Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 announced

So it's offical now, the Xperia X10 was announced by SE and presented by pretty Ullis Norström:



You'll find the full press release and a lot of details about the device here.

I'm very surprised how accurate all the rumors and leaked pictures were! Some of us now need to decide between the X10 and the Satio. Both are packed into a very classy design, but X10's user interface brings more of Sony Ericsson's style and Android 1.6 OS, which simply has more appeal to many out there. When the phone will finally be released to the market it hopefully features Android 2.0. (since 1.5 and 1.6 still lack some common things: for one currently it's not possible to transfer files via bluetooth, because MANY of its profiles ain't supported yet. In our office that was the main method for quick phone2phone file transfer.) Update Nov 12.2009: The phone will be released with Android 1.6

But the commercial video shows something essential: we might just focus on the simple questions and cut the geek crap, does the phone look good? does the user interface look good? Is the touchscreen responsive, does the camera shoot good pictures, can we sync our appointments and address books?

Sony Ericsson however introduces the so called UX Platform, a comprehensive way, how the user can access contact information and media stored on the device, plus also on the internet. They split this function into two new productnames: Timescape for contact information and Mediascape for songs and videos; they are accessible through the infinite button. The press release tries to explain it to us - but one has to wait and see how the functionality and performance develop during the next 4 months.





Xperia X10: has Android 2.0 and a very fast cpu, no Xenon flash, display can only show surprisingly few colors, Video Recording 854*480 16:9 / xxfps, truly multitouch capable? No automatically changing Wallpaper on X10? ds ds ds well all these features will be delivered by you or the android community I guess. Then there's timescape and mediascape ... and possibly a very hefty price tag, around €600-700.
Update 26.12.2009: sample pictures and movies taken with Xperia X10 (8MP)

Satio: has Xenon flash, 12 MP (only 9MP when shooting in 16:9), Video Recording 640*480 / 30fps, superb address book and messaging client, very good value for money.

Slashgear Demo Video

for a rather complete comparison of Satio and Xperia X10 click here [sony ericsson UK]

General	Satio™	Xperia™ X10
Size	112.0 x 55.0 x 13.0 mm	119.0 x 63.0 x 13.0 mm
Weight	126.0gr	135.0gr
Available colours	Black Silver Bordeaux	Sensuous Black Luster White
Screen	360x640 pixel 16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen	480 x 854 pixels WVGA 16,536 color TFT touchscreen
External screen
Memory	SanDisk microSD™ support	Phone memory 1GBSanDisk microSD™ up to 16GB, 8GB included
Networks	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSPA 850/900/1900/2100	GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSPA 900/1700/2100
Performance GSM Standby time: Talk time: Video call:	11 hours 0 min 360 hours 0 min 0 hours 0 min	0 hours 0 min 0 hours 0 min 0 hours 0 min
Performance UMTS Standby time: Talk time: Video call:	4 hours 50 min 340 hours 0 min 2 hours 20 min	0 hours 0 min 0 hours 0 min 0 hours 0 min