Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 now comes with new features for enhanced speed and usability

· Continuous auto-focus camera HD recording function for the
clearest videos

· Social Phonebook auto-syncs your contacts with photos and
updates from FacebookTM and TwitterTM

· Improved Timescape™ usability to easily keep in touch with
your friends via all your favourite social networks

The Sony Ericsson XperiaTM X10 smartphone now comes with a variety of new features in a software update that promises an enhanced and unique Sony Ericsson user experience.

On top of the Operating System upgrade to AndroidTM 2.1 (Éclair), all new Xperia™ X10 smartphones throughout Singapore will now offer enhanced video recording, user interface and TimescapeTM functions. Existing users can upgrade their Xperia™ X10 smartphones at any of the selected Sony Ericsson customer service centres listed below.

The upgrade, with selected features, is also available on the Sony Ericsson XperiaTM X10 mini and mini pro smartphones.

The new features that are available on the Xperia™ X10 smartphones with the software update include:

* Larger home screen: The XperiaTM X10 now offers a five panel
home screen instead of three, allowing for a 20 icon setup instead of the previous 16. Enjoy the flexibility of having space to organise your favourite applications, widgets, shortcuts and folders with ease.
* Continuous auto-focus & HD video recording: The continuous
auto-focus function now comes enhanced with greater clarity and responsiveness for a best in class HD recording experience.
* Improved TimescapeTM usability: Auto-scroll of social media
updates and improved responsiveness enhance the TimescapeTM user experience.
* Social Phonebook: Automatically syncing FacebookTM, TwitterTM
and phone contacts with photos, the application shows when your friends are online and what they’re up to in one easy-to-use interface. (also available on XperiaTM X10 mini and mini pro)

* Enhanced user experience: New functionalities and a world of
applications from the Android™ Market at your fingertips. (also available on Xperia TM X10 mini and mini pro)
* Preloaded apps (Singapore market only): A series of apps will be
preloaded exclusively on all Singapore XperiaTM devices to further enhance the communication and entertainment experience for users. These include ShowNearby™ for Sony Ericsson, TrackID™, Evernote and OfficeSuite viewer. (also available on Xperia TM X10 mini and mini pro)

Availability

The software update is available now on all Sony Ericsson XperiaTM X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro smartphones.

Sony Ericsson releases firmware updates (Android 2.1 ?) for Xperia X10, Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro. This came as a surprise as it is just the beginning of Q3. Nothing is mentioned if it is Android 2.1 or just a cosmestic update to the User Interface. If you own one of these phones, do try it out and feedback your findings.

Source

Today, Sony Ericsson hold a Global Press event at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The launch is held in conjunction with CommunicAsia 2010.

Rumours started to fly last week and most of our predictions were spot on. Sony Ericsson today announce three new phones. THey are they Xperia X8, a slightly bigger brother of the Xperia X10 Mini based on Android (but still runs ANdroid 1.6 right now).

Update : Sony Ericsson just confirmed that the Xperia X8 is ready to launch on Android 2.1 in selected markets. Due to operator testing in various markets where they may not be ready to go ahead with 2.1, the X8 will be launched on Android 1.6. But in these cases, an upgrade to 2.1 will be made available shortly after purchase.

The 2nd phone is the Sony Ericsson Yendo, a touch screen walkman phone. Although it spots the 4 corner UI just like the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini, it is based on ODM design and it is not not powered by Android.

The 3rd phone featured today is the GreenHeart phone, the Cedar. It is an affordable phone with 3G HSDPA. In the next few pages, we will take a look at the phones in more details starting with the Xperia X8.

At the event, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, X10 mini and X10mini pro will receive software upgrades from Q3 in selected markets. The software will be upgrade to Android 2.1.

In addition, HD video recording will be added to the upgrade of Xperia X10 in Q3. A further uprade to the Xperia X10 in Q4 will make it possible to connect wirelessly to and display content on your TV and enhance. Timescape and mediascape applications will also be enhanced.

For those of you who likes smaller form factor Android phones, the Xperia X10 mini is definitely worth considering. It has almost all the features of it’s bigger brother the Xperia X10 less the mediascape. It also comes with Android 1.6 which is scheduled for an update to 2.1 in the 2nd half of this year. The Xperia X10 mini retails for HKD 2480 and there is also news that the other sibling Xperia X10 mini pro will also arrive in early June.

You can take a look at the specifications and videos of the Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro here.