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Samsung I9000 Galaxy S – The Next Big Thing For Android?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
While Sony Ericsson seems to be enjoying the attention from the X10 and the X10 Mini. Samsung seems to be have an ace up their sleeve with their upcoming Android phone, the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S.

Heres a short video taken by IntoMobile showing off the Super AMOLED Screen and the Samsung UI.

It doesn’t look that great nor does it look that well built as compared to the X10, but after reading the GSM Arena Review it sure looks like we have a strong contender for the top spot of the Android range. This, along with details of the Motorola Droid Shadow being leaked and the HTC Evo 4G being released on the 4th of June, the Android 2.1 update better come fast for the X10 …. Real Fast.

Samsung Galaxy S – Official Page

GSM Arena Review

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…ng-for-android/

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Atomic Android!

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

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Another day another photoshop of the Android making friends with a new logo ;)

As we are all well aware that the 1GHz Snapdragon processor for Qualcomm has been a major step forward for Android devices and in fact mobile devices across the board, well how another 50+% processing power on top of that?! That’s what could be heading our way thanks to the new Atom processors announced by Intel.

New Intel® Atom™ Z6xx is aiming to provide speeds of up to 1.5 GHz for high-end smartphones and up to 1.9 GHz for tablets and other handheld designs as well as offering support for Wi-Fi, 3G/HSPA, WiMAX and mobile platforms such as Android. The chip has been created with 3-D graphics, video encode / decode, memory and display controllers all in a single “system-on-chip” design and perhaps most significantly will offer considerably lower power consumption:

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 4, 2010

“Collectively these new chips deliver significantly lower power including >50x reduction in idle power, >20x reduction in audio power, and 2-3x reductions across browsing and video scenarios – all at the platform level when compared to Intel’s previous-generation product. These power savings translate into >10 days of standby, up to 2 days of audio playback and 4-5 hours of browsing and video battery life. When combined with 1.5-3x higher compute performance, 2-4x richer graphics, >4x higher Javascript performance, and support for full HD 1080p high-profile video decoding and 720p HD video recording, these low-power innovations bring a rich, PC-like visual experience to powerful handheld computers”

With that quote in mind and the prospect of what Google have just got their hands on, we may have some very exciting handsets indeed to look forward to!

Mik

Source: Intel Press Release

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.net/atomic-android/

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Set Opera Mini as default Android browser

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Opera Mini has been available on Android for some time now but even since it’s full release there’s been a problem. The browser is outstanding, lightning fast, slick to use and packing some great features like Opera Link to sync your bookmarks but it can not be set as the system’s default browser. This meant that regardless of how good Opera is, you’d always be taken to the Android browser when clicking an external link e.g. from an email or app etc.

Well now a developer by the name of DUMAPIC has come to the rescue with OperaBridge. This simple app is available now on the Android Market and will send external links straight to Opera Mini by default.

All you need to do is install Opera Mini, then OperaBridge and the next time you click a link you will see a “complete action using” pop-up. Choose OperaBridge as the default action and there you have it, Opera Mini is now your main browser.

PS- this was posted from my X10 using the WordPress app.

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…ndroid-browser/

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X10 Mini & Mini Pro UK Pricing (£229 & £249)

Saturday, April 17th, 2010



Play.com have listed both the X10 Mini and Mini Pro with pricing and release dates. The X10 Mini comes in at £229.99 with a release date of 07-06-2010 while the X10 Mini Pro is a little more at £249.99 but releasing a couple of weeks earlier on 24-05-2010. Both of these apply to totally SIM free, unlocked handsets so you should expect them to be free on plenty of tariffs once the networks release them.

Take a look at the play.com pages here | Xperia X10 Mini | Xperia X10 Mini Pro

The accuracy of these may remain to be seen but as a ball park figure it seems the price point is going to be very reasonable and I’d expect them to do well at this level.

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…ricing-229-249/

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Xperia X10 Firmware Update 1.0.16

Monday, April 5th, 2010

The first firmware update, v1.0.16, is allegedly available for the Xperia X10. Users who have successfully updated have reported performance improvements but we’ve yet to come across as certified list of changes.

The new version to replace Baseband 1.0.14 is still seemingly hard to find though and is not found by my device over the air, via Sony Ericsson PC Companion or Sony Ericsson Update Service. It seems reasonable to suspect that the availability is dependant on devices being totally SIM free as opposed to network provided, even with no apparent branding.

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…-update-1-0-16/

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X10 Keyboard Woes

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Let’s get this straight, the Xperia X10 keyboard is AWFUL!!

Text input on this device is thoroughly obtuse! The keyboard itself looks nice and has some well thought out features like directional arrows and a smilies button but it simply doesn’t work! At first it was nothing more than disastrous with incorrect letters registering all over the place but it seemed to improve making me think/hope the device was learning my input habits. However it seems to have settled now on being inaccurate and with a nasty habit of ignoring a considerable percentage of your inputs. I literally have not been able to type a single sentence of respectable length without having to go back and retype things due to missing or incorrect letters.

