Is XDA joking? - XPERIA X8 General

Have a look at this article. 1st paragraph last few lines
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sony-xperia-x10-gets-new-life-from-xperia-s-port/
Only because Sony supported one phone now Xda is saying this.

i see no problem...

' For all the naysayers about Sony, they’ve been one of the few manufacturers to continue to support their older phones.'
There is the X10 Mini, X10 Pro and X8 as well none of them were supported.
The X10 is the only phone which Sony did support

SamsungGalaxySII. said:
' For all the naysayers about Sony, they’ve been one of the few manufacturers to continue to support their older phones.'
There is the X10 Mini, X10 Pro and X8 as well none of them were supported.
The X10 is the only phone which Sony did support
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True, true, but we can't do anything about it!

yep just some rep for se or shall i say sony

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Xperia X10 to get Froyo in Q4 - Article from CNET

Got this link from Facebook lol.
What do you guys think?
http://www.cnet.com.au/who-else-is-getting-android-2-2-339304181.htm
Quote
"Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola are also working on updating the firmware in their respective Android products. Samsung in the US recently confirmed that it will upgrade its Galaxy S series of devices to 2.2 but did not specify a timeline, while Sony Ericsson has committed to a Q4 release of the update for the Xperia X10 and X10 mini. Motorola is the only manufacturer to be planning a handset with 2.2 installed out of the box, with the US-only Droid X handset to ship with Froyo in the coming weeks."
I think the above just referring to 2.1 update in both Q3 and Q4 as SE blogs has clearly stated that out. They never mentioned any words about froyo update, and they dont even say anything that they have started working on froyo yet.....so looks like it will be another long wait on that.
Don't believe on whatever the press has said. Don't you remember that there were news of Rachael coming with Eclair instead of 1.6? Or 'reliable sources' claiming that Rachael supports multitouch despite official announcements?
Even till now, a certain site is still having Rachael for sale, with 'Android 2.0' as part of the spec.
Sometimes when they get news that there will be an update, they assume that it's gonna be the latest, like everyone else.
I still believe the upgrade is 2.1.
Unless Sony Ericsson itself states otherwise.
loneLEE said:
Don't believe on whatever the press has said. Don't you remember that there were news of Rachael coming with Eclair instead of 1.6? Or 'reliable sources' claiming that Rachael supports multitouch despite official announcements?
Even till now, a certain site is still having Rachael for sale, with 'Android 2.0' as part of the spec.
Sometimes when they get news that there will be an update, they assume that it's gonna be the latest, like everyone else.
I still believe the upgrade is 2.1.
Unless Sony Ericsson itself states otherwise.
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look at this link http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/froyo-coming-to-xperia-x10-in-the-coming-weeks
hoss_n2 said:
look at this link http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/froyo-coming-to-xperia-x10-in-the-coming-weeks
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Lol that's funny

Multi-Touch & Android 2.1

Im just super confused if x10 has MT or not its been published the last few months that it well have but sony says its not..hmm i guess the update well tell
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/16/sony-ericsson-x10-can-do-multitouch-after-all-will-get-android
"Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to get multi-touch and Android 2.1?!
April 14, 2010 at 12:05 pm by Dan | In Mobile News, Mobile Phones, New Mobile Phones
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"
WOW, someone confirm. This is like mind blowing =O
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You should make the title something like "SE Confirms MT In Android 2.1?" Cause people probably think its another thread asking about MT
Hey SE....Less talk, more roll out!!!
The article is dated 16th of April.
Yea, def read that in April haha, nothing new, and pretty sure that link has been posted before.
Why not just wait and see? Nobody knows for sure. If you want mt, get Galaxy S or iPhone... Can we stop beating the dead horse?
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ROAR!!! i tot x10 really might have MT!! then i read the rest of the treads-.- April, sound like a April fool joke to me. damn=/
Those articles were everywhere in april but se then came out and said (in may I think) that the hardware doesn't support it.
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yes there is no perfect news about multitouch but in most of places it is clerly mentioned that harware of X10 does not support multitouch ( said by some sony official ) so final opinion is X10 will not have mutitouch even after the upgrade

