Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Rachael closer to officialdom

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 (a.k.a. Rachael) just made another public appearance, confirming the rumors that its official announcement is coming as soon as 3 November. An official sales brochure of what is Sony Ericsson make-or-break project appeared online, revealing another particularly cool part of the handset.

Update: Sony Ericsson have already setup a mysterious landing promo page for their "next big thing", coming on 3 November. The only link available on this landing page leads to Sony Ericsson homepage but not without including a referral for its origin, which quite directly mentions Rachael ([tautan dihapus] Well, the mysterious landing page is no longer such a mystery. Ain't that right, Mr. Watson?

Now back to that leaked XPERIA X10 sales brochure. The new fact that we managed to get out of it is that the Android-running handset will pack 32GB of internal memory, expandable even further with memory cards. That puts the XPERIA X10 on top of its class, matching the Nokia N97 record.

Just don't get overexcited about that 1080p logo on the brochure. Much like Sony advertise their digicams, we bet it doesn't have anything to do with video recording, but instead indicates that the camera can be set to capture FullHD 1920 x 1080 pixel images (which is mere 2 megapixels really, so not a big challenge for a 8 megapixel camera).

Ternyata youtube brosur yang kupost di thread portfolio SE ada benarnya.

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Dari video didpt kesimpulan

Layar 4,1 inch, OLED sama capacitive
Internal memori 32 GB
plus HDMI

So with the official brochures printed and ready, the market release of the device itself can't be too far away. Will Sony Ericsson manage to do it in time for the Christmas shopping spree?

Rachael dirilis tahun 2010 ???

Tambahan penjelasan

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will be available in Japan too!!! The screen is 4.1 inch WVGA, not 4 inch! The phone will be available at Ntt Docomo, Japan will have a GREAT smartphone!!! .

I want to explain something, on the left side it is mentioned(with yellow at the most phones) the screen, eg 3.3 TFT means the screen of the phone, or 3.7 ASV means the screen sise too! The phones name it is mentioned on the left, left side, eg F01B=Fujitsu F01B. So F is for Fujitsu, N is for Nec, P is for Panasonic, Sh is for Sharp! About the screens, there is a 4.1 number at the So-01B, that is the X10's SCREEN! At the bottom(at the chart it is mentioned XPERIA X10. I hope you will find it. It is a little bit hard, but I like the Japanese phones, and I learned those inidcations.

Ku serahkan bagi yang mengerti IT terutama tentang LINUX.

Android Vs Maemo

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Technically, both Maemo and Android run on Linux kernels. However, Maemo is a full Linux distro, based on Debian, while Android is a sole kernel with a few programs on top of it (namely, Dalvik virtual machine and Sqlite database). On Adnroid all applications run within Dalvik virtual machine, which is heavily optimized and modified version of Java virtual machine (JVM). I tried to analyze the benefits of each platform from the perspective of a software developer, as well as platforms' current "strategic position". If you are too busy to read all the details, there is a short summary paragraph at the end of each chapter.

Android vs Maemo from developer's perspective

Development.

Maemo SDK is Linux-only. It's not a problem for me (as Linux is my OS of choice), but it may be a problem for many developers. SDK works best on Debian or Debian-based distros (e.g. Ubuntu). Maemo is also a Debian-based distro, so SDK simply uses Scratchbox cross-compilation toolkit to build for both x86 and ARM architectures.
Maemo applications are developed in GTK+ using Hildon application framework. Naturally, the primary language of Maemo application development is C. Other languages can also be used, as GTK+ has bindings for many programming languages, including C++, Java, C#, Ruby etc. However, most applications will be developed in C, mainly due to performance constraints, which are especially actual for mobile devices. GTK+ itself is a bit archaic by today's standards, and although Hildon is specifically targeted for touch-screen interfaces, most of work is still done in GTK+ and good old C. Thus, the development platform is not on par with modern mobile application development environments such as iPhone SDK, Android SDK, or Palm WebOS Mojo SDK. This may change with Maemo 6 release (codenamed "Harmattan") when Qt libraries will be supported and Qt will become Maemo official application development framework. But this will happen somewhere in 2011, so for now Maemo application development is a step behind that of Android.
Update: As multiple commenters pointed out, Qt should be already used for Maemo application development. It's a modern way to develop cross-platform apps that will run on both Maemo and Symbian OS (as well as Windows/Mac OS X/Linux, although it may not be practical to use similar UI for both desktop and mobile software). The earlier Qt becomes official application development framework for Maemo and Symbian OS, the better.

Android SDK is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Applications are developed in Java and the development platform is really easy to get into. It features XML (DSL) for GUI interface building, easy strings internationalization, app storage within SQLite database, background processes management etc. To make a long story short, it's how modern mobile application development platform should look like. The only downside is that all applications are in Java, and for some developers Java became the synonym of slowness (although it's not that slow on Android, as Dalvik VM is specifically optimized for running on it). For such developers, there is an option of using Native Android SDK, although its capabilities are very limited, especially in hardware access department.

