April 14th, 2010 
Rob 
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is a worthy addition to the ever growing Android family, bringing a huge touchscreen display, best in class camera and unique offerings such as Timescape and Mediascape. But, as good as it is, the X10 is not without it’s drawbacks, most notably the fact that it’s stuck languishing on Android 1.6 and lacks support for multi-touch. But, this could all be about to change should the mutterings of a Sony Ericsson employee be taken at face value.
Speaking at the press event for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 launch, the Sony Ericsson rep responded to criticisms of the outdated OS by stating that a “very big update” was due in Q2 of this year. Though obviously not wanting to give too much away, very big to us would definitely point towards the X10 joining the Android 2.1 crowd. That is unless Sony Ericsson have stolen a march on their rivals and will be updating to a new and as yet unreleased version of Android! Whatever it is, it’s gonna be big!
As if this wasn’t exciting enough, our man on the inside was also able to shed some light on the lack of multi-touch and potentially quash the rumours that the limitations are hardware based. Though specific details were thin on the ground, apparently multi-touch is also something that is on the cards and similarly we can expect to see an update at some point in the second quarter of the year. Keep an eye on the blog for more information as and when we get it.
UPDATE: Since this post was published, we’ve been contacted by Sony Ericsson who have stated that the X10 update will be available in the second HALF of 2010 (around September) rather than Q2. Apologies for the confusion but still, better late than never!
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this is now making me want this phone even more using a htc hero on orange at the mo
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By september, 2.1 will be obsolete so ericsson would want to be working on 2.2 or whatever or they will get a reputation of being off the pace tech wise. I would rather they had just provided vanilla 2.1 android than custom updates for old versions of android. (This post was written on an Xperia X10)
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sony ericsson should employ more engineers and
focus on android…
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So they contacted you about the blog posting telling you it was second half of 2010, but didn’t deny the possibility of multi touch? Meh, I haven’t used anything with multi touch so don’t miss it as such. Still, I won’t turn down some free updates!
@Pete – Correct, seems highly unlikely they’d correct us on the date discrepancy and not multi-touch if we were wrong about that too. So, the future’s looking good for X10 owners!
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Android 2.1 was to be expected but multi-touch would be a huge surprise! Please Sony, make it so!
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multitouch???
Wow great!!
Awesome, cant wait to read more about this.
Hmmm, but they still haven’t denied the possibility of multi-touch when contacting you? Good news, if so
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I’m with the other Matt on this one, if its any good this update and comes along in September that will be cool, just ripe for my free upgrade’d phone, its either the X10 or the HTC Desire for me, and having owned SE’s for the better part of 10years I’d like the X10…we shall see
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It seems as if Sony Ericsson has been putting in its heart and soul to make sure that its latest launch, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, turns out to be an excellent blend features offering best user experience ever. So, finally, the first Android of the Sony Ericsson family has been rolled out and though, an amateur in its class, this very first member won’t fuse in the crowd of first generation droids. Not just this, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 comes with all the top class hardwares to give space to software demands. Its 4″ capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution and scratch-resistant surface gives its face an awe-inspiring look. Besides, the Android OS v1.6 with complete Sony Ericsson UI customization gives media and communication a prime place in their UI.
I have an sony ericsson xperia and this works like a charm in multi touch!
I really like his style.It seems as if Sony Ericsson has been putting in its heart and soul to make sure that its latest launch.
the xperia x10 lacks multi touch