NEWS: ANT+ for Xperia x8

Sony Ericsson and ANT+ equals fitness with Xperia™ arc
Marcus Hansson explains more about ANT+.
At Sony Ericsson we are very pleased to announce that we will be the first mobile handset manufacturer to have integrated support for ANT+ technology. This means that you will be able to use your Sony Ericsson phone with a large number of commercial health and fitness products. For example, you can use your phone with a heart rate monitor, a pedometer, or both, when you are out running.
There are number of different ANT+ enabled sensors and devices available in the market today. In addition, there are a large number of ANT+ supported apps to collect, analyze, compare and share your data in various ways. These devices and apps can turn your Sony Ericsson handset into a main hub for fitness and health activities, as well as for communication and entertainment.
ANT+ is a seamless and reliable digital wireless communication standard with excellent power efficiency. It facilitates the collection, automatic transfer and tracking of sensor data for monitoring information. Today more and more companies are joining the ANT+ Alliance, which is a partner alliance striving for the growth of the ANT+ ecosystem. This ensures compatibility with other leading suppliers all throughout the ecosystem. With the release of Xperia™ arc, Sony Ericsson is the first handset manufacturer to have integrated support for ANT+. The ANT+ support will also be introduced in Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X8, Xperia™ X10 mini, and Xperia™ X10 mini pro through software upgrades in Q1 2011. Several future Sony Ericsson Android™ devices will also support ANT+ technology.
Stay tuned to the Sony Ericsson Developer blog and to Sony Ericsson’s Developer World for more information. You can also read more on the ANT+ web site.
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Source: The Sony Ericsson Blog.
As said in the video, "… and X8 will have this enabled in the forthcoming software upgrade in Q1 2011"
Could this be part of an Android upgrade? Or do they by "software upgrade" refer to apps? Either way, it's a cool feature.
We need 2.3 for that so we will get android update.
I think because this writing in SE blog.
Yeeeee they are chance that we will get 2.3 but when?
Who cares .. it's completely useless and sony will not deliver froyo on their phones.
Anyone still owning xperia, google "ZTE Blade" :
1. unlocked bootloader
2. froyo and custom roms
3. amoled screen
4. costs $100
Oh, and the best one :
5. NOT MADE BY Erics****!
no froyo for Xperia!
as-mario said:
We need 2.3 for that so we will get android update.
I think because this writing in SE blog.
Yeeeee they are chance that we will get 2.3 but when?
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Do you mean that Ant+ requires Android 2.3 to run? Because of Xperia ARC, which uses 2.3 to run Ant+?
racht said:
Who cares .. it's completely useless and sony will not deliver froyo on their phones.
Anyone still owning xperia, google "ZTE Blade" :
1. unlocked bootloader
2. froyo and custom roms
3. amoled screen
4. costs $100
Oh, and the best one :
5. NOT MADE BY Erics****!
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Lolz. We don't even have ZTE Blade where I live.
Hopefully this "software upgrade" will have to include an Android update, too.
Btw, Xperia users, join this community on Facebook:
"Petition: Android 2.2 (Froyo) for Sony Ericsson Xperia series"
I would like to highlight that all the news regarding the discontinuance of Froyo (Android 2.2) is related to the X10 FAMILY and X10 HANDSETS.
X8 does not belong to this family or these handsets, does it? Furthermore, the upcoming ANT+ feature will come to X10 mini, X10 mini pro and X8 - SE again, specifically, omitted the X10! The ANT+ feature will become available through a "software upgrade"!
They are either being unclear about the way they announce things or they are being VERY specific.
OCEP said:
I would like to highlight that all the news regarding the discontinuance of Froyo (Android 2.2) is related to the X10 FAMILY and X10 HANDSETS.
X8 does not belong to this family or these handsets, does it? Furthermore, the upcoming ANT+ feature will come to X10 mini, X10 mini pro and X8 - SE again, specifically, omitted the X10! The ANT+ feature will become available through a "software upgrade"!
They are either being unclear about the way they announce things or they are being VERY specific.
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The x8 DOES belong to the x10 family, its seen as the mid size/range x10... if you bothered to read the first line from the article linked above about an official announcement from SE UK, you'd see yourself...
Sony Ericsson UK have officially confirmed with us this morning that the Xperia X10 family (including the X8) will not see an Android firmware revision above 2.1)
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They'll do an update to 2.1 to make this ANT+ feature work, they wouldn't announce no further updates past 2.1, but secretly be developing 2.2 etc for the x10 family of handsets, its bad for business if they do...
We wont b getting 2.2 or 2.3 whatsoever, juz an update in the future n we will still on 2.1..
Accept the truth my frens, we will stuck on 2.1 forever.. Thts it, no more SE phones for me..
Yeah, SE confirm no more update new FW for X10 family and no hope for X8, epic fail....
we arent stuck. sometime someone will crack ****ed se loader and we will get froyo..
p.s. i think there wont be gingerbread coz it will run too slow.. recomended hardware is 1GHz cpu..
timk1764 said:
The x8 DOES belong to the x10 family, its seen as the mid size/range x10... if you bothered to read the first line from the article linked above about an official announcement from SE UK, you'd see yourself...
They'll do an update to 2.1 to make this ANT+ feature work, they wouldn't announce no further updates past 2.1, but secretly be developing 2.2 etc for the x10 family of handsets, its bad for business if they do...
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I haven't seen/been able to dig up any information directly from Sony Ericsson that mentions the X8. It only seems to be mentioned in the article you refer to.
Regardless of that … If the X8 is considered part of the X10 family then we are truly screwed.
However, I am curious regarding the Ant+ feature. Why did they omit the X10 specifically in their announcement? I find it odd that the X10 - supposedly - doesn't support the hardware for Ant+ but the X10 mini, X10 mini pro and X8 does.
WARR10r said:
we arent stuck. sometime someone will crack ****ed se loader and we will get froyo..
p.s. i think there wont be gingerbread coz it will run too slow.. recomended hardware is 1GHz cpu..
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HTC WILDFIRE will be getting gingerbread and it has a 600 mhz processor!
This isnt fer anymore
SE don't want to update their current android phones because of marketing.
people will have to buy xperia arc to get android 2.3. good for their bussiness. this is how it's work.
Here what i think.
Many people has buyed many xperia smartphones but the xperia arc isnt like other xperia phones because they are cheap but xperia arc isnt.
What happen to us that will scare customers to so maybe they give update.
MAYBE!

