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Best Buy Mobile Offers Free Android Smartphones

David Wasserman — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:10:34 +0000

Best Buy Mobile Offers Free Android Smartphones is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Best Buy Mobile is having a huge December sale, offering up one free phone (mostly Android) for each carrier, each day. You can get a free smartphone with the standard two year deal. Keep in mind you will not be getting top shelf stuff here but it’s a good deal if you are in the market for a budget level phone. Some of the Android phones are the HTC Droid Incredible and the LG Optimus S.

Press Release:

Best Buy® Announces Unprecedented Specials: Free Smart Phones Through December

New campaign offers customers the choice of free smart phones across all four major carriers

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co. Inc (NYSE:BBY), today announced that it is giving consumers another reason to celebrate – a holiday event featuring free smart phones. Every day in December, Best Buy Mobile will feature a minimum of four free smart phones (one from each carrier) in all Best Buy stores, in all Best Buy Mobile specialty stores and online at www.BestBuy.com/FreeSmartPhones.

Based on the overwhelming success and customer feedback from the Free Phone Fridays campaign in October, Best Buy will feature FREE smart phones every day during the remainder of the holiday shopping season. Examples of smart phones featured include:

Droid Incredible by HTC (Verizon)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (AT&T)
LG Optimus S (Sprint)
LG Optimus T (T-Mobile)

“We were excited by the amount of consumer interest we received around our ‘Free Phone Fridays’ promotion in October, so we wanted to do it again only bigger,” said Shawn Score, president of Best Buy Mobile. “People want smart phones and we couldn’t think of a better way to end the year for our customers than to offer free devices every day in December.”

The free phones require new or upgrade activation with two-year agreement and minimum quantities will vary by store. There are no price matches and the offer is not valid on prior purchases.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Launching August 15th

David Wasserman — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:09:25 +0000

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Launching August 15th is a post from: Android Phone Geek

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is on its way to AT&T slated for an August 15th release. The 4-inch phone Xperia X1o comes complete with 8-megapixel camera, LED flash, 8GB of on-board memory, 2GB microSD card, and the Timescape and Mediascape UIs.

The X10 will run you $149.99 after two-year contract and rebate. No off-contract pricing was announced.

Curiously the Android version on board was not announced but you can assume it will be Android 1.6 (yikes!) with an upgrade pending later in the year.

Full Press Release:

AT&T and Sony Ericsson Announce the Xperia™ X10

Smart meets entertaining – Sony Ericsson’s flagship Android smartphone offers an open and integrated world of communication, entertainment and social media

DALLAS and ATLANTA, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – AT&T* and Sony Ericsson today announced a dynamic multimedia experience with the Android™ based Xperia™ X10, available August 15. The Xperia™ X10 introduces Sony Ericsson’s unique and entertainment-driven Xperia™ platform to U.S. customers in a cutting-edge, beautiful and fun package.

The Xperia™ X10 comes fully loaded with a 4-inch crystal clear touch display, superfast 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a GPS. The smartphone also features an 8.1 megapixel camera with smile detection, face recognition, autofocus and LED flash. The device comes with 8 GB of on-board memory and a 2 GB in-box memory card, with expandable memory up to 32 GB.

Sony Ericsson’s custom user experience is great for the intersection of communications and entertainment. Two signature applications, Mediascape and Timescape™, build on the Android platform to enhance the experience for users.

* Mediascape on the Xperia ™ X10 gathers music, photos, videos and content from your phone’s memory card and online, letting you browse, search, listen and share your media from one unified view. For example, view photos taken on the device as well as your Facebook® and Picasa™ web albums. Or, when listening to a favorite song on your phone, press Sony Ericsson’s infinite button to access related content about the artist pulled from the phone’s memory as well as albums, songs and video content from YouTube™ and search results from Google.
* Timescape™ is a unique communication application that automatically organizes social interactions in chronological order, leaving users free to concentrate on keeping in touch on-the-go. From Facebook® and Twitter® updates to photos, emails and text messages, a scrolling menu offers easy viewing and organization of all communications. Additionally, tap the Timescape™ infinite button to bring up and view all communications from a single person in a single place.

