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On 2010-01-17 05:11:24, Karun wrote:
I have been following the discussions going on in the comments section at the SE product blog. As much as I want to feel optimistic, reading the posts by the sony ericsson guys posting there, its more or less certain that SE x10 will be running android 1.6 at LAUNCH.They have given reassuring statements that 'SE has full faith in its customized UI even though its running android 1.6' etc which makes it clear anyway.
Now the next two big issues are the pricing and a subsequent android 2.0 update. I really hope SE gets the pricing right as it's the factor which will decide whether the sales live up to the hype.And as far as the subsequent 2.0 update goes I don't expect SE to do us such a big favor. Simply because its too much of an effort to port the customizations to 2.0 and I dont think they'll put in that much resources once they already have our money.
I might sound a bit cynical but sadly thats the way SE works. For eg: take the case of the Satio. Satio is now the ONLY S60v5 device which doesn't have kinetic scrolling throughout its UI. Although am not much of a Nokia fan, I respect them when it comes to customer satisfaction for they indeed go the extra mile. I mean they just released an update for the now 'redundant' 5800 xpressmusic, providing much needed kinetic scrolling throughout its UI. Can you expect SE to release such a major update for a device more than a year old? When I asked for the same for the satio on the product blog, I didn't get the response I wanted to hear. Although one of the reps did agree to 'pass the message' to the higher powers'. Neither will we get an equalizer and other basic stuff which were long considered as a part of the standard feature set that modern phones necessarily come with.
Hope SE gets the pricing right this time and go that extra mile for us end users too. I wish SE has learnt its lessons from the past. Only time will tell.
Let's all take a sit and just let the X10 take it's course. Wether it will going to have a major update and will be having a reasonable price. Anyways, we're not obligued to get the X10 if it doesn't conform to our liking. And no one here actually work at SE to give a tangible info regarding X10.
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Posted: 2010-01-17 06:01:56
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The satio is also the newest S60 phone the market barring the X. It took Nokia more than 6 months to give out an update.Its not even 3 for SE.
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Posted: 2010-01-17 06:39:26
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@se dude
Whether they take 3 or 6 months is irrelevant. The imp thing is it received a major update. Now if SE goes and updates the satio too, then no complaints. But if it doesn't, then my heart goes out to scores of satio owners who paid a hefty price for what is a great device let down by poor support.
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Posted: 2010-01-17 07:41:12
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Hey!?!?
Anyone knows what the actual/current specs for X10 screen color?
Some say its with 262,144 color with Android 2.0 & 65,536 color with 1.6?
Some even say that it can be upgraded to 16m color as the X10 hardware is able to withstand
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Posted: 2010-01-17 11:17:35
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On 2010-01-17 07:41:12, Karun wrote:
@se dude
Whether they take 3 or 6 months is irrelevant.
But it is.
Nokia leisurely took months to fix the horrible user experience the 5800 had when it was initially launched, even though practically anyone who bought it were crying for fixes. SE fixed the issues that forced the CPW pullout within DAYS. On hardware that was used for the first time on the S60 platform. (OMAP3).
I have a Satio and I don't feel let down. Sure, there are things that can be improved and I'm sure those will come in some time. I'm also sure that the N97 users could use a faster processor and some more RAM but that ain't coming, is it?
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Posted: 2010-01-17 15:15:55
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Omap 3 had already been used on the omnia HD or i8910 on symbian. Just thought I would point that out
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Posted: 2010-01-17 15:42:41
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Really? I was under the impression that it used a platform that had Samsung's own variation of the Cortex A8 design.
I stand corrected if it's otherwise though.
That notwithstanding, the Satio update came in a lot faster than the AMR issue in the Omnia HD.
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Posted: 2010-01-17 15:50:30
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@synn
I hope you're right. Only time will tell.
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Posted: 2010-01-17 19:42:01
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Whats the point of OMAP3 and 256mb RAM in Satio when theres hardly anything taking full advantage of it? I agree NOKIA should've used it as we know N97 wouldve been much better with it,but it seems the Satio's great HW is just a waste,except the Camera,and its poor battery realy aint helping,sounds like the N95-1 all over again,just with more RAM.
Anyway are there major differences between Android 1.6 and 2, and 2.1? And did SE ever update the XPERIA X1 to WM6.5 OR is the X2 meant to be that update? If so im sure thats EXACTLY whats going to happen here, want a Android 2.0 SE? Screw you,get the next XPERIA Android.
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Posted: 2010-01-17 20:08:49
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On 2010-01-17 20:08:49, GUCCI.011 wrote:
Anyway are there major differences between Android 1.6 and 2, and 2.1?
Look for yourself (X10 however does not seem to use vanilla 1.6, so the difference may be even smaller).
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0-highlights.html
On 2010-01-17 20:08:49, GUCCI.011 wrote:
And did SE ever update the XPERIA X1 to WM6.5 OR is the X2 meant to be that update?
Unlike Android, WM is not a free OS and hence I'm sure some kind a license agreement with MS is required to allow such upgrade. Considering MS seldom gives anything out for free, I'm sure an upgrade to a newer WM version requires some additional payment.
Android on the other hand is a free OS with no such restrictions to my best knowledge, so I believe the chances of X10 getting Android upgrades is bigger than X1/X2 getting WM upgrades.
Just my 2 cents.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2010-01-17 20:15 ]
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Posted: 2010-01-17 21:06:29
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