Bad News for Xperians!!!! :(

While I was browsing, I found this!!!
http://www.slashgear.com/sony-ericsson-confirm-no-froyo-for-xperia-x10-06123921/
they said there will be no froyo or gingerbread update for the Xperia Line up!!! Ohno!!!
We all know that. It`s confirmed after the announce of the Xperia Arc
wow
that is like news old like 6 months... even sony-ericsson guy on their blog wrote that... becouse they are pushing some new PSP phone... or something like that...
so sadddddd
not dev related, moved to general
Best, DK
SE don't want to update their current android phones because of marketing.
people will have to buy xperia arc to get android 2.3. good for their bussiness. this is how it's work.
propc said:
SE don't want to update their current android phones because of marketing.
people will have to buy xperia arc to get android 2.3. good for their bussiness. this is how it's work.
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That's how it works for them, not necessarily for the rest of the industry.
There are phones with worse hardware than the Xperia series which have been given Android 2.2 updates.
IOTW, they **** on their current customers and profit on them. Nothing else.
Its not everything bad.
We can get all that have 2.2 by root phone and we will get multytouch actually we already get it.
They uploaded firmware with multytouch.
as-mario said:
Its not everything bad.
We can get all that have 2.2 by root phone and we will get multytouch actually we already get it.
They uploaded firmware with multytouch.
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that would be good
please support us,for new fw updates for the X8 and X10 family
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=904941
I am for.
What I find most annoying is that SE seems to have forgotten they made the x8 entirely.
I'm not even sure if the x8 is considered "part of the x10 family" or not. I can make semi-informed guesses, but there's no official word to clarify this.
thats bad....
Sony mentioned the x10, mini and mini pro and forgot to mention the X8..??
either they r gonna bring froyo to X8 (which i m think is never gonna happen) or they dont think X8 is important enough to mention..!!
I had tweeted SEAnswers about the Xperia X8 and this is what they had to say, I quote "There may be updates to software, however we will not be upgrading past 2.1 OS".Check the Discussions on their Facebook page, no further updates to the Android version.
So... since the x8 was originally intended to launch with 2.1, this pretty much makes the life-span of this particular device... Dead on Arrival.
It's a fine device, but the policy that comes with it is just utter rubbish.

