LG OPTIMUS 3D REVIEW:CLASSIC

Aug 1st, 2011 Posted in LG Series | no comment »

there has alot to be done in the world of 3D but some companies are taking steps to do that .

LG OPTIMUS 3D

And while the other manufacturers are still mulling it over, LG is taking the lead. The first ever mobile phone with a 3D display – the LG Optimus 3D – was announced back in February at the MWC and is now available.

In one swift stroke, LG caught the competition off guard. It seems the Optimus 3D holds all the cards right now. There is barely a phone that can compete succesfully on all levels. Although the screen and pair of cameras are the key features, it has everything to become a bestseller even without the 3D trickery. Starting with the dual-core processor and latest-gen graphics, through the capable camera and connectivity package, and the snappy Android Froyo (hopefully, soon to be replaced with Gingerbread).

LG OPTIMUS 3D

No more teasing, here is the full feature list.

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM and 3G support
  • 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
  • 4.3″ 16M-color capacitive LCD stereoscopic touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
  • Android OS v2.2 Froyo with LG 3D UI
  • Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, TI OMAP4430 chipset
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 8GB internal storage
  • Dual 5 MP autofocus cameras, LED flash; stereoscopic 3 MP pictures, face detection and geotagging
  • 1080p@30fps video recording, stereoscopic 720p@30fps videos
  • Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
  • GPS with A-GPS
  • microSD slot up to 32GB
  • Accelerometer, proximity sensor and an auto-brightness sensor
  • Front facing camera with video calls
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
  • microHDMI port

    LG OPTIMUS 3D

  • Smart dialing, voice dialing
  • DivX/XviD video support
  • Office document editor
  • Innovative gesture controls
  • Adobe Flash 10.3 support
  • Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement

Main disadvantages

  • No FM radio
  • Less than impressive camera performance
  • Very limited third-party 3D apps
  • Unimpressive with the screen’s outdoor performance
  • Performance not quite as convincing as other dual-cores
  • No dedicated camera key

LG Optimus 3D is far from perfect, but there is no such device out there anyway. The thing of utmost importance here, beside the Optimus 3D being the first of its kind, is that it does an excellent job at it right away. You know most tech pioneering gadgets are nice concepts but rarely turn out polished enough to make a difference. Well, the Optimus 3D is no tech demo. It works as it is supposed to – there are the 3D menus, the 3D gallery, the 3D pictures and videos and finally, real 3D games. And the best part is that they look awesome.

Nokia N900 review:GOOD ONE

Jun 14th, 2011 Posted in Nokia Series | 2 comments »

The nokia n900 is an awsume mobile phone still loved by alot of people couple of years has been passed yet it has been released but still it is sign of attraction for some nokia phone lovers and still is doing a big deal business

NOKIA N900 IMAGE

here is a review for those who want to know much more about noki n900.

Key features

  • 3.5″ 65K-color resistive touchscreen of WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) resolution
  • Maemo 5 OS
  • State-of-the-art Mozilla-based web browser with Adobe Flash 9.4 support
  • Slide-out three-row full QWERTY keyboard
  • ARM Cortex A8 600MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX graphics accelerator; 256 MB of RAM
  • Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
  • 5 MP autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and active camera lens cover

    NOKIA N900

  • WVGA (848 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 24fps
  • 10 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
  • Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
  • 32GB onboard storage
  • DivX and XviD video playback
  • Foldable kickstand
  • microSD card slot with microSDHC support
  • Built-in accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • 3.5 mm audio jack and TV-out
  • FM Radio receiver, FM transmitter
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
  • Solid audio quality
  • Kinetic scrolling
  • Contacts integration of Skype, Google Talk and other VoIP services
  • Great build quality

Main disadvantages

NOKIA N900 preview

 

