Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 exhaustively previewed, screenshotted to death
By Chris Ziegler 
posted February 9th 2010 2:29PM
posted February 9th 2010 2:29PM
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Im sort of getting tired of candy bar phones.. They need to make a flip android phone.
@ipxnsv
0_0...no.
@ipxnsv
how bout a rubix cube form-factor where you have to solve it to switch it on?
@ipxnsv
android OS are touch UI, touch requires sizable landscape for better accuracy and navigation, thus the candy bar form factor. for some reason, i don't see android on a flip phone any time soon, call me crazy.
@ipxnsv
How about a protective flip cover, like a wallet?
one thing I hate about touch candy bars is that the screen is exposed the whole time, so I'm looking for a wallet / sleeve that doesn't look crap and doesn't have to conceal the screen info.
@Please forgive me I wish we could have the return of this form factor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Universal
@ipxnsv
flip phones?
yuck!!
@ipxnsv Flip phone??? What the hell is that???
@ipxnsv
im thinking flip with dual touchscreens, now THAT would be hardcore.
HTC ARE YOU READING THIS?!!
@joshky Buy two, pair with bluetooth... use duct tape.
@ipxnsv
Just replace the title of this post with iPad and you have a winner.. it's ironic that the number of previews for this gadget is being poked at.
@joshky Dual Screens? That's more Nintendo's department, no?
@ipxnsv Can you imagine a phone with a 3 inch screen with a flexible body that you can just "flip" closed when you are putting it in your pocket? I can't.
@joshky google "nintendo DSi"and try to imagine it as a phone. no way
@Please forgive me
i dont worry about that on my droid, because the screen is glass, and probably wont scratch unless you try to scratch it.
@joshky ....no
@TacticalTimbo
That would make an awesome alarm clock.
But it'd never turn off in my room. Never could solve those damn things.
2.1 or GTFO...
XD
@geekthree I agree, android 1.6 is so old.
@geekthree
SE did say there was gonna be an update to the phone soon.
@TheGM This is the thing i've been most intrigued with when it comes to android..
Because so many companies are totally responsible for updates for their own products.. how do you know when you buy one, that you're not going to end up stuck with the same version?
@geekthree have to agree with you on that again :P, I have a Hero with Android 1.5
@geekthree
It looks like this is going to be Android's @geekthree
I think this will sadly be Android's Achilles' heel. It'll be sure to frustrate users as well as app developers. Instead of being able to develop the same app across several platforms, developers will have to develop several across Android. 1.6, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, etc.
I was given this phone and it's light but incredible! The pictures it can take a just insane! no other phone tops it! I believe this phone is better and faster than any other android phone I used... The screen is huge too!
@medicalsounds
except it isn't out yet...
@PhoenixFox Ever consider medicalsounds works at a mobile operator (or similar), which receive the phones for customer acceptance months before they hit the stores?
Oh dear.
Not that I was going to buy it anyway.
God the google translation of this article is horrible (the mobile-review one..) :/
@geekthree
The gist of the article is that the phone feels somewhat cheap and the camera, despite being 8MP, is relatively subpar, firmware is not good and is probably never goiing to be good, that SE engineers are probably not up to the task, remembering how they screwed up with Idou and Satio (on the platfroms familiar to them!) and how they seem to struggle with the totally new Android, that SE User Experience coulda been a contender 6 month ago, but now it barely stacks against Android 2.1 and will be nearly irrelevant after MWC, etc.
when will it be launched? when people with their nexus ones and droids get android 3.0?
@felipedavolta Nah, more like 4.0. ;)
@felipedavolta
When Misses Google is back from the shop with all the ingredients she needs to bake the cake!
I am underwhelmed. Hardware is nice for sure. But is that enough?
@dieterk
1 Ghz Snapdragon is still pretty fantastic. Plus the X10 has some bonus Sony software additions with "Mediascape" and "Timescape".
So, is Duke Nukem Forever bundled with this phone?
This phone would have been a "superphone" a year, or even 9 months ago. They fail for taking so damn long.
I remember when this phone had me more excited than any other.
Seems like so long ago.
I really don't get why Google even allows companies to use older versions of Android, you don't see Microsoft letting companies use WM6.0, Google needs to crack down on that and tell companies this is the current version of Android, that's what you use.
@sandra
I think it has more to do with the fact that they were already developing with the 1.6 SDK and then Google went ahead and brought out the 2.0 (furthermore the 2.1) while they were through mid-development. Yes it sucks that they are still on 1.6, but if Google is constantly changing updating the SDK, how are developers suppose to keep up? Furthermore, how is Sony suppose to keep up?
It's like running into the problem the Blackberry Storm had. Do you release the product early with buggy software just because the hardware is ready? Or do you hold back like Google/Sony here because they're trying to perfect the software?
Regardless of the decision, people will always complain about a product they don't have.
@radio2
Then Google needs to provide manufacturers a roadmap and if they're doing that already, an early SDK so companies like SE that take a couple of years to develop and release their phones can have current software when they release. It's kind of insane how long it takes SE to drop a phone.
I admire teh company, but I get tired waiting.
@sandra from an email with a google employee I know: "They (Google) don't really know where it's going, they don't have a concrete roadmap and are just adding features as manufacturers come and request them and then tack on a version number"
@sandra
This is too common place with Android. I am an iPhone user but, I had high hopes for Android. Something new, the next big thing. But they are going to frustrate their fanbase, before they reach their full potential.
@sandra MS is one of the worst abusers. I see MS still shipping OS cds with IE6 and WinXP without any SPs on them ... MS still ships Windows Mobile through ODMs without any common upgrade options. You have to go throught XDA to get anything newer.
The only mobile OS that's getting regular updates independent of the hardware is mobile OS X and webOS -- possible Nexus One, but it hasn't been around long enough to differentiate between patches and updates.
@sandra
I don't fully agree. While I do think that a 599eur phone that is till yet to be released should come with at least 2.0+ (which debuted more than 3 months ago) I can't really except all phones to come with the latest OS build, and Droid Eris is a nice example, a cheap phone, with a slower processor released with an older OS build. I find that perfectly OK.
@BGates
I agree. Why couldn't they have done that. More sales, all around.
Everyone can sit and complain about the software and hardware for that fact. But the biggest laugh will be the price point for this product we waited EONS for. $1000 minimum, and personally I find that insane. If we are lucky, no more than $600.
@F4WMR
Pre-order price in Sweden is $720. Unlocked and unsubsidised.
@F4WMR and the iPhone costs $800, it's a pretty normal price point for smartphones
@kalleboo Normal only if it ships with recent hardware and OS. Xperia series have always been late, running yesterday's hardware, and justifying the previous by overpricing.
@NuShrike "running yesterday's hardware, and justifying the previous by overpricing." - I think your talking about apple