its been conform no Ice Cream Sandwich for Xperia PLAY

its been conform no Ice Cream Sandwich for Xperia PLAY
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/products/2012/05/25/update-on-ice-cream-sandwich-rollout-for-xperia-smartphones/comment-page-2/#comments
:-#
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Xperia play Definitely my last sony and android phone. Bought this last december just for the ICS.
Will gift this to my bro and ill get iphone 4 or 4s. Good by sony and android.
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But this is the reply I got:
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Thank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.
We understand that you want to know about the availability of android 4.0 version for your Sony Xperia Play.
We value the importance of your query and we are here to assist you.
In response to your query we would like to inform you that android 4.0 that is ICS has been launched in India for Sony Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc s, Xperia neo v and is not available for any other Sony smart phone.
Kindly note that Xperia Play is upgradable to ICS and it will be available as soon as the update would be launched you would be updated through our website.
To know about the latest software updates refer the below mentioned link;
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/
For further information on Sony Xperia products, services and support please visit www.sonymobile.comThank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.
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Devedue said:
But this is the reply I got:
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Thank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.
We understand that you want to know about the availability of android 4.0 version for your Sony Xperia Play.
We value the importance of your query and we are here to assist you.
In response to your query we would like to inform you that android 4.0 that is ICS has been launched in India for Sony Xperia Ray, Xperia Arc s, Xperia neo v and is not available for any other Sony smart phone.
Kindly note that Xperia Play is upgradable to ICS and it will be available as soon as the update would be launched you would be updated through our website.
To know about the latest software updates refer the below mentioned link;
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/
For further information on Sony Xperia products, services and support please visit www.sonymobile.comThank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.
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but when did you received that?
you should report the person who gave you that information as it is 100% wrong it has been confirmed on the Xperia forum and blog that the xperia play WONT be recieving ICS so we can only hope the devs will give us the latest rom they were working on so we can get a stable rom from the amazing devs here
vokal1992 said:
but when did you received that?
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Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:16 PM
supernoodles2011 said:
you should report the person who gave you that information as it is 100% wrong it has been confirmed on the Xperia forum and blog that the xperia play WONT be recieving ICS so we can only hope the devs will give us the latest rom they were working on so we can get a stable rom from the amazing devs here
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Maybe I will.
I think this will my first and last sony phone
ICS is coming stop listening to rumour
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Its not a rumor anymore coming from an official sony xperia source.
I called it about 5 months ago but for different reasons
not sure how an official blog post on the Xperia website is a rumor... we arent getting it... not from sony atleast
Im going to be blunt here:
We dont need it. Gingerbread works fine
For those who think we do need it: You dont NEED it...You WANT it
Learn the difference between the 2 caps locked words
swebosdev said:
Its not a rumor anymore coming from an official sony xperia source.
I called it about 5 months ago but for different reasons
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I no I was just f****** with you guys haha gingerbread is bomb ics can kiss my a**
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Bleh, Sony.....wow nice way to excite people then **** on their parade. can't say I didn't see this coming. Oh well screw Sony, and Verizon. I'm going to call 611 in the morning vent some rage and then port to sprint, I'm tired of this crap.
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andiemerchcomia said:
Xperia play Definitely my last sony and android phone. Bought this last december just for the ICS.
Will gift this to my bro and ill get iphone 4 or 4s. Good by sony and android.
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Just my opinion: I wouldn't jump ship on an OS just because Sony couldn't make it work. I have an XPlay for personal use and a iPhone4 for work. I would gladly go back to my old Eris before making the iPhone my main device. If you're really hurting for something ICS-ish, unlock it and slap on a new ROM.
Thread has been closed due to all discussion moving to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26575291#post26575291
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