As expected, Sony Ericsson introduced its first smartphone based on the Android operating system.
Sony Ericsson, which has seen its market share slip over the past year, hopes the device will serve as the flagship for a family of devices that the vendor will introduce in the first half of 2010. The smartphone, called the Xperia X10, includes a new user interface called UX that builds on many of the advances HTC and Motorola have made with their own Android user interfaces. Unlike the Droid, which runs on Android 2.0, this device runs on Android 1.6.
Sony Ericsson's UX user interface features two unique applications called Timescape and Mediascape. Timescape allows users to browse all of their communications with a contact--via photos, emails, texts, Facebook and Twitter--in one view. Mediscape allows users to manage various content, from their phones, YouTube or Sony Ericsson's PlayNow media portal. Additionally, both of these features can automatically recognize connections among contacts, content and media, Sony Ericsson said. The phone also has an "infinite button," which is designed to allow users to see all of their connections with a contact.
The device includes an 8.1-megapixel camera, a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen, WiFi, GPS, 3.5 mm headset jack and comes with an 8 GB microSD card. Sony Ericsson said the Xperia X10 would be available in select markets in the first quarter, but did not specify which ones. The company also did not reveal pricing information.
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