| After releasing is first Symbian in the Satio and its first | | | | its GPS and 8x digital zoom to see that it trumps |
| Windows on the XPERIA X1 mobile phone over the | | | | many digital cameras out there. |
| last few months, missing the holidays meant its new | | | | Then, of course, there's the Snapdragon clocked at its |
| smartphone on Android won't be the world's first | | | | native 1GHz and housed in a candybar touchscreen |
| Android Snapdragon phone. The Sony Ericsson | | | | measuring 119 x 3 x 13mm that just a wee bit larger |
| XPERIA X10 could have claimed that crown but Acer | | | | the iPhone and has the same weight at 135 grams. If |
| Liquid just snatched it. Delayed to the first quarter of | | | | being chic and trendy is your thing, then its price tag |
| 2010, Sony's first Android handset is also its first on the | | | | includes the stylish panache only Sony Ericsson can |
| powerful Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon | | | | deliver without having to bother with Prada or Armani |
| processor, the most powerful engine to power its | | | | to make one of the best looking touchscreens in the |
| portfolio of smartphones. | | | | market. |
| The Most Expensive Smartphone Out of the Box | | | | The rest of its features - 3G/HSDPA, WiFi 82.11 b/g, |
| The most expensive mobile phones are few and far | | | | Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP, microUSB and |
| between. They are mostly your designer high fashion | | | | microSD support for up to 32GB of external memory |
| handsets with names like Armani or Dolce & | | | | and 3.5mm headphone jack are pretty much standard |
| Gabbana emblazoned on their faces and sport some | | | | features for a even a mid-priced smartphone. |
| fancy garb that make them stand out as a fashion | | | | Software-wise, Sony has tinkered heavily on its |
| statement. | | | | Android OS to assume a new identity and flavour it |
| But here, at a reported street price of $999 or around | | | | calls UX, short for User eXperience. |
| 610 before taxes and subsidies, the Sony Ericsson | | | | It now sports some cools features you won't find in |
| XPERIA X10 is certainly among the most expensive | | | | any other Android handset like Timescape which |
| smartphones without those Italian haute couture | | | | aggregates all your emails, text messaging, calls, chats |
| houses even touching it. Looking at its specs sheet | | | | and social media updates in one screen location so |
| provides some rationale to its bank breaking price tag | | | | you can see your communication filtered by source or |
| Outstanding Features | | | | contact name. Then there's Mediascape which does |
| So what does the Android fan get out of it for that | | | | the same for all your media content allowing you to |
| price? If you can't get enough of a large Wide-VGA | | | | place a call just by touching the face of our friend in |
| capacitive touchscreen with accelerometer, then it | | | | tagged photo. |
| might be worth that price just getting one of the | | | | Is It Worth It? |
| largest displays in the market at 4 inches with a 16:9 | | | | The world can be divided on that issue but one thing's |
| aspect ratio that makes movie watching experience | | | | clear, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is pushing the |
| the best you can have on a mobile gadget. | | | | limits in the mobile phone experience that will have |
| Then feast your eyes on its 8.1 megapixel | | | | other flagship mobile phones from the big five |
| autofocusing camera with photo-video light, Wide-VGA | | | | matching or exceeding it throughout 2010, Android or |
| video recording at 30fps, image stabilization, face and | | | | not. Smartphone customers have everything to benefit |
| smile recognition, red-eye reduction, geo-tagging from | | | | by it. |