Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini

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A smartphone's smaller than a cigarette pack, lighter than 90 grams, enough to go lightly from one application to another, from one document to a video, from Facebook to MMS, without a shot, without lag, with a camera with great performance, lots of widgets, QWERTY and pleasant web surfing? If you find it, give us a whistle, because it is not the case with this Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini.

The word "mini" is now a separate brand, especially in the handset market, where legend has it that mini is synonymous with cool. If the technology now allows you to minimize the size of mobile phones (think of those attachable to the wrist), the hardware is not enough but we must also make it convenient to use that object and not nerve-wracking. We will be successful?

The dimensions are 83x50x16 mm and the first thing that catches your eye (proportionately) is those 16mm thick which, accomplices rounded forms, making it rather short. The front has three hot keys (menu, home, back) is black and shiny, as shiny and reflective is the screen. Inevitable fingerprints. Better than the back cover, pleasant to the touch (the black) and not prone to fingerprints. The back cover is interchangeable, they have already added in the packaging and the colors are: white, black, red, pink, lime and silver. The shell is rather solid and durable, the same covers seem to be able to withstand frequent changes without breaking anything. Also on the back of the phone are placed the camera lens, LED flash and autofocus. In the battery compartment there are the SIM and the memory card (including a 2GB), but not the battery. In fact the battery is not replaceable! When - inevitably - will sell, you'll have to send the phone in total assistance. months, to apply ourselves to take it apart or throw a dodgy battery "compatible". Choice inexplicable.
On top of the shell has been inserted the power button / block, on the right + / - for volume and camera shutter. No keys on the left side and are placed at the bottom of the entry headphones (including, in-ear) and the micro-USB port to connect your PC and recharge the cell phone.

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The screen is capacitive, 2.5 ", has a good sensitivity (no multitouch) but is low resolution: 240 × 320. The target of this X10 mini are young, so he cleaned / DU interface Android 1.6 with a more personalized fit, both for the target to the screen resolution and processor capacity, is an agreeable choice. But we expected something better on the right side of the most used by the younger market, however:

- No QWERTY for text messages
- E-mail Accounts limited
- No flash
- Surfing the web with that resolution is exhausting (at least it has WiFi and ADSL)
- If you compile a module, the bar must be alphanumeric 'to cover the fields of the form
- Only one widget per screen, the screens become too slow if you do not have a ring and reached the last page must risfogliarle one by one to go back
- Poor visibility under the sun
- Timescape: What is it? Twitter + Facebook + missed calls + messages. The interface is nice, got there. There are better applications for managing multiple social networks.
- Camera: 5MP with autofocus and LED flash, the pictures are good, both outdoors and indoors. Strange macros, generally very good on Sony Ericsson devices, this time just decent. Limited options, as well as scenes. Discrete Video, 640 × 480 30fps.
- Audio: poor speaker quality, good headphones and earphones too good.
- Battery: It lasts less than 3 hours of talk time (4 to declared) and can not be replaced (and then even buy reserve for long journeys).
- Overheating: We do not know if it is a defect that is limited to our sample and we can not do this more efficiently, but in conversations lasting longer heats up more than other devices.

The X10 costs € 249 and the official release date for Italy is scheduled for 8 cm