| Anyone who is familiar with the Robyn, the rumored | | | | colors. You still get the same accelerometer and |
| compact version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 | | | | scratch resistant surface. |
| circulating in the rumor corridors of the internet mobile | | | | - Imaging is naturally minimized as well for the |
| community has finally been confirmed at the recently | | | | gorgeous 8 megapixel on the X10. The mini still has |
| concluded 2010 Mobile World Congress held in | | | | an upscale 5-megappixel autofocus camera with LED |
| Barcelona. | | | | Flash and geo tagging, but you won't get the image |
| And it comes in two flavours with the Sony Ericsson | | | | stabilization and face/smile detection of the X10. Video |
| Xperia X10 Mini which is a literal miniaturization of the | | | | recording is not detailed in its press release except to |
| Xperia 10's touchscreen monolith, and a tactile | | | | indicate it has video light but could be diminished from |
| QWERTY slider version of the Mini called Mini Pro, as | | | | the WVGA 30fps video recording of the X10. |
| if putting a QWERTY slider already justify slapping a | | | | Otherwise Sony should be bragging about it in its press |
| "pro" suffix to it. | | | | kit. |
| The Mini is true to its name being a mini of just about | | | | - Internal memory is pared down from a generous 1GB |
| everything superb and outstanding in the X10 which | | | | on the X10 to just 128 MB in the Mini. But you still get |
| incidentally will be coming to Vodafone UK in April. | | | | microSD expandability of up to 16 GB to make up for |
| That's also being true to Sony tradition of making the | | | | it, |
| markets wait for its high anticipated products. | | | | - All these functional pruning would certainly render a 1 |
| Remember the PS3? Oh, but let's not get our of the | | | | GHz Snapdragon irrelevant which is what Sony did but |
| mobile phone industry, perhaps the Satio's eight-month | | | | putting in a less endowed Qualcomm MSM7227 |
| wait from its announcement in February 2009 is a | | | | processor clocked at 600 MHz on the Mini. It still runs |
| better example. | | | | the same Android 1.6 that most new smartphones |
| A Minimized Feature Set | | | | have already abandoned in favor of the latest 2.0/2.1 |
| If anything else, Sony Ericsson creates a new set of | | | | Éclair version. |
| handsets that truly defines what a Mini version is. It's | | | | Standard Features |
| not only mini on the outside, it's also a mini on the inside. | | | | Other than these, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini |
| You get a monoblock body that's 3mm thinner, 7mm | | | | get the standard features like 3G on dual band UMTS, |
| narrower, 26mm shorter and weighs a considerable | | | | HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, |
| 47g lighter. | | | | microUSB 2.0 for data connectivity options. |
| - Starting with the obvious screen size diminution, you | | | | You get A-GPS with Google Maps, stereo FM with |
| now have a mediocre-sized 2.55-inch TFT capacitive | | | | RDS and a 3.5mm headphone jack. You also get the |
| touchscreen with QVGA resolution and a more | | | | same Timescape and Mediascape apps, HTML |
| generous 16 million colors compared the original's | | | | browser, IM and push Email client, Gmail, Google talk |
| glorious industry-setting 4-inch screen with only 64k | | | | and TrackID recognition. |