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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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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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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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New Custom Android 2.2 ROM for Xperia X10 released
Zdzihu from xda-developers has released a new custom Android 2.2 (Froyo) ROM for the Xperia X10. The release is timely considering that Sony Ericsson yesterday officially confirmed that the X10 family will not see an Android revision beyond Android 2.1 (Éclair). The ROM is currently in Beta and can be installed through xRecovery. A hot […]
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Stop crying. Sony Ericsson UK says its Android 2.1 update is better than 2.2
In what looks like a very misguided comment, Sony Ericsson UK has further enraged Xperia X10 owners in light of news that their handsets won’t be upgraded to Android 2.2 (Froyo) or later. The SE UK team tweeted the following: “We believe the features included in the Android 2.1 phone are on par with, and […]
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Official: Xperia X10 family will not receive upgrade to Froyo or beyond
Sony Ericsson UK have officially confirmed with us this morning that the Xperia X10 family (including the X8) will not see an Android firmware revision above 2.1 (Éclair). Whilst the company’s new line of Xperia phones will launch with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), the X10 will not be supported past Android 2.1. The company instead plans […]
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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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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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SE comments on future Android upgrades (post 2.1) for Xperia X10
Sony Ericsson yesterday confirmed that we will be seeing Android 2.1 hitting the Xperia X10 in late Q3. However, the question still on many owners’ lips is whether we will see Android 2.2 (Froyo) released on the handset. Mattias Holm from the SE Product Blog released a comment on the SE Product Blog. “You can […]
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Petition started for Froyo update on Xperia X10
Google announced Android 2.2 (Froyo) last week with some significant improvements over 2.1. I can’t be the only X10 owner feeling a tinge of jealousy knowing that we will only get the Android 2.1 update at the end of the year, by which time the next major version of Android (Gingerbread) would have been released. […]
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Android Gingerbread pencilled in for Q4 2010
We are only just digesting news of all the new features in Android 2.2 (Froyo), but life doesn’t stop there and it seems that the next major release, codenamed Gingerbread, is planned for the fourth quarter of this year. The date was leaked in a FAQ for the newly announced WebM video format. “WebM support […]
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Froyo a minimum requirement for Flash 10.1
All of those Xperia X10 owners looking forward to Flash 10.1, you may be waiting a bit longer. Adobe yesterday confirmed that you will need to be running Android 2.2 (Froyo) before you can run Adobe Flash 10.1. It will be available on Android Market, but will only appear for those handsets running Froyo. If […]
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Android 2.2 (Froyo) announced, brings lots of goodies
Google officially announced Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) yesterday at Google I/O. To give you an idea of how quickly Android has moved, this is the seventh major platform release since Android launched in September 2008. Most of the new features had already been leaked over the last few weeks. However, the full list of additions/improvements […]
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Android 2.2 Froyo to feature Tethering, Wi-Fi Hotspot function
Xperia X10 owners may have to wait until the end of the year to get Android 2.1 (Éclair) on their handsets, but by then I imagine a lot of us will be envious about new features getting baked into Android 2.2 (Froyo). Rumours already include Flash integration, app memory card support as well as performance […]
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Official: Xperia X10 to get Android 2.1 and HD video recording in Q4 2010
We’ve been waiting months for details, but now Sony Ericsson has given us a timeline on the Android upgrade. The Xperia X10 Android handset will get the Android 2.1 (Éclair) update along with HD video recording, DLNA wireless connectivity and improvements to Timescape/Mediascape in the fourth quarter of this year.