One complaint almost everyone using a Sony Ericsson Android handset was the fact that they usually ran a primitive version of the OS. To make matters worse, their phones were not updated frequently either. Until recently, its flagship device ran Android 1.6. This, when most others had graduated to Android 2.1 and some to the then new Android 2.2. However, thanks to negative feedback from its users, Sony Ericsson seems to have learnt a lesson and is now shipping most if its new devices with the latest version of Android.
In the latest such example, the company has announced two new phones thereby expanding their portfolio of Android powered handsets. The new handsets aim to replace the Xperia X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro and are called the Xperia Mini and the Xperia Mini Pro. The only difference in the names being the removal of the X10 prefix. Both the handsets run Android 2.3 and are powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. At 3.0 inches, the screen size might be too small for a touchscreen – but with a resolution of 480*800 pixels, it should be a great experience to watch stuff on this. This one also packs in Sony’s proprietary “Reality Display” and “Mobile Bravia Engine” technologies found on higher end Android devices.
There is a 5 megapixel camera at the back – which can also record videos at 720p. The phones support micro SD cards of up to 32 GB and come with 2GB cards in the box. The Xperia X10 Mini is claimed to be the smallest Android handset and tips the scales at just 94 grams. The Mini Pro thanks to its QWERTY keyboard is much heavier at 134 grams.
Both the phones will go on sale in Q3, 2011. The price however is yet to be announced.
