Xperia™ X10 – Would it be an Android device?

Since many smartphone vendors unveiled their new Android powered handheld, will Sony Ericsson release an Android device? According to their official site, Sony Ericsson will soon release a touch screen device to the market and it supposed to be in the market during the first half of 2010.

Xperia series would be the most wanted gadget by Sony Ericsson that will release soon, one of this series is Xperia™ X10. This series has been waiting to be the most gorgeous phone with touch screen feature. Xperia™ X10 is featured with Timescape™ where manage your messages from some social media such as Facebook and Twitter in one box.

Which known that another Xperia series, X2 that has also touch screen feature, is powered by Windows Mobile OS. However this series will be unveiled with the specification:

• X10 is running Android 1.6.
• Android 1.6 has OpenGL ES 1.1 APIs (native and Java)
• X10 hardware (GPU) supports OpenGL ES 2.0
• X10 SEMC applications (such as Timescape) rely on a UI framework which is Qualcomm proprietary and indirectly use OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware and functionality.

However, with X10 running Android 1.6, OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs are not accessible to all developers. Completed with display 480 x 854 pixels WVGA and 16,536 color TFT touchscreen, it would be a worthy gadget to wait for. You can see Xperia™ X10 further detail from demo video below, or you can make a product comparison to other Xperia series or seeing the detail specification here.