  • Large and heavy
  • UI only works in landscape mode (for now)
  • No video call capabilities, smart and voice dialing
  • Outdated camera interface and features
  • No preinstalled voice-guided SatNav application
  • No voice recorder, no MMS, and no handwriting recognition
  • No FM radio application (despite that the hardware’s there)
  • Limited third-party software availabilty
  • Limited 3G support in the US (no AT&T)

In our preview we saw the Nokia N900 as a lean and mean browsing machine. This price range though has little to no room for one-trick ponies. The chubby phone/tablet will have to play its best and that’s where Nseries come in. Of course, the Maemo has still to catch up with Symbian in terms of system expandability but the N900 is an Nseries handset and all-round service is implied.

NOKIA N900

One thing to definitely note about the Nokia N900 is the WVGA screen, which is not too frequent to see in other smartphones – platform limitations are hard to get around. There is of course the Vodafone 360 H1produced by Samsung and running LiMo, which even adds 16M-colors support, but it’s very much a niche device. Now add the QWERTY keyboard, which turned out pretty comfortable despite the three-row layout, and things are starting to get there.

So, it’s time we checked what the Nokia N900 can do for you and where it can possibly fail. A new OS (new to phones anyway) should be able to at least come close to the current crop of smartphone platforms and show a high enough development potential. For what we saw in our preview, the Maemo and the N900 may as well be even more ambitious. But if you take nothing for granted you’ve come to the right place

HTC Sensation review:a truely sensational

Jun 14th, 2011 Posted in HTC Phones | 4 comments »

htc is going to announce its newly htc sensation this new mobile phone droid hasextra qualities it has dual processor no cuting edges a perfect camera and much more lets chek out whats new.

htc sensation image

HTC has a flair for big names but Sensation sure is something else. The name simply sticks. We’re talking a monster 4.3″ S-LCD screen with qHD resolution (540 x 960). If the bump in resolution doesn’t mean much to you, picture this – the Sansation’s 4.3-inch screen has the same pixel density as a much smaller 3.7″ screen with regular WVGA resolution.

The 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon chipset with the new Adreno 220 graphics bodes no good for rivals. But hey, that’s the news we’ve been waiting for. A battle is brewing and dual-core domination is the prize.

Before we let the excitement of benchmarks cloud our minds, let’s get the laundry list out of the way. Here’s what the HTC Sensation has to offer and what didn’t work all that well.

htc sensation preview

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
  • 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
  • 4.3″ 16M-color capacitive LCD touchscreen of qHD resolution (540 x 960 pixels); Gorilla glass
  • Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.0
  • 1.2 GHz dual Scorpion CPUs, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 chipset
  • 768 MB RAM and 1 GB storage for apps
  • 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; face detection and geotagging
  • 1080p and 720p video recording @ 30fps
  • Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
  • GPS with A-GPS
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)
  • Accelerometer, proximity sensor and an auto-brightness sensor
  • Front facing camera with video calls

    htc sensation a new look

  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
  • MHL TV-out (requires MHL-to-HDMI adapter)
  • Smart dialing, voice dialing
  • DivX/XviD video support
  • HTC Locations app
  • HTCSense.com integration
  • HTC Portable Hotspot
  • Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery)
  • Office document editor

Main disadvantages

  • Serious “death grip” issue with Wi-Fi radio
  • Less than impressed with the screen’s outdoor performance
  • Performance not quite as convincing as other dual-cores
  • No dedicated camera key
  • microSD is under the battery cover
  • No unibody construction as advertised

You’ll notice that “unibody” is not on the feature list – the back cover is certainly interesting but this is by no means a unibody. Let’s not let that sully the great impression though – the Sensation is one of the most powerful droids around and it’s on the shortlist if you’re looking for the ultimate in smartphones.

The 8MP camera with 1080p video recording begs for a camera shootout. And the high-res S-LCD unit calls for another display test. So that’s a lot of testing we have ahead of us.

