SI: Sony Ericsson Releases Great Software Update For XPERIA X2 Smartphone

[Christopher]

The XPERIA X2 debuted late last year and is a smartphone of the XPERIA series by Sony Ericsson. Features include a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a sliding arc keyboard, 8.1 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G, among others. It runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and the home screen can be customized to the normal Windows 6.5 home screen, XPERIA panels, or an isometric pixel art city. Some mobile phone news sites have suggested that the XPERIA X2 may be the last Sony Ericsson phone to use the Windows Mobile operating system, as Sony Ericsson concentrates its efforts on Google’s Android platform, and Symbian OS.

Surprisingly, Sony Ericsson has released a rather large update for the X2 which improves many aspects of the phone. According to Aaron at the Sony Ericsson Product blog, the update “brings performance and stability improvements throughout the device and introduces several new features as well.” We were quite impressed with this update, and hope that Sony Ericsson continues to offer large updates like this for other devices in the future. SE recommends using the Update Service application to facilitate the XPERIA X2 software upgrade.

Here is a list of some of the changes:

• MR1 is built on a new core platform release from Microsoft including a newer version of IE6
• Stability improvements are everywhere with focus on SlideView, Panel manager and TileWave
• Performance improvements focused on rotation and touch performance, the camera, web browsing, the software keyboard and audio streaming
• New features are added like FM radio, Video calling, Auto-lock and Fast GPS which allows for a faster first fix to the GPS signal
• SlideView 2.0 gives better usability throughout with a fresh design; and new actions are build in like new/reply/delete/edit capabilities in messaging and calendar. Music scrolling/searching and the mini-player have also been enhanced
• The new dialer took a big step forward with four easy buttons giving easy access to the dial-pad, favorites, call activity and contacts. We increased the target hit area in contacts for finger friendliness and added user friendly redial functionality
• Based on feedback from you, we really worked hard on the software keyboard (XT9) by improving speed and touch responsiveness

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