Porting existing applications.

In this area, Maemo has a huge advantage over Android, as it's a full Debian based distro. With the help of Scratchbox Cross Compilation Toolkit many open-source tools can be compiled for ARM architecture. A number of command line utilities can be ported with a simple cross-compilation, GUI apps usually require UI rewrite, but anyway it's much easier to port open-source app to Maemo than to write it from scratch. Some of the famous open-source apps are already ported to Maemo: MPlayer, Pidgin, Gnumeric, Abiword and many others.
On Android, porting an open-source app from x86 Linux is almost as hard as porting an app from any other platform: all UI and logic has to be rewritten from scratch.

Summary: Development is easier on Android platform, while porting existing apps is easier for Maemo platform.

Strategic position

Both platforms are aimed at the same vertical market: smartphones – MIDs – netbooks. Maemo is backed by Nokia alone, while Android is backed by Open Handset Alliance, whose members include Google, Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC, Acer and others. Nokia may be the largest mobile phone and smartphone manufacturer on the planet, but it cannot compete with such a might. Thus, it's obvious that in the nearest future Android devices will outnumber Maemo devices by a large margin. There should be 18 Android devices released by the end of the year, while there will be only 4 Maemo devices released by that time (Nokia N770, N800, N810, N900). Even if N900 and new Maemo MIDs, and finally netbooks will sell better than their Android counterparts, the total install base of Android devices will grow faster than that of Maemo devices. The larger install base, the more OS is interesting for developers (assuming, it has a decent app dev platform). Nokia's main competitors - Samsung and LG - will use Android as a competitive advantage, and throw their development and marketing efforts behind this platform. Motorola is trying to save itself with its MOTOCLIQ aggressive pricing and MOTOBLUR Android software, and it has the chances to succeed!. Under the circumstances, Maemo becomes Nokia's main competitive advantage, so the company should throw its efforts behind it or lose market leadership. The position of fierce competition ensures the bright future for both platforms. However, which platform will finally win is another question, and perhaps the most interesting one. The logical winner is Android: it'll have larger install base in the nearest future; more developers will work on apps for Android; it is backed by powerful corporations, mighty Google among them. Nevertheless, there is a single power that can keep Maemo up float and possibly even make it prevail in the long term: open-source community. You'd argue: both Maemo and Android are open source. It doesn't matter. What matters is whether the platform could benefit from countless man-years of efforts, done by open-source community. Android benefits only from Linux kernel development and a small number of other open-source projects, all Android apps have to be written from scratch. Contrary to that, any open-source project which runs on Linux indirectly contributes into Maemo software ecosystem (as it can be relatively easily ported). Maemo has to use this to its own advantage, or it has no chance against Android. Thus, Maemo core developers should make this advantage even bigger by easing the process of porting open-source apps to Maemo, which can be achieved by migrating from ARM to x86 at some point.
Another advantage of Maemo is that it's more suitable for larger devices - MIDs and netbooks. Maemo was designed to run on MIDs, and it already proved its worth in this area. Being a Debian-based distro, Maemo will probably fit well on touchscreen netbooks as well. Android looks good on smartphones, but it remains to be seen whether it will be enough for netbooks. There is a chance that Android will succeed on smartphone market, while Maemo will prevail on MIDs and netbooks.

Summary: Android has better strategic position at the moment: Android devices will outnumber Maemo devices in the nearest future, it will also have more developers (better development platform + larger install base). Still, Maemo can win after all if it plays nicely with open-source community and utilizes its tremendous work. Another Maemo advantage is that it's better for MIDs and netbooks.

Post scriptum

Either Android or Maemo, Linux will win after all

Post post scriptum

As much as you may prefer Android, Maemo, or other smartphone OS, the ideal situation for smartphone market as a whole would be healthy competition between a few major platforms, not a single platform dominance. Maemo and Android are both open-source and overly good operating systems, so it will be good if they become those dominate platforms, not killing each other, but competing in equilibrium for years, bringing innovation along the way.

Update

For more insights and opinions on topic, please read the comments below and the article's discussions on Reddit and Maemo Talk.
Summarizing the opinions, I've listed the following advantages of each platform:

Android advantages:

1. Binary compatibility between releases. Technically, it's byte code compatibility in Android's case. Maemo lacks it, which means hard time for developers with every new release.
2. Android is better positioned at mid-end smartphone market, where it will compete with Symbian OS.

Maemo advantages:

1. Better game development, especially cross-platform game development.
2. Qt can (and should!) be used for cross-platform development for both Maemo and Symbian OS, which equals developing with modern app dev framework for the largest smartphone install base.

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chen71281 said:
sep bos.
sekali2 coba deh variasi baru.

