ass. Furthermore, any Android without a chin is a welcome one.
If it ran on batteries and vibrated wouldn't it be a 'he' :/
http://www.coveroo.com/ProductSelector/tabid/102/ver/1/cnm/military/Default.aspx#/ver/1/cnm/military/pnl/dev/mnm/htc/dnm/htc-g2,black
is this the real G2?? i found it while looking for android phones..
That's the Sciphone G2 I believe... rofl.
are you joking? This phone is made by Sony Ericsson the G2 is made by HTC
HTC makes the Xperia phones for Sony-Ericsson.
@Sarig: HTC made the X1 but as far as we know they won't make any more for SE.
Hmm, perhaps I have finally found my next handset?
I wonder if it has an OLED screen, though. That would really be awesome if it did.
I am tempted to say the same - so far I've not seen 1 Android met my "wanted" list of features, but this might just make me forego the slide-out keyboard...
Yes, if only it had an OLED screen to wear out faster.
I hope it has a capacitive touch screen. I might have faith in sony ericcson if this comes out with pretty good reviews.
i can't see a stylus anywhere on the phone (could be my eyes tricking me.. or wishful thinking) so it could mean it's a capacitative touchscreen! woohoo!
*owner of a X1
I don't see a stylus anywhere on the phone (could be my eyes tricking me since it's late and/or wishful thinking) so that could mean it's a capacitative screen!
*owner of a X1*
Could be my eyes tricking me since it's late and/or wishful thinking but... i don't see a stylus anywhere on the phone so that could mean it's capacitative!
*owner of a X1*
damn. terribly sorry about the triple reply!! :(
opera doesn't play well with engadget i guess
sorry :\
Split Personality Disorder?
More like sock puppet malfunction.
i thought android was only capacitive
This sub-thread brought to you by "Sock Puppets Exposed".
Triple post could be blamed on engadget, if all three posts said the same thing. Best to just get a new user name and be done with it. ;)
Doesn't this not have enough buttons and such to be an Android phone? I thought to use Android you need a home button, back button, pick up, end call, some others I'm forgetting and some sort of navigation input like a dpad or trackball.
It looks pretty nice though. Nothing amazing in design, but nice.
that's what I thought. I remember reading something indicating that 4 buttons were required (and that a headphones jack wasn't allowed), so I'm skeptical that this will be running Android :(
BTW - love my ION!
Finally, someone put a media processor into an Android handset!
Hopefully it's packing something more than a 3.2" 320x480 touchscreen.
looks like it'll be wvga.
Almost assuredly 3.5''++++++
It's perfectly possible. Sony Ericsson previously stated that they would skip 1.5 and wait for version 2.0 before releasing their first handset.
One of the features that are supposedly added to Android 2.0 is WVGA (800x480 or 854x480) support.
Of course, we don't know how big the device is...
With the Photoshop ruler (and the larger picture from the host site: http://www.mobil.nu/ArticlePages/200907/04/20090704151734_MDK719/rachael3_s.jpg)
And using the 3.5mm jack as a reference, I'm measuring a screen diagonal of somewhere between 3.75" and 4". [My exact number is 3.83", subject to error]
This thing could be huge!!!
I want the sense UI on it
Seeing as how the Xperia X1 had an 800x480 screen, anything lower would be a downgrade. This does look nice though, and I bet someone could figure out the size of the screen by measuring by how many times the inner headphone jack hole fits diagonally.
I was just about to work out the math on the screen size but then I realized I have a heap of hot dogs to eat, so I'm gonna pass the task on to someone else.
Based on your method and my extremely rough measurements, it's about 71.167 x 39.667 mm.
With that processor WinMo would actually run pretty fantastically I would imagine.