Comments on: Xperia X10: Hands On, High Price, Nexus & WebSDK

By: Xperia Nexus: Sony Ericsson Changes Name | Android Phone Fans

Xperia Nexus: Sony Ericsson Changes Name | Android Phone Fans — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:10:56 +0000

[...] months ago the name Nexus meant something very different to the Android world. That’s because Sony Ericsson announced Nexus, their custom build and UI for Android that was made up of 2 components: Timescape and [...]

By: Jonas

Jonas — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:17:59 +0000

I just want them to upgrade to Android 2.0 as opposed to 1.6. I think then it will give the phone a different experience.

By: jaska

jaska — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:47:06 +0000

1) there is a flash
2) will be updated
3) sensor is there
4) yes there is
5) false
6) not everyone wants one
7) again not true
8) so? buy a bigger one.

Good points you made there. :D

By: david

david — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:45:51 +0000

X10 has many shortcomings compared to Droid
1)No Flash,so no camera/video capture at night
2)Android 1.6 vs Droid has Android 2.0
3)No Ambient Light sensor( Display brightness automatically adjusts as per the outside light – dark vs bright )
4)No Voice activated google maps navigation
5)Video capture for X10 is at lower resolution then Droid
6)Biggest of all: No physical keypad
7)Price for X10 is more then four times of Droid
8)Comes with only 8GB transflash vs Droids 16GB transflash card

By: Xperia X10 To AT&T, Details Emerge | Android Phone Fans

Xperia X10 To AT&T, Details Emerge | Android Phone Fans — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:15 +0000

[...] cool? If a few online retailers who are taking pre-orders for the unlocked X10 are on target, that $879 price isn’t far off, andhow disappointing that will be. The folks at MobileCityOnline are [...]

By: Satvic

Satvic — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:30:39 +0000

it’s sad to see motorola putting that bulky chunky keyboard into every model. I think they’d kill it with slick think GSM Droid version on T-mobile right now especially with T-mobile unlimited no contract plans. SE would be a nice shiny toy nobody could care less about.

By: D

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:31 +0000

VOTE FOR T-MOBILE

By: xraptorx

xraptorx — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:54:06 +0000

I am disappointed with how SE and HTC for that fact are doing the pre-product launch marketing. What we see are honest reviews that are finding lots of faults. The feedback about the phone is already showing this phone is not going to meet the expectations of the market.
Compare this to Apple’s launch of ipod, ipod touch and iphone. There we saw rave reviews and market expectations were exceeded. The product was already polished and ready to go during pre-launch.
I really wanted to move to Android, but the more I see and more I read about the product line coming out, it is not selling me. The super powered hardware still performs very slowly (regardless of why – SW or HW) compared to that of iphone. I hate to go on about that phone, but it is starting to become apparent to me that for the next 2 years the iphone platform will still be a better experience in terms of: speed, functionality, variety of apps, and lack of bugs and issues

By: A man

A man — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:06:50 +0000

@didi
Also, if the HTC Passion arrives in Dec, as rumored, it would take a lot of market share away from the X10. And by a lot, I mean most of it. HTC is a more reputable manufacturer and has a larger fan base in the mobile world (at least in the US). Not to mention it’ll probably be much cheaper. Truth is, the time frame no longer exists where it’s justifiable to release a phone with these specs at this price.

By: A man

A man — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:03:37 +0000

@jason
I wasn’t actually calling your post out for anything. I picked out the A1 from it simply because I’ve seen other people refer to it several times without reason.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:28:56 +0000

@a man

I reserve judgement on every product in every market until there is sufficient evidence to think otherwise. Besides, Acer gets a little better every year. I would call them decent, at this point. Also, note the word ‘maybe’ in my post. You might just be venting at the general hype, but there was a healthy enough dose of skepticism in my post that your rant is pretty much misdirected.

By: didi

didi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:53:03 +0000

the high price tag would be ok, if they released it this holiday season. Because it would be the only SnapDragon/Android phone on the market. But next year, when probably more SnapDragon/Android phones are released, it will be much less competetive.

By: A man

A man — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:41 +0000

I have no idea why everyone thinks the Acer A1 Liquid is going to be a good phone. None of Acer’s other products are good, why would this be any different? Because it has a snapdragon processor in it? Hahaha.

The HTC Passion will probably be the only phone to deliver after the Droid. The X10 already has so much negativity about it, and the general public probably doesn’t even know Sony makes phones. There isn’t really any other phone announced for the next few months that’s on my radar.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:22 +0000

It’s really very simple. Good software is vanilla android 2.x… The x10 has been slowly headed towards off-my-list for the last month and a half, and it’s pretty much landed in no-man’s land after this info. Bring on the htc dragon/passion, moto droid tablet, and maybe the acer a1 liquid…

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:19:28 +0000

Time and again hardware manufacturers seem to underestimate the need for good software to match the hardware, or else the device won’t fly. So far only HTC has got it right with their low-end but nevertheless great user experience phone “Hero” (Motorola kinda there, but not so innovative as HTC). Sony Ericsson is about to find it out the hard way ! Recently, there was a GigaOm article about the need for good software:
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/18/smartphone-success-centers-on-software-not-hardware/