But before we get busy, we need to give credit where it’s due. HTC have been perfecting their interface designs for years and the latest Sense UI 3.0 is laced with equal amounts of useful features and eye candy.

With all the tests and benchmarks that await us, we just have to let the HTC Sensation out of the box.

Nokia N8 review:PHOTOGRAPHIC

Jun 8th, 2011 Posted in Nokia Series | one comment »

Nokia the n series has gained alot of popularity because of its its royality but this time it has some different thing to do instead of making changes in its screen connectiviy etc it has made something new in its nokia n8 tat is nokia has concentrated more on its photographic features nokia n8 has a latest photographic tool it has a quite large camera 1.83 inches which is 12 mega pixels i think tats enough for a fascinating shot. here is its review.

nokia N8 image

The Finnish engineers often like to make a point about Symbian being the most resource-effective OS. We’ve seen it run reasonably fast indeed on even slower CPUs. This time though it’s Symbian ^3, so we’ll have to see it again to believe it.

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
  • Penta-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
  • Sleek anodized aluminum unibody
  • 3.5″ 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
  • 12 megapixel autofocus camera with xenon flash and 720p@25fps video recording

    nokia N8 smart phone

  • Camera features: large 1/1.83” camera sensor, mechanical shutter, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection
  • Symbian^3 OS
  • 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 256 MB RAM
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
  • microHDMI port for 720p TV-out functionality
  • GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
  • Digital compass
  • 16GB on-board storage, expandable through the microSD card slot
  • Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
  • DivX and XviD video support
  • Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

    nokia N8 in orange colour

  • Stereo FM Radio with RDS, FM transmitter
  • microUSB port with USB On-the-go support
  • Flash and Java support for the web browser
  • Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
  • Nice audio reproduction quality
  • Smart and voice dialing
  • Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display

Main disadvantages

  • Symbian^3 is still behind Android and iOS usability standards
  • No video light
  • Camera interface is decidedly outdated
  • Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
  • No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
  • Video player has some issues
  • Battery life is not on par with best in the business
  • Battery is not user-replaceable

There’s certainly a lot of pressure on the Nokia N8. People are probably expecting more from it than the very guys who designed it. But the N8 was

nokia N8 in black colour

never meant to compete with the iPhone 4 or the Galaxy S. At least, that’s what Nokia will gladly have you believe.

You see, with the Nokia N8 it’s not about who the competition is. Not about the business benefits of a smartphone, not about the available apps. It’s about the best camera in the business. Now, we’ll have to see about that. Again.

The N8 already managed to put a dedicated digicam to shame in our recent blind test. But it will take more than that to get the thumbs up at the end of a full review. The camera is certainly impressive but it’s the overall balance and bang-for-buck that count most in our books here so the N8 better have more aces up its sleeve.

THE NOKIA E5 REVIEW:A COMPLETE TEXTER

Jun 6th, 2011 Posted in Nokia Series | 2 comments »

The world nowadays is a global village every one is connected through different devices.mobile phones are being the top ones. nokia the leading mobile company has reached to many milstones in its lifetim we can take a best example of nokia E5 which is a very best tool for emailing and texting for both white color as well as ordinary people .this mobile phone had some extraordinary qualities here is its review.

NOKIA E5 PHOTO

The E5 has skill to match the E72 down to the last spec. OK, almost. Some features have sure taken a hit (what’s with the fixed-focus 5MP camera), but that’s something most people can live with considering the lower price of the E5.

