http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 announced, we go hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
All this hype for the Droid has at least managed to hide the other news but it looks like it will be "the phone" for like a week, IF its not already out-paced before it even comes out. Its funny, it seems as if people talk about the droid being the fastest running, highest res, etc., all around best android phone as if it were out already; when, spec wise (which is what people have been tooting about), it will never even have that title since this comes out first. Its sad because if motorola had just thrown in an omap3640 or snapdragon, it could have been considered a next gen phone and at least remained competitive going into the new year, but now it will definitely be decently obsolete (possibly on all networks) with a month or two; seeing as it runs hardware that only competes/makes par with the iphone, pre, and so on which have been out for months now, meanwhile a whole round of really "new" phones are due out at the same time. It is really only surviving on the shit load of hype verizon managed to get it. If not for that, tons of more people (than those who have) would already have looked past it towards the other up and coming phones.

I apologize for this rant but I have been a loyal verizon customer for 7+ years (my entire cellphone history) and I'm sick and tired of verizon having the bottom dwellers' selection of phones while all the other networks get prime pick. And I can't even just shut up and move to the other networks since the service is such crap. The Droid is looking decent at best now. Let's be serious, the reviews were nothing spectacular and its clear there will be enough competition to make the olympics jealous in a matter of weeks.

Personally, I'm hoping the Passion can live up to what verizon really needs. HTC knows their shit, so there may be hope. I'll be waiting at least until black friday now to see what guns are brought to the table.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
No, what's pathetic is all these other Android phones using the processor of yesteryear, the ARM11. Now that is a pile of crap but is still a very common processor in a lot of phones these days. As far as I know, every Android phone released so far has this processor, and it makes Android look bad because it's slow as hell.

The droid is the first Android phone to have a GOOD processor, and that's a huge deal. Sure, better phones will come along, but the droid has a lot going for it and it's going to be a huge success. The x10 sounds intriguing but it's at least 3-6 months away. I'm not willing to wait that long, and personally I'm not a huge fan of the interface Sony has built. It looks unique and interesting in a lot of ways, but I also really like the plain interfaace of vanilla Android. Not only that, but having this insane interface on top of Android will surely be a big drag on battery life. I'll take vanilla any day.

If you don't like the droid, don't get it - that's fine. It's not for everyone. However, I am very excited for it, and have mine reserved for November 6!]]>Nov 3rd 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
Droid says hi.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
this thing has android 1.6
Droid has 2.0 with free google maps nav and a crap load of exchange/super contact integration
who knows how long it will take this skin to upgrade? HOW can you say it's gonna already trump the Droid when it comes out months AFTER with months EARLIER software???? Not weird?

"With-Google" phones may be boring, but they do work

it's not all hardware. remember the X1? that looked pretty on paper, and in the display box]]>Nov 3rd 2009 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
4" display would be fantastic though.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
Trust me I like the droid but I can't bring myself to buy a phone when many sources are claiming better phones to drop within the next month and a half. For those that are still in the dark: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/02/verizon-to-aim-for-the-smartphone-crown/ is just one example of such claims (for vzw that is). Honestly though I think people have become blinded by the droid, I was when I saw it too. Based on the reviews (including engadget's own) it seems like it is a "good" phone but not a whole lot more. Now granted on vzw that means a lot, but the droid is coming into the game very late now. Hell, I nearly reserved it the other day, but people keep talking big about thanksgiving time and honestly what is it to wait two weeks? Furthermore, its probably better to wait a good week or two to see the retail consumers opinions; phone releases are not without their share of faults.