“Sony Ericsson has created a unique choice for our smartphone customers looking for a fun and smart device,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Mobile Phone Portfolio, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets.

“Sony Ericsson is raising the bar for entertainment-rich phones with the launch of the Xperia ™ X10,” said Paul Hamnett, senior vice president, Sony Ericsson North America. “With the convergence of our user experience platform and the Android OS, we are bringing consumers a smartphone experience that is not only exciting, but also very refined. Following the successful global launch of the Xperia™ X10, we are pleased to partner with AT&T to launch this phone in the U.S. market.”

Pricing and Availability

The Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 smartphone will be available in black at AT&T stores, authorized retailers and www.wireless.att.com on August 15 for $149.99 after a two-year service agreement and minimum smartphone data plan.

For the complete lineup of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com.

Rogers Officially Launches Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

David Wasserman — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:42:01 +0000

Rogers Officially Launches Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Canada’s Rogers network officially launched the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 this morning. You can pick one up for $149 with a 3-year deal. Rogers mentions that the Xperia X10 currently runs Android 1.6 but will eventually be getting an update. Check out Rogers Video after the break.

Click here to view the embedded video.

[Via Rogers]

Xperia X10′s Camera Facial Recognition Demo

David Wasserman — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:58:32 +0000

Xperia X10′s Camera Facial Recognition Demo is a post from: Android Phone Geek

In case you weren’t aware, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10′s Camera has facial recognition software that enables the camera to identify faces within pictures. For example, if you take a picture of someone, you can easily find more pictures that person since the X10 will group the pictures together based on facial recognition. So for a phone (actually smartphone) not only do you get an 8 megapixel camera but this nifty feature as well.

See the video below for a demonstration of the facial recognition system on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Video:Xperia X10 Does 3D maps

David Wasserman — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:09:36 +0000

Video:Xperia X10 Does 3D maps is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Ericsson Labs has a short video demonstration of their new 3D Landscape API running on an Xperia X10 phone. Satellite maps are rendered in 3D making for a really cool map demo. Wouldn’t this API rock in a navigation app?

From Ericsson: The SDK libraries uses unique maps in 3D and fast methods for rendering the maps which makes it possible to show realtime 3D maps in high quality. The maps for the SDKs are downloaded from a backend server and buffered in the mobile as needed.

3D Landscape features include:

Realistic maps in 3D
Free access to map data
Advanced rendering engine
Simple API

See the video after the break.

Xperia X10′s Sibling:Codenamed ‘Robyn’?

David Wasserman — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:13:49 +0000

Xperia X10′s Sibling:Codenamed ‘Robyn’? is a post from: Android Phone Geek

It looks like the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has a little sister codenamed “Robyn” that’s really small.Â Just look at the picture, the device is tiny!

The ‘Robyn’ is reported to come with your usual connectivity options–3G, Wi-Fi, etc, 3.5mm headphone jack and a 5 megapixel camera. It looks like the same UI as the Xperia X10. It will also come in four different colors.

[Via se-blog]

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Photo Snapped At The FCC

David Wasserman — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:40:27 +0000

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Photo Snapped At The FCC is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Look what popped up at the FCC!Â A photo of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and a very nice one at that!

Technology, where gems like the X10 occasionally pop up complete with pretty in-the-wild pictures, teardowns, and user manuals. What we’re looking at here are test results for EDGE 850 / 1900 plus WCDMA Band IV (that’d be T-Mobile’s and WIND’s spectrum, by the bye), WiFi, and Bluetooth, so even if T-Mobile ultimately chooses not to offer it on contract, you should be able to score it one way or another N900-style. The user’s manual is basically just 40 pages of good stuff plus a bunch of conformity statement mumbo jumbo, but it’s still a good read — so if you think this might be your phone of choice come 2010, have a look.

You can check out more pictures and user manuals here.

[FCC via Engadget]

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Releasing January 18th?

David Wasserman — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:44:54 +0000

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Releasing January 18th? is a post from: Android Phone Geek

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 was previously rumored for release on February 10th but it looks like the device could be that launching even earlier. Play.com is showing the release date of the Xperia X10 for January 18th 2010. They are a UK-based retailer so it’s still unclear when (or if it ever does) the Xperia X10 will arrive in the US.

[via androidcommunity]