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Timescape and social phonebook from Android 2.1 update demoed
Following on from last week’s video demo’s of some of the new found functionality in the Android 2.1 Xperia X10 update, Rikard Skogberg from the SE Product Blog has released another video highlighting the changes made in Timescape and the (social) phonebook. Timescape, on the face of it, looks largely unchanged, however there are some […]
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Xperia X10 Android 2.1 update and continuous focus officially demoed [Video]
Rikard Skogberg over at the SE Product Blog has released some new videos that show us exactly what we can look forward to from the Android 2.1 update on the Xperia X10. The software is still in a pre-release state but he goes on to say that SE are close to “releasing the final candidates […]
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‘Xperia X10 HD’ to land in a matter of weeks; same hardware?
Rumours are circulating in the French blogosphere that Sony Ericsson is set to launch a new mobile dubbed the Xperia X10 HD. It seems to be more of a marketing ploy though as the X10 will have the same hardware as existing handsets but will ship with Android 2.1 and HD video recording in tow. […]
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X10 Éclair update hitting France in late November plus more details on improvements
As news of the Xperia X10 Android 2.1 delay filters throughout the globe, many regional offices have been providing their own response to local (frustrated) X10 owners. We’ve come across two such pieces of communication one from Sony Ericsson France and the other from SE Brazil. Whilst much of the detail has already been covered, […]
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More details on Android 2.1 Xperia X10 delay
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 owners have been up in arms following yesterday’s announcement that the Android 2.1 update has been delayed by a month. The post on the SE Product Blog is nearly 1,000 comments strong, with some very harsh words for SE, and we’ve had over 200 similar comments on our post regarding the […]
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Xperia X10 Android 2.1 update officially delayed to end of October
Uh-oh, this is going to get ugly. We don’t like to be the bearer of bad news but Sony Ericsson’s Rikard Skogberg has confirmed over on the SE Product Blog that the planned Android 2.1 (Éclair) update for the Xperia X10 family has been delayed until the end of October. Just yesterday, Sony Ericsson UK […]
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SE white paper suggests no 16m colours for Xperia X10 Éclair update
Sony Ericsson has released a new white paper for the Xperia X10 that gives some more details on what to expect from the forthcoming Android 2.1 (Éclair) update. The paper (dated 16 September 2010) highlights that the TFT display will remain at 65,536 colours after the update. This will be a big disappointment for those […]
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SE Spain says Android 2.1 Xperia X10 update to launch during week 38
Sony Ericsson Spain has confirmed on their Facebook channel that the Android 2.1 (Eclair) update for the Xperia X10 will launch during week 38 (20th to 26th September). That fits with the “end of Q3” timeline we’ve been given previously – it’s good to know that this date still appears to be entact. No other […]
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Justin Timberlake carrying an Android 2.1-powered Xperia X10?
Justin Timberlake uses a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android handset. Well that’s if Engadget is to be believed with their photo detective work. However, before you feel vindicated about your choice of mobile (or not), the real interesting part of the story is that Timberlake may be running a special Éclair update on his X10. […]
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Xperia X10 launches with Android 1.6 in US
Sony Ericsson is either brave or stupid, I can’t work out which. That’s all I can think after Sony Ericsson responded to our tweet and confirmed that the Xperia X10 will launch with Android 1.6 when it hits the United States later this week. The X10 is going up against some true Android heavyweights in […]
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Exploid Root Method for Xperia X10 [Tutorial]
Despite flagging the one-click root method for the Xperia X10 family over the weekend, there are still users that couldn’t get it to work. To help them out we’ve expanded on the original Exploid tutorial to make it easy for complete newbies to get root on their Xperia X10 handsets. This method will work for […]
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Android 2.1 on Xperia X10 gets video demo
There has been much excited talk in recent days given the fact that details of the Xperia X10 Android 2.1 release are slowly leaking out. We now have a preliminary idea of what features are to be expected, along with a 720p video sample, but we haven’t had a view of the phone running Android […]
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Xperia X10 Android 2.1 feature set begins to leak
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is not expected to see the Android 2.1 (Éclair) update until late Q3. However, Sony Ericsson is no doubt testing the ROM extensively before release. gbil from xda-developers has managed to get hold of the test version and is revealing some information of what he’s found so far. First off, […]
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R2BA026 firmware hitting Xperia X10 handsets in UK, India
Sony Ericsson is hard at work on improving the Xperia X10 handset. Following on from the recent rollout of R2BA020-R2BA024 firmware, SE is now releasing R2BA026 firmware across a number of regions including India and the UK. R2BA026 updates the baseband to 1.1.31. SE do not provide a changelog but initial impressions appear to be […]
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Xperia X10 debrand tutorial revised following SEUS update
Sony Ericsson has updated its SE Update Service (SEUS) software over the last week to version 2.10.7.15. There’s no way of trying to run the older version as SEUS will automatically update it once started. One of the main changes appears to be a fix that SE has implemented to stop people debranding their handsets. […]