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Android Market redesign now rolling out
The newest version of the Android Market which sports a redesign was announced last week and is now rolling out to handsets. We noticed the new market hit our Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 earlier this week, but it had a few bugs with icons part-missing. However, after clearing the cache and downloading a few more […]
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Sony Ericsson dev team starts work on Gingerbread
Whilst Sony Ericsson are still trying to decide whether or not current Xperia X10 and X10 mini owners will ever see Android 2.2 (Froyo), it seems that at least part of developer team has started working on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). What is not known, however, is if this work relates to current or future Sony […]
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Android 2.3 Gingerbread preview ROM on the Xperia X10 [Video]
Many have been asking the question about whether the Xperia X10 will receive the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update at some point in the future, either through official or custom means. Well those chances have been boosted as one of the xda wizards has released an Android 2.3 preview ROM for the Xperia X10, which runs […]
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SE Turkey rep says official Froyo Xperia X10 update coming in Q2 2011
A Sony Ericsson support representative in Turkey has revealed that the Xperia X10 will get updated to Android 2.2 (Froyo) during Q2 2011. aLPaSLaN07 from xda-developers asked the question and received the reply that we’ve attached below. The text broadly translates into: “SE X10 will get the Android 2.2 update during the second quarter of […]
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Xperia X10 goes up against 8 other smartphones in display shootout
One of the biggest considerations when buying a new smartphone has to be the display used. This not only includes factors such as the size of display used, resolution, and whether multi-touch support is included (us X10 owners know this point all too well!) But you also need to factor the display technology used – […]
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AT&T says “timing undefined” for Xperia X10 Éclair update
Frustrated US owners of the Xperia X10 have been sitting on the sidelines watching most other X10 owners from around the globe boasting about the Android 2.1 update. The bad news is that AT&T X10 owners may still be in for a lengthy wait. Sony Ericsson USA has posted an update on their Facebook page […]
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Custom Froyo ROM for Xperia X10 landing next week
The xda-developer ninjas recently brought us the first Android 2.1 custom ROM for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. They’ve since been beavering away and are now close to making the stock Android 2.2 (Froyo) firmware available for download next week. This will include Flash support and even faster performance (Quadrant score of 2,588). A dual-boot […]
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O2 UK X10 update now released, T-Mobile says next week, Vodafone still quiet
We thought we’d just update you on how far along the UK operator’s are with the Android 2.1 Xperia X10 update. The good news for O2 customers is that the update finally started to roll out this afternoon. T-Mobile have also updated their customers, tweeting that they expect the update for the X10 family to […]
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Official: Xperia X10 will get multi-touch in Q1 2011
Sony Ericsson has officially confirmed that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will get some form of multi-touch during an OTA firmware update in Q1 2011. Rikard Skoberg from the SE Product Blog has said that there will be pinch-to-zoom (dual-touch) functionality on the web browser and Google Maps. So what’s changed you might be asking? […]
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Custom Android 2.1 now available to download for all tinkerers
A week ago, we reported that the gurus over at xda-developers were well on their way to getting a custom Android ROM working on the Xperia X10. Whilst the bootloader hasn’t been cracked, they’ve managed to get a new ROM on the existing kernel. This morning, the devs have released the firmware that will allow […]
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Orange UK and Three get X10 update; O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone users still waiting
Despite the fact that the generic UK Android 2.1 update for the Xperia X10 family rolled out 11 days ago, we are only now seeing some of the operators release their branded firmware. Orange and Three released the update yesterday according to user comments. However, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone Xperia X10 owners are still waiting. […]
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Xperia X10 update hits Germany for generic and O2 handsets
Just a quick heads-up to let you know that Germany is now rolling out the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 update for all generic handsets along with those on O2 Germany. We believe the generic German update started rolling out last night but Sony Ericsson Germany officially confirmed it this morning through their twitter account.
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Rogers Android 2.1 Xperia X10 update finally lands
Rogers has released the Android 2.1 update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. A tipster pointed to a release date at some point this week and it looks like he was right. A number of people have already downloaded the firmware successfully according to the comments in our last Rogers post. Looks like Sony Ericsson […]
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Custom Froyo ROM loaded onto Xperia X10?
There are reports from xda-developers that devs may be close to loading a custom ROM onto the Xperia X10. Video evidence shows xda member booting an X10 running Android 2.2.1, albeit with an unchanged kernel. As a nice touch the boot screen has the words ‘Free X10’. He goes on to confirm that the bootloader […]
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Complete list of Xperia X10 Android 2.1 ‘kit’ numbers to date
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 family continues to receive the Android 2.1 (Éclair) update through different regions and operators. The guys over at the SE Product Blog have highlighted the full list of ‘kits’ that have been updated thus far. Sony Ericsson’s reference to kits is that each type of X10 in each region will […]