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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 […]
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Which Android version are you running on your Xperia X10? [Poll]
Now that Sony Ericsson has confirmed that the Xperia X10 family will not get any more official Android releases, many users are now looking at the custom ROM’s to get them onto Froyo or even Gingerbread. The custom ROM releases are becoming more stable over time, just earlier this week we reached Beta 3 for […]
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Sony Ericsson LiveView gets firmware update
Sony Ericsson’s awaited firmware update for its LiveView Bluetooth micro display is now out according to the SE Product Blog. Improvements include general bug fixes, greater connection stability, improved automatic reconnection as well as the random reboot issue being resolved. The compatibility across handsets (outside of Sony Ericsson) has also been improved, both in terms […]
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Winner Announcement: Alu Leather Case for Xperia X10
We had over 450 entries to win an Alu Leather Case for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 thanks to the guys over at MobileFun. However, in the end there could be only one winner. We used ramdom.org to pick us a winner, so many congratulations to Nikica (number 342) who will have this case heading […]
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Custom Froyo Rom for X10 hits Beta 2, gets camera fix
The custom Android 2.2 (Froyo) ROM for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has reached ‘Beta 2’ stage. Zdzihu from xda-developers has included a number of minor fixes but the headline feature is a working camera (although video recording is still out of action). The latest hotfix also includes RockPlayer (the media player capable of playing […]
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Sony Ericsson ships 9 million Xperia handsets in 2010
Sony Ericsson released full-year results for 2010 and within all the financial blurb, the company revealed that it had sold 9 million Android Xperia handsets during the year. Considering that the Xperia X10 only launched in early April with the X10 mini, X10 mini pro and X8 following thereafter it seems like a pretty good […]
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Dual-touch fix for all ROMS now available
Are you running a custom ROM? Can’t wait for the official dual-touch update to hit your handset? Well you’re in luck as the whiz-kids over at xda-developers have released a dual-touch hotfix that will work on all ROMs. All credit goes to Bin4ry from xda-developers, you can find the downloads needed and instructions here.
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Official: Dual-touch Xperia X10 update hits Japan on 19 Jan
Just yesterday we saw a video demonstrating the new pinch-to-zoom update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Well now Sony Ericsson Japan has officially notified users that this update will hit NTT DoCoMo on 19th January through PC Companion and 20th January OTA. They have also confirmed that the new dual-touch features will work in […]
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Dual-touch and one-finger zoom shown off on Xperia X10 [Video]
Hopefully, it shouldn’t be too long before we see the dual-touch firmware update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. While we wait, a video has surfaced that shows dual-touch working on the X10 as well as the one-finger zoom. It seems like a worthy addition to the handset, but the timing of the update is […]
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Custom Android Gingerbread ROM hits the Xperia X10
The ninja devs over at xda-developers have just released the first Android Gingerbread alpha for the Xperia X10. This is great news for those X10 owners that don’t mind tinkering with their phones, especially since SE has announced no further Android support past v2.1. As you would expect with an alpha release, there are a […]
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Competition: Win an Alu Leather Case for your Xperia X10
The mood has been down in these parts over the last week or so, ever since we found out that Sony Ericsson was no longer updating the Xperia X10 Android version. However, thanks to our friends over at MobileFun, we can brighten the mood up with a competition. They sent over an Alu Leather Case […]
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Sony Ericsson admits Xperia X10 mistakes; says 2011 will be better
Sony Ericsson has openly admitted that their first foray into Android was not up to scratch. Steve Walker, global head of marketing for Sony Ericsson, said that “the first generation of handsets in our portfolio was about getting the capability out there,” whilst speaking to Pocket-Lint. He went on to say that when they started […]