Key features

  • QWERTY messenger bar
  • Quad-band GSM/EDGE
  • Tri-band 3G with 10.2Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA
  • Symbian S60 UI, 3rd edition FP2
  • 600MHz processor, 256MB RAM; 250MB user-accessible storage
  • 2.36″ 256K-color QVGA display of excellent sunlight legibility
  • 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera, LED flash
  • VGA video recording at 15fps
  • Wi-Fi b/g; DLNA and UPnP support

    NOKIA E5 IN WHITE

  • GPS receiver; Ovi Maps 3.0 with free life-time voice guided navigation
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS, Internet radio
  • Bluetooth (with A2DP)
  • Standard microUSB port (charging)
  • microSD card slot (32GB supported, 2GB included)
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • Good email and social networking support
  • Office document editor; PDF viewer; ZIP file support
  • Good audio quality
  • Reasonable price
  • Microsoft Office Messenger support
  • Quick Business and Personal homescreen toggle

Main disadvantages

  • Non-hot-swappable microSD card under the battery
  • Camera doesn’t have autofocus
  • Poor video recording
  • Low-res screen isn’t very good for browsing
  • No native Twitter and MySpace clients

    NOKIA E5 BACK SIDE PREVIEW

The Nokia E5 is probably targeted at young people stuck in a corporate environment. Or maybe it’s caught in the trend of more and more companies betting on social networking to boost sales. Whatever the reason, the Nokia E5 has pretty extensive support for social networks and IM chatting to go along with strictly-business offerings like the Microsoft Office messenger.

No matter how good touchscreen input has gotten these last few years, a good old physical QWERTY is still the real deal. Which is why QWERTY messenger bars like the E5 can survive in a world dominated by touch phones.

NOKIA E5 live image

The high price associated with touch phones (at least the ones with a big enough screen to even consider heavy texting) makes the affordable Nokia E5 a sensible alternative – especially for users who think touchscreen doesn’t make sense in business.

Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 Review:SHORTER IS BETTER

May 26th, 2011 Posted in Samsung | 3 comments »

samsung has just released its mini phones couple of months ago this short stuff from samsung is too much attractive just like its bigger galaxy simblings .the galaxy mini may be the last shake of its bag but it has alot to give to customers it has a greater connectivity power ,social network,music and other rite kind of devices for smart phones.in order to save your money on being spent on bigger phones this mini samsung galaxy S5570 is not a bad option.

SAMSUNG GALAXY MINI S5770

 

Key Features

  • Quad-Band GSM and dual-band 3G support
  • 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
  • 3.14” 256K-color QVGA TFT touchscreen
  • ARMv6 600MHz processor, 384MB RAM
  • Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) with TouchWiz v3.0 UI
  • 160MB internal storage, hot-swappable MicroSD slot, 2GB card included
  • 3.15 MP fixed-focus camera with geotagging
  • GPS receiver with A-GPS
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • Document editor
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Swype text input
  • MicroUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth 2.1
  • Social network integration
  • Good build, youthful styling

Main disadvantages

  • Low screen resolution limits choice of apps
  • Fixed focus camera

    Samsung-Galaxy-Mini-S5570-Android-phone

  • No secondary video-call camera
  • No flash, no dedicated camera key
  • Poor video recording QVGA @ 15fps

The Galaxy Mini was not made to impress. It was made to serve and be simple to use. It’s a solid little smartphone that has all the important ingredients. It can do most of the things your Galaxy S can, just without the stuff that pushes the price up.

With this one, Samsung look to encourage their loyal users to consider a smartphone. Versatility and friendliness make Android quite inviting. The Mini has the specs to back that up too.

Budget-conscious users are having a range of competing phones to choose from and the Samsung Galaxy Mini will have to work harder to get noticed. But the right price tag will put it on the radar of the young, novice smartphone users. That gives the Mini something to start with.

Vodafone 858 Smart Review

May 25th, 2011 Posted in vodafone cell phones | one comment »

vodafone the famous cell phone company whenever announces its new product people get engaged in knowing about that product because vodafone launches a product which is equipped with latest technology ang is cheaper to purchase recently it is going to release its new product vodafone 858 smart in the up coming few months of 2011. this new cell phone have some remarkable qualities .

