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By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:23:49 +0000

Downright horrible opinion article. Sounds like a forum post by the uninformed or over assuming individual!

By: Se7en2

Se7en2 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:06:56 +0000

Why are you praising a phone that has yet to see the light of day? You're making a lot of assumptions in your article, and we all know what that leads to. I just think it's premature to crown this phone the king/queen of Android when it's not going to be released for another 4 months (most likely). By that time, there's no telling how many new Android phones will be available, many probably with the Snap Dragon processor and slick interfaces.

Don't get me wrong, I'm actually holding out for this phone instead of getting the Droid, but my expectations are a little more realistic than this article.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:27:52 +0000

I realize this is an Op-Ed piece, put it seems to lean way too much to the opinion part of Op-Ed.

Opinion number one - SE is ahead of the competition. Huh? Motorola Droid/Milestone is available. HTC HD2 (okay it's WinMO 6.5 not Android) is available. SE's UX does not look to be better than HTC Sense.

Opinion number two - processor speed is all that counts. Once the hardware gets into the right places for real testing, the dual core processor in the Droid will probably be faster than the higher clock speed single processor in the X10 for the things that you do with the device.

Opinion mumber three - see posts above on camera MP.

Opinion number four - SE has "learned from Xperience" Only time will tell if SE has really learned or not. Track record on being slow with updates (like often never updating) is a major issue with some potential customers, especially first adapters.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:42:51 +0000

"Why on earth do other manufacturers not have the same approach."

Because there is nowhere else you can get an iPhone. With lots of Android competition, SE introduces early to hoping to stop people from buying Droids and Heros and wait for their product to come out...

By: Benjamin Rubenstein

Benjamin Rubenstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:20:46 +0000

I AM SONY ERICSSON!

Except when I'm not...

By: Nedjo

Nedjo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:04:01 +0000

Ben, how much $ did you get from SE for this piece of propaganda?

Did you actually bought this phone to ne able to judge about it and how it compares to other phones?

By: toutratus

toutratus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:56:22 +0000

I don't see the "search" button anymore... what happened to it? Is it on the side or did it disappear? If it disappeared, how do they serve the search?

By: anon

anon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:29:38 +0000

The problem why SE couldn't, from what I understand, implement Android 2.0 just yet is due to the delayed support of Android 2.0 on the Snapdragon processor. But I too believe that an Android 2.0 must be in the pipeline.
As for the annoucement, I think SE had no choice. There were so many leaks that it probably had to be done

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:30 +0000

Wait, why on earth do we believe SE are hard at work implementing Android 2 for the X10? Did I miss an announcement?

Given their track record I expect to see nothing but bug fixes for the X10 and it will be stuck at Android 1.6 or 1.5 (w/e) for an eternity.

By: Bluepork

Bluepork — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:48:34 +0000

That's one thing Apple have always got right - when they announce a product, it's in the shops that week. Why on earth do other manufacturers not have the same approach. Who do they think it serves to announce a product that is, to all intents and purposes, a fantasy?

Anyway, back to the main topic, and I believe the reason that the manufacturers haven't embraced Android in the way that you wish, is because the whole thing is driven by business and profit. If a manufacturer is going to spend the money on high end hardware, they need to ensure a profit. If the handset is not differentiated through software (or OS) then sales are probably going to be lower.

Most consumers won't root their devices, and rely on the network for updates etc. Personally, I would prefer to rely on the relatively progressive Google, than on SE or Vodafone or whoever for updates, but people like me don't represent the population that these manufacturers are targeting.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:23:04 +0000

"they gave it an insanely awesome 8.1 MP camera"

8.1 is a big number, and I'm sure the SE's marketing team will be jumping up and down when they put 8.1 on all of their marketing material. However, from a photographers standpoint, this is horrible. The sensor size on these phones is extremely small. Much smaller than digicams. The small lens won't be able to resolve the detail to make 8.1 MP worth it, and the small photo receptors are going to be very noisy.

Some camera manufacturers are ending the MP race. Canon's G10 was 14.7MP. The new G11? Only 10 MP. And, guess what? It takes better pictures.

For a camera phone, a 3MP sensor that is stabalized and has good dynamic range and sensitivity would be amazing, and take much better pictures than some pack-in-the-MP sensor...

Now, for the phone, it looks great. My biggest concern is the custom UI, and for two reasons. 1) the video from the press conference showed the Rachel UI running very slow. I'm sure they will speed it up, but it is still processor intensive and I could see this slowing other things down. 2) Software updates. X10 users are going to have to wait for SE to update the UI before they get an update. They are currently behind. When they come out with their 2.0 update, Google will probably have 2.5 out...

--Bill

By: chuksy

chuksy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:20:06 +0000

Are you sure SE have learnt from experience?
Don't get me wrong i love SE's products, but why keep releasing products months after its announcement.
Satio was released atleast 4 months after announcement,by then everyone was bored to death of waiting.
It gives their competetors ample time to get something similar or even better released and thereby take a big chunk of their market share.
Motorola released their phone few weeks after it was announced,same with HTC,why can't SE do the same. Its not rocket science if others can, why can't they?

I don't think i can wait 4 months. if HTC comes out with something as good,i guess i might go for it.

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