WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Over the weekend it was rumored that the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Android smartphone would be called the the Xperia 3, that was previously code-named Rachel.  Instead Sony has jumped numbers to Sony XPERIA X10.

Sony created something simiiar to the Moto Blur experience. They developed Android apps in what they call the UX Platform for media, contacts/social networking, email syncing and recoginizing faces. In a video demo they make all the features rock.

The UX platform builds on top of the Open OS and creates a unique Sony Ericsson user experience by combining entertainment features with signature applications.The Sony UX Platform Introduces signature applications like Mediascape and Timescape, the XPERIA X10 lets consumers organize everything in their phone in an intuitive way:

• Sony Ericsson Timescape manages all your communication with one person in one place.  Browse through your conversations the bright way to check out your  Faceboo Twitter, photos, emails, and texts all in one go
• Sony Ericsson Mediascape is the smart way to get all the music, photos and videos you want from your favourite friends and artists. It accesses content from everywhere - your phone, YouTube, PlayNoW - and presents everything for you

Intelligence capabilities, integrated into Mediascape and Timescape, automatically recognizes connections between contacts, content and media. Features of it include

• Pressing the new "infinite button" guides you through the connected world, aggregating all your interactions with one person into one view.
• Intelligent face recognition features recognize up to five faces in any picture, automatically connecting them with your social phonebook and all other related communications with that person.

Sony Ericsson'san download any application that they want direct from a wide variety of stores including PlayNow and the Android Market. Sony Ericsson is also introducing the new Wireless Stereo Headset with FM Radio - WM600. Featuring advanced Bluetooth( technology and a built-in FM radio, WM600 lets you stream music to your headset in high fidelity through sound-enhancing ear-buds.

The XPERIA X10 will be available in selected markets from Q1 in the colors Sensuous Black and Luster White.

XPERIA X10 Specs:

Size 119.0 x 63.0 x 13.0 mm 4.7 x 2.5 x 0.5 inches

Weight 135.0 gr 4.8 oz

Screen 480 x 854 pixels WVGA 16,536 color TFT touchscreen.

Available colors Sensuous Black Luster White Memory Phone memory 1GB SanDisk microSD™ up to 16GB, 8GB included