Sony Xperia X10 Handset - Official Launch?

With the Google Android operating system being widely proclaimed as the smartphone market leader by most analysts, yet another Android device is apparently on the horizon – the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone, which will probably be the ‘mysterious’ product that Sony is set to officially launch on Monday.

For quite some time now, speculations have been rife that Sony will announce the long-awaited launch of its Xperia 10 handset, in conjunction with carrier partner AT&T, between early August and mid-September.

Though there has been no official disclosure about the retail pricing of the Xperia 10, earlier reports have indicated that the handset will cost nearly $USD 345 for independent dealers.



While the Xperia 10 was appeared to be a very compelling handset when it was first announced last year, the notable enhancement of the Android scenario over the time has probably made this handset somewhat outdated already – more so because the device will apparently run Android version 1.6 when most Android handsets are upgrading to Android 2.0 version!

Commenting on the teaser that features an Xperia-shaped object and says “Smarter is coming,” Engadget remarked: “There’s no indication these X10s will have anything other than the dusty Android 1.6-based platform they’ve been running everywhere since their global launch, so get ready to travel back in time.”!