SONY ERICSSON X10 Mini Pro REVIEWThe SONY ERICSSON X10 Mini Pro takes many of the original handsets features and technology and shrinks them down into a far smaller handset with a 3.2 inch touch screen as opposed to the large 4.3 inch display of the X10, added to this is a full Qwerty slide out keyboard for those people who like to press physical buttons when entering text rather than the on-screen option.
One big difference between the new X10 Mini Pro and the previous X10 and soon to be launched Sony Ericsson X10 Mini is that the camera has been slightly downgraded from 8.1 mega pixels to 5.0, this also helps to keep the price of this new Android handset low with the initial release price slated at £249.99, compared with the £489.99 asking price of the original X10 model this is a huge discount.
The release date for the SIM Free Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro is now confirmed as May 24th 2010, the Mini version of this handset without the Qwerty keyboard is also rumoured to be launching at around the same time giving consumers a real choice of new, smaller Android phones.
The main display changes slightly from the larger model with the manufacturer using short-cuts in each corner of the screen, they claim that this makes it far easier to select features and applications just using your thumb on the smaller touch screen and these can also be personalised to your favourite programs and functions.
SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, Q2
Size
Dimensions 90 x 52 x 17 mm
Weight 120 g
Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.55 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Timescape UI
Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA; HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video light
Secondary No
Features
OS Android OS 1.6
CPU Qualcomm MSM7227 600MHz
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black, Red
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via third-party application
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po
Stand-by Up to 285 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)
One big difference between the new X10 Mini Pro and the previous X10 and soon to be launched Sony Ericsson X10 Mini is that the camera has been slightly downgraded from 8.1 mega pixels to 5.0, this also helps to keep the price of this new Android handset low with the initial release price slated at £249.99, compared with the £489.99 asking price of the original X10 model this is a huge discount.
The release date for the SIM Free Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro is now confirmed as May 24th 2010, the Mini version of this handset without the Qwerty keyboard is also rumoured to be launching at around the same time giving consumers a real choice of new, smaller Android phones.
The main display changes slightly from the larger model with the manufacturer using short-cuts in each corner of the screen, they claim that this makes it far easier to select features and applications just using your thumb on the smaller touch screen and these can also be personalised to your favourite programs and functions.
SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, Q2
Size
Dimensions 90 x 52 x 17 mm
Weight 120 g
Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.55 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Timescape UI
Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA; HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video light
Secondary No
Features
OS Android OS 1.6
CPU Qualcomm MSM7227 600MHz
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black, Red
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via third-party application
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po
Stand-by Up to 285 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)