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Geohot buys an Xperia X10 to hack
Renowned hacker George Hotz aka Geohot has revealed that he recently bought a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, as he looks into the security and encryption of the handset. The X10 is likely to be used as ground work in preparation for a full-on assault on the Xperia Play, which he already has said is his […]
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Xperia arc ROM ported to X10
Following on from the release of the Xperia arc system files, one of the devs (TripNRaVeR) over at xda-developers has ported over this arc ROM to the Xperia X10. This new custom ROM is based on Android Gingerbread (v2.3.1) and includes apps from the Xperia arc including Timescape and the Mediascape widget. The release is […]
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Xperia arc Home Launcher now available for X10
It was a matter of time before some of the key system files from the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc would be downloaded for all to dissect. Well that time has come, with the system files making an appearance on xda-developers. A number of apps have been extracted, one of the key being the new home […]
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Sony Ericsson confirms DLNA not coming to Xperia X10 family
Sony Ericsson has confirmed that it has dropped DLNA, one of the features it promised for the Xperia X10 last May. The feature had to be “de-scoped” due to a number of changes since the original announcement including adding pinch-to-zoom as well as splitting the Android 2.1 update into two parts. All is not lost […]
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Who uses Timescape on a daily basis? [Poll]
This week’s poll is a simple one, we would like to know how many of our readers use the Timescape application. Both Timescape and Mediascape were pushed heavily by Sony Ericsson on the release of the Xperia X10. We actually like the concept, but don’t use Timescape as we found it a bit of a […]
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AT&T Xperia X10 reaches EOL; hopes vanishing for Android 2.1 update?
Whilst most of us around the world are now running the Android 2.1 update on our Sony Ericsson Xperia X10s, spare a thought for those in the United States, where users are still stuck on Android 1.6. Back in late November, Sony Ericsson USA said that the update will take longer to hit the States, […]
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Boost your Xperia X10 performance – JIT installation guide
Judging from our last poll, the vast majority of you are running stock Sony Ericsson firmware, despite the various custom ROM options. Well many of you may not be aware that there is an easy way of enhancing your X10 performance by installing a JIT (just-in-time) compiler. JIT compilation is a method to improve the […]
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Rogers releases new 2.1.1.A.0.6 firmware for Xperia X10a
Rogers has released some new firmware for its Sony Ericsson Xperia X10a handsets earlier this week with version number 2.1.1.A.0.6. This is over and above the 2.1.A.0.435 firmware that has been hitting most X10i handsets to date, but seems to bring similar improvements including dual-touch and Mediascape changes. One difference includes a new Baseband of […]
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Xperia X10 side-by-side against the 2011 Xperia line-up
If you are wondering how the current Sony Ericsson flagship, the Xperia X10, stacks up against the new Xperia’s then check out the photo below. It shows the Xperia X10 in a line-up against the Xperia arc, Xperia neo and Xperia pro. The only one missing is the Xperia Play. The photo shows that the […]
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Custom Froyo ROM hits the X10 mini and X8
Up until now most of the custom ROM love has gravitated towards the flagship Xperia X10. However, there are now a number of xda-developer ninjas porting custom ROMs to both the X10 mini range and the Xperia X8. There are a number of different custom ROM’s currently in progress so hopefully it shouldn’t be too […]
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Hang on. SE Brazil says Gingerbread coming to Xperia X10 in October
Okay take this with a huge pinch of salt, but Brazilian consumer complaint site Reclame Aqui, has seen Sony Ericsson Brazil respond to one person’s complaints on the Xperia X10 with a startling revelation. The official response to the person’s complaints on the lack of updates goes on to say that whilst Android 2.2 (Froyo) […]
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Xperia X10 xda-developers at war
The latest version of two of the most popular custom ROMs for the Xperia X10 went live over the last 24 hours. First zdzihu & Jerpelea’s FreeX10 Froyo ROM reached Beta 4, which offers only minor improvements over Beta 3 but is designed to work for those who upgraded to the latest firmware (v2.1.A.0.435 and […]
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Sony Ericsson reveals changelog for latest Xperia X10 family update
Sony Ericsson’s Rikard Skogberg has laid out the full details of the latest firmware update that is starting to roll out. This update is for the whole Xperia X10 family (including X8), but there are slightly different features between each. All handsets get new language support (including Arabic, Farsi, Thai and Hebrew) and bug fixes. […]
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SE confirms latest Xperia X10 update is the big UXP update
Sony Ericsson’s Rikard Skogberg has confirmed over at the SE Product Blog that the latest firmware update for the Xperia X10 (2.1.A.0.435) is indeed the big fabled UXP update that was due to hit the handset during Q1. At the time, this update was said to bring improvements to Timescape and Mediascape and it seems […]
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New Xperia X10 firmware (2.1.A.0.435) brings Mediascape improvements and dual-touch
Over the weekend, Sony Ericsson started to roll out its latest firmware (version 2.1.A.0.435 and baseband 2.1.54) for handsets running Global Generic X10a firmware. The improvements that this new firmware brings includes dual-touch and one-finger zoom capabilities, some Mediascape changes, a speedier keyboard, a revamped calendar app and also a video editor (only available for […]