Don't confuse me for some Droid hater. Believe me when I say I'm on your side. I'm just being very careful not to sit in some dream world that the Droid is absolutely positively going to be the best phone that releases this year, that its amazing, etc. I'm not accusing anyone of doing that, but I feel like its very easy to start to fall into the trap with all the hype. I've been sitting with a launch day voyager now for god knows how long, the screen is dead, and so on. The Droid comes out on my birthday, so don't think I'm not itching to just reserve it and lose myself in joy to it. I hope I'm dead wrong and the Droid ends up as some miracle phone, but I'm going to wait two weeks and see what news breaks. Then I'll buy whatever it is that seems best. And if its the Droid at that time, at least my 30day return will nearly overlap with the end of the year in case anything decides to pop up.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
However, can we stop using the canned "Droid says hi." comment already. The "[insert name] says hi" bit is so damn tired. It just screams that you cant formulate reasoning for what you like/don't like. ]]>Nov 3rd 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
However, I am sick of waiting for a good Android phone. A couple of people I know have the G1 and I have the Hero and so have a lot of experience with Android. I love it, but one thing is clear - the current phones suck because they're slow. Droid may be trumped in a month or two but I still think it will be perfectly acceptable for at least a year, so I can't wait to get it. Plus, it's the only device with Android 2.0 which looks awesome - that's a huge plus too. None of the other phones that are coming out any time soon (that are announced anyways) have Android 2.0, at least that I know of. The x10 is still 3-6 months away and even it is not going to come with Android 2.0! That's pretty lame, IMHO.

Anyways, like I said, if you have the patience, waiting to see what happens from now til Xmas is a good strategy. I just don't have the patience anymore though :)]]>Nov 3rd 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
detailed preview + official vid from Head of Xperia X10: http://bit.ly/xperia-x10-best-or-worst-android-phone

Kudus, to the "classy" promotional vid]]>Nov 4th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 4th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
I'm glad the XPERIA X10 doesn't have a physical keyboard. The screen is large enough for a good virtual keyboard and keeps the overall bulk and complexity to a minimum.]]>Nov 5th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 5th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
detailed preview + official vid from Head of Xperia X10: http://bit.ly/xperia-x10-best-or-worst-android-phone

Kudus, to the "classy" promotional vid]]>Nov 7th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/@ Jedidove

Haven't you ever heard of buying a phone "unlocked"? If you're going to complain about Verizon's phone offerings so much why not take their poor choices of phones out of the equation? Go online buy a phone that isn't chained to a carrier, you'll find that it is more expensive but you're going to have so many more options available on the phone. Verizon purposely hamstrings their phones, keeping you from doing simple things like adding a tone from your computer because they want you to buy it through their lame over priced system. That's why they wouldn't work with the apple on their phone.
Do yourself a favor spend the extra money to buy a phone unlocked, you'll thank me. The features they have will make you wonder why you'd bother with the carrier's phones in the first place. ]]>Nov 16th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/It's hilarious how on EVERY SINGLE company model, EVERY contact has a beautiful, crystal clear headshot photo
With a white background

Like people just exchange digital headshots for their cell phone contact lists]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
No one has yet addressed a fundamental issue - it still takes a while to read (and remember, for some people) your number to other people and for them to type your first and last name into the address book. With smartphones finally taking over, someone needs to design a quick, wireless standard of sending digital business cards between cell phones, complete with profile pic, number, name and whatever details you want to put on it. No fiddling, no errors. ]]>Nov 3rd 2009 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
but I like it. It's like a corporate version of facebook even though facebook is turning a little corporate (linked in kinda sucks)
that automatically syncs with mobile contact lists
and encourages users to provide a photo of them...

I'll get right on it]]>Nov 3rd 2009 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
you mean like a Vcard for example...?]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 4th 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
Not that that's not A LOT of money... just sayin'.

]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/It won't be SE letting you down, it will be the carrier. They decide if the product can launch with them months before real develpment on the project has even begun. The US mobile phone system sucks. Contracts are NOT the best way for consumers.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 4th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Why do you think they underclocked the Passion to 728mhz?

People should stop being so obsessed about clock speeds and worry about other more important areas of the processor.

]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
Too ambitious when it comes to the eye candy. Not that this processor is NECESSARILY incapable of slick 3d animations. Sony seems to have a janky implementation here more than a poor choice in processor.]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
Did you NOT read AND hear them say this is not the final build? Or was you just off into space?]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 3rd 2009 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/
My preordered Droid is NOT AMUSED!!!]]>Nov 3rd 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/.< Only two phones I want, this and the HD2. Now it's down to performance in general between the two as I don't really have a preference for either WM or Android at this point.]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-we-go-hands-on/Nov 2nd 2009 11:11PM