Advantages: The first thing which is most inspiring about Vodafone 858 smart is the presence of Android OS. In such low price Android OS is really a bonus. There is also 528 MHz processor in it. Latest wireless connectivity feature WIFI is also present in this handset which allows you to connect with other networks.
Disadvantages: There is simple 2MP camera which is not impressive and you cannot take quality photographs with it. Battery timing of Vodafone 858 is another problem of this handset because it only provides you talk time of 4 hours and stand by time of 250 hours. This cell phone will come in very ordinary looks and design and I consider it its biggest drawback. Overall Vodafone 858 smart is below average cell phone.

FEATURES:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2011, May
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2011, Q2
Size Dimensions 103.8 x 56.8 x 12.6 mm
Weight 104 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 130 MB storage
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7225 chipset
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors White, Black, custom graphic designs
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Vodafone Music
- Digital compass
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Talk
- MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.263/H.264 player
- Organizer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery Standard battery
Stand-by Up to 250 h (2G) / Up to 380 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)

 

HTC Wildfire S review: S-size droid

May 19th, 2011 Posted in HTC Phones | 3 comments »

well u can neglect mini phones in the market as many compititors in the market are introducing newly made technology equipments . samsung and lg are also in the mid range while sony ericsson has jst started to make a move alsoand is introducing new objects to the market htc has introduced its new wild fire s size droid.

here’s plenty of choice already for those who like their droid in a small package. The HTC Wildfire S seems to be aware of that and does well to make itself seen. The lively paintjobs and friendly compact size are the right features to show to potential buyers. The Wildfire S has found a way to further reduce size while keeping the same 3.2” screen.

One thing we should keep in mind though. HTC seem to be in power-saving mode currently with all their recent releases but facelifts offering minor improvements over predecessors. That holds true for the Wildfire S too, though this is not to say that it shouldn’t be on your list if you’re looking for the next hot mini. HTC seem to have worked exactly on the things that most needed improvement. Display is key here, HVGA finally bringing it to acceptable levels. CIF video-capture was upped to VGA and the phone runs the latest Android Gingerbread.

These things should give it enough value as an upgrade. The Wildfire S is well-designed and well-built – a colorful little droid to offer good bang for buck. Let’s look at what else the S stands for.

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
  • 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 384 Kbps HSUPA support
  • 3.2″ 256K-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) resolution
  • 600MHz Snapdragon MSM7227 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU; 418MB of user-available RAM
  • Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense 2.1 UI
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n with hotspot functionality
  • GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
  • 5 MP autofocus camera, LED flash, geotagging and face-detection
  • VGA video @ 24fps
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
  • microSD slot (up to 32GB, 2GB in box)
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Gorilla Glass display
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Light and compact
  • Turn-to-mute, lift-to-tone-down, flip for speakerphone
  • Smart dialing
  • XviD video support
  • HTCSense.com integration
  • HTC Portable Hotspot
  • Ultra-fast boot times (if you don’t remove battery)

Main disadvantages

  • Poor camera performance
  • No HD 720p video recording
  • No shutter key for the camera
  • No Adobe Flash player, Flash Lite only
  • No Document viewer
  • No secondary videocall camera
  • No ambient light sensor

The Wildfire S is the usual all-round smartphone – with the latest Android inside at that – but now in an even friendlier shape. All work and no play wouldn’t do for the Wildfire S and HTC have added some twists to the old recipe to make it 2011-ready.

NEW SAMSUNG HERCULES FOR T MOBILES

May 18th, 2011 Posted in Mobile Phone Reviews, Samsung | 3 comments »

samsung is on song nowadays its going to launch its new incredible hercules for T mobiles this new version has so many atrractive features which are going to be unveiled soon this new venture of samsung mobiles will provide a bit age over its competitors .

We are talking a 4.5” Super AMOLED Plus display and a dual-core CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz. However the chipset will be built by Qualcomm, which means that the processor will be using the Scorpion, rather than the Cortex-A9 architecture. We are yet to see if that’s a change for the better or for the worse.

