I’m a rubish techonolgy reporter, so I won’t blab on for too long talking about things you don’t need to hear.
Recently, I picked up a new Sony Ericsson X10 – running Android. I made a switch from my very reliable and loved Blackberry Bold (9000) running OS 5.0. I was pretty nervous about doing it seeing as I’ve had a fear of touchscreen smartphones since I owned my first generation iPhone. BUT, So far, so good – I’m really happy with it.
Right, down to business.
Phone – Looks pretty, that’s what the girls like. It’s white too. It’s what the girls like.
Camera – Good, 8MP, does the job. smart. with video.
Battery – ususal usage: a day. You wanna be charging it everynight.
O/S – Running android 1.6 – I know some of you will be shouting about your 2.1 and 2.2. But actually, it’s very stable and never have any issue’s. Yes, it lack some of the cool features, but what the hell. IT WORKS. You’ve still all the usual droidy stuff, like apps and all that lot.
Signal – Seeing as most (new smartphone) owners seem to be having problems with their network today, I for one, am not! Good signal strength in most locations and 3G seems to be fast. I’m on orange if your wondering.
Extra features – TimeScape. A pointless app that I never use. It’s for browsing twitter and facebook, blablabla. Really, I just use the facebook application and seesmic combined. Sorted.
All round, I’m really happy my switch, seeing as I didn’t pay a penny for the phone with a trade in.