My previous experience with Android was that even with deliberate errors the auto-correction was so good that things were put right but the SE keyboard does nothing of the sort and merely offers suggestions which you must manually choose and gets these totally wrong if your input error occurs on the first letter.

This really needs attention as it is simply intolerable for such a key component to provide constant irritation! Admittedly you can switch to the standard Android keyboard which performs a little better but there are still missed key presses which is leading me to think it may be down to the screen?! We can only hope otherwise and that updates will improve things before this torpedo hits the ship!

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…-keyboard-woes/

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Tough Competition For the X10

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

So the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is finally reaching UK stores but it is no longer the highest profile Android device around it may have been a couple of months ago.

We know that T-Mobile and Vodafone are gearing up to ship the X10 but it will now face some very stiff competition from the very same outlets! Both networks are launching other devices from reigning Android kings, HTC, at similar times in the forms of the highly acclaimed Legend and Desire.

The Legend is essentially a successor to the popular Hero while the Desire is literally a Nexus One with added HTC goodness. Not only will these devices be a match for the X10 in terms of style and performance and already have an edge with Android 2.1 Eclair but they will also be cheaper. While the X10 is £35 – £40/month with Vodafone, the Snapdragon packing HTC Desire can be had from just £30/month and the Legend for just £25! Meanwhile over at T-Mobile the HTC Desire is available on the same wide range of tariffs as the X10, from as little as £10/month, but at a considerable £60+ cheaper!

It remains to be seen if the design, large screen, 8MP camera and Sony Ericsson’s own Android flavouring in the X10 will be enough to fight off the power of HTC and that’s without even considering the likes of the Nexus One, iPhone or even WM devices.

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…on-for-the-x10/

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Vodafone Starts X10 Pre-orders: April 6th Delivery

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

The Xperia X10 is getting closer by the day and you could have one in less than a week. After what seems like an eternity of watching the device lose popularity and appeal while gaining tough competition I have no doubt that the sales of this device won’t reach the heights they might have done with a smoother and more timely release but at least it’s getting carrier support. After T-Mobile started to take orders last week, Vodafone are now also preparing to ship the device and have even given a delivery date of the 6th of April, a mere 6 days from now.

Voda haven’t been quite as generous with their price plans as T-Mobile though (who will sell you an X10 for as little as £10/month), offering a choice of only £35 or £40 tariffs but with the phone free on either.  However, at least they have set a date unlike T-Mobile who are still showing the same “up to 10 days” they did 9 days ago!

Orange and o2 meanwhile are yet to list any specifics on the X10. We do know that Orange will be the only network to have the white variant but at the time of writing the Orange website simply lists “out of stock”

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…l-6th-delivery/

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Officially No Multitouch For Xperia X10

Monday, March 29th, 2010
As we all know one of the constant bones of contention around touchscreen devices these days is multitouch. Thanks to Apple and their industry stifling patent lawyers many devices have been without this feature even if the hardware supports it. A case in point would be the Nexus One which doesn’t have multitouch out of the box but can be achieved through software as the screen does support the technology.

So what of Sony Ericsson’s flagship device the Xperia X10? It’s already been delayed and now faces stiff competition from the likes of HTC and Motorola and of course is getting negative press for being stuck on Android 1.6 (Donut) for the moment so something positive would be good around now, just to pump up the interest before release. Well sadly that positive boost isn’t going to come in the form of multitouch.

Rikard Skogberg confirmed on the SE Product Blog that the X10 will definitely not have multitouch, quelle surprise, but the real news is that he also stated this to be hardware as well as software related! This means that the X10 will never have multitouch features despite any updates to Android, the UX platform or third party software.

This information was later confirmed by Sony Ericsson Asia in a statement reading:

“Yes, this is correct, as it relates to both software and hardware support from the phone. However, like he [Skogberg] mentioned, we will be working hard on other solutions, for instance, zooming, a feature which has been requested frequently. This will not compromise the user experience which focuses on our unique applications, such as Timescape and Mediascape.”

So what are these other solutions? Well one such zooming solution has been demonstrated [see video] on the X10 Mini and to be fair it looks quite good. It will never receive the plaudits of multitouch but it certainly seems to be an effective alternative:

The lack of multitouch will not make the X10 a poor device, in just the same way as having multitouch would not make it a world beater, but unfortunately there is a culture in the tech world that will immediately criticise and dismiss a product because of what it doesn’t have regardless of how well it gets round that problem or what else it has to offer (8MP camera, 4″ screen, Timescape, Mediascape). This is not what Sony Ericsson needed and they’re going to have to do something to push sales of a device which will otherwise be branded as oversized, outdated, (laggy?) and lacking features!

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…for-xperia-x10/

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Xperia X10 heading To O2-UK (Surely)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

It seems that the Xperia X10 will be heading to O2-UK after they posted a pretty big give away on their site. There’s no clue as to when it should arrive just yet but the fact that their “Smart phones” page is now showing the X10 at front centre in their apparent lineup suggests that it can’t be far away.

Mik

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…o-o2-uk-surely/

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