Samsung Hercules is said to support the 1700 MHz AWS 3G band and if the T-Mobile and AT&T merger goes through it will also come with 850 and 1900 MHz 3G. The great news is that the smartphone will sport HSPA for up to 42Mbps on the downlink and up to 5.76 Mbps on the uplink. The LTE-packing HTC Thunderbolt aside, this is the fastest network data transfers rates we have seen so far.

The impressive specs sheet of the Samsung Hercules continues with 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot and NFC support. The 8 megapixel camera should be able to capture 1080p videos, which hopefully will be as good as those of the I9100 Galaxy S II (or in the best case scenario, even better).

The USB port will still come with MHL support, which means you are one adapter away from plugging in your regular HDMI cable and using it for TV-out. All this goodness is squeezed in a package with a profile of just 9.4mm.

The rumored price tag of over $350 will hardly surprise anyone given the feature set. Unfortunately it will take at least until August for the handset to materialize in T-Mobile stores.

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Review of Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 by techthinkers

May 16th, 2011 Posted in Mobile Phone Reviews, Sony Ericsson | 4 comments »

Sony Ericsson is working on X10 for quite a while ‘, when the utmost care to ensure the software provides the best user experience possible. They wanted their first droid is perfect and perfection takes time. That’s right – the XPERIA X10 is the first launch of Android by the Group of Sony Ericsson, hard as you might think. But it’s not really a phone quietly disappear into the crowd of first-generation droids.

sony-ericsson-xperia-x10

sony-ericsson-xperia-x10

Sony Ericsson immediately took on board the possibilities offered by customization and really ran with it. Their blue-themed interpretation breathes new life into the familiar Android OS and tries to give the user a whole new experience. But they didn’t stop there. The unique Timescape and Mediascape interfaces are supposed to give the XPERIA X10 a much-needed edge in the high-end class. Trying to compete with the HTC Sense is a tough job, but Sony Ericsson have managed to offer something completely different – giving media and communications a central place in their UI.

XPERIA X10 comes with top-notch hardware to meet its software demands. Here is the impressive specs sheet along with some potential drawbacks.

Xperia x10 review of sony ericsson

Xperia x10 of sony ericsson

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
  • 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
  • 4″ capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution and scratch-resistant surface
  • 16M-color ready (65K effective colors under Android OS v1.6)
  • Android OS v1.6 with complete Sony Ericsson UI customization
  • Timescape and Mediascape UI
  • Excellent social networking integration
  • Excellent build quality
  • Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, OpenGL ES 2.0 support; 384 MB of RAM
  • 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geotagging, face and smile detection
  • WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 30fps
  • Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
  • 1GB storage, microSD slot, bundled with an 8GB card
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
  • Document viewer
  • Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41) battery
  • Great audio quality

Main disadvantages

  • No DivX and XviD video playback
  • No smart dialing
  • Limited storage available to the user on the system partition (you are left with only 512 MB for installing apps)
  • No secondary video-call camera (or videocalling whatsoever)
  • No free GPS navigation solution
  • No Flash support for the web browser
  • No FM radio
  • An extra xenon flash would’ve made the very good camera perfect
  • Feeble loudspeaker

Most of the XPERIA weaknesses are hardly deal breakers and most people could live with them. Sony Ericsson have done enough though to reassure everyone that the XPERIA X10 will be on a par with its Android rivals at the time of release. Don’t underestimate the amount of hard work put into the X10 during the long manufacturing process. The delay was definitely worth it.

Sony Ericsson have also promised that Android 2.1 will at some point be available for the XPERIA X10 enabling the full use of the 16M color-ready display. Despite the capacitive technology, the X10 display won’t be getting multi-touch support even with the latest OS. As it turns out, there are hardware obstacles to enabling multi-touch, so Android 2.1 can’t help here.

But no more small talk. Head to the next page where we start our traditional hardware inspection.