They’re keeping schtum on the dates and specific dates, but Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 Android handset will be lapping up on the shores of Vodafone UK April.
Packing an almighty 8MP camera and coming in (ooo-err) ‘Sensuous Black’ and ‘Luster White’, the 3G handset packs a 4″ 480 x 854 pixels 65k colour TFT touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, aGPS and 1 GB internal storage (384 MB RAM) and a microSD slot supporting cards up to 16GB.
Hey big snapper
The camera is the big news on this baby, and comes with a load of popular consumer features that’s going to make the paltry snapper on the iPhone look like something trapped in the primordial slime.
The Xperia’s 8MP camera comes with geo-tagging, smile detection, video light, image stabiliser, face recognition and flash which shouldmake this a practical alternative to lugging around a compact camera.
Timescale
For fluttering social networkers on the move, Sony’s Timescape feature bundles together Facebook and Twitter feeds, emails, photos and text messages onto one screen, so ne’er a Tweet will be missed.
If all this has got you moist with anticipation, you can register your interest on Vodafone’s site, or read more on the Xperia site.
Full specs:
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900 or HSDPA 850 / 1900
Size Dimensions 119 x 63 x 13 mm
Weight 135 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches
– Scratch-resistant surface
– Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
– Timescape/Mediascape UI
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM
Card slot microSD up to 16GB, 8GB card included
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes, WVGA@30fps
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS 1.6
CPU Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Sensous Black, Luster White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via third-party application
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
– Document viewer
– Voice memo
– T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)
Misc SAR US 0.87 W/kg (head) 0.81 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.40 W/kg (head) 0.91 W/kg (body)