Tadi lihat lagi HTC Hero, hampir saja membeli. ( untung masih ingat nona cantik Rachael ).

sabarr bro,nunggu neneng rachael ajee,kaya ane...sekedar info Hero dah bisa di cooking rom pake donuts bro..

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chen71281 said:
Ku serahkan bagi yang mengerti IT terutama tentang LINUX.

Android Vs Maemo

[tautan dihapus]

Technically, both Maemo and Android run on Linux kernels. However, Maemo is a full Linux distro, based on Debian, while Android is a sole kernel with a few programs on top of it (namely, Dalvik virtual machine and Sqlite database). On Adnroid all applications run within Dalvik virtual machine, which is heavily optimized and modified version of Java virtual machine (JVM). I tried to analyze the benefits of each platform from the perspective of a software developer, as well as platforms' current "strategic position". If you are too busy to read all the details, there is a short summary paragraph at the end of each chapter.

Android vs Maemo from developer's perspective

Development.

Maemo SDK is Linux-only. It's not a problem for me (as Linux is my OS of choice), but it may be a problem for many developers. SDK works best on Debian or Debian-based distros (e.g. Ubuntu). Maemo is also a Debian-based distro, so SDK simply uses Scratchbox cross-compilation toolkit to build for both x86 and ARM architectures.
Maemo applications are developed in GTK+ using Hildon application framework. Naturally, the primary language of Maemo application development is C. Other languages can also be used, as GTK+ has bindings for many programming languages, including C++, Java, C#, Ruby etc. However, most applications will be developed in C, mainly due to performance constraints, which are especially actual for mobile devices. GTK+ itself is a bit archaic by today's standards, and although Hildon is specifically targeted for touch-screen interfaces, most of work is still done in GTK+ and good old C. Thus, the development platform is not on par with modern mobile application development environments such as iPhone SDK, Android SDK, or Palm WebOS Mojo SDK. This may change with Maemo 6 release (codenamed "Harmattan") when Qt libraries will be supported and Qt will become Maemo official application development framework. But this will happen somewhere in 2011, so for now Maemo application development is a step behind that of Android.
Update: As multiple commenters pointed out, Qt should be already used for Maemo application development. It's a modern way to develop cross-platform apps that will run on both Maemo and Symbian OS (as well as Windows/Mac OS X/Linux, although it may not be practical to use similar UI for both desktop and mobile software). The earlier Qt becomes official application development framework for Maemo and Symbian OS, the better.

Android SDK is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Applications are developed in Java and the development platform is really easy to get into. It features XML (DSL) for GUI interface building, easy strings internationalization, app storage within SQLite database, background processes management etc. To make a long story short, it's how modern mobile application development platform should look like. The only downside is that all applications are in Java, and for some developers Java became the synonym of slowness (although it's not that slow on Android, as Dalvik VM is specifically optimized for running on it). For such developers, there is an option of using Native Android SDK, although its capabilities are very limited, especially in hardware access department.

Porting existing applications.

In this area, Maemo has a huge advantage over Android, as it's a full Debian based distro. With the help of Scratchbox Cross Compilation Toolkit many open-source tools can be compiled for ARM architecture. A number of command line utilities can be ported with a simple cross-compilation, GUI apps usually require UI rewrite, but anyway it's much easier to port open-source app to Maemo than to write it from scratch. Some of the famous open-source apps are already ported to Maemo: MPlayer, Pidgin, Gnumeric, Abiword and many others.
On Android, porting an open-source app from x86 Linux is almost as hard as porting an app from any other platform: all UI and logic has to be rewritten from scratch.

Summary: Development is easier on Android platform, while porting existing apps is easier for Maemo platform.

Strategic position

Both platforms are aimed at the same vertical market: smartphones – MIDs – netbooks. Maemo is backed by Nokia alone, while Android is backed by Open Handset Alliance, whose members include Google, Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC, Acer and others. Nokia may be the largest mobile phone and smartphone manufacturer on the planet, but it cannot compete with such a might. Thus, it's obvious that in the nearest future Android devices will outnumber Maemo devices by a large margin. There should be 18 Android devices released by the end of the year, while there will be only 4 Maemo devices released by that time (Nokia N770, N800, N810, N900). Even if N900 and new Maemo MIDs, and finally netbooks will sell better than their Android counterparts, the total install base of Android devices will grow faster than that of Maemo devices. The larger install base, the more OS is interesting for developers (assuming, it has a decent app dev platform). Nokia's main competitors - Samsung and LG - will use Android as a competitive advantage, and throw their development and marketing efforts behind this platform. Motorola is trying to save itself with its MOTOCLIQ aggressive pricing and MOTOBLUR Android software, and it has the chances to succeed!. Under the circumstances, Maemo becomes Nokia's main competitive advantage, so the company should throw its efforts behind it or lose market leadership. The position of fierce competition ensures the bright future for both platforms. However, which platform will finally win is another question, and perhaps the most interesting one. The logical winner is Android: it'll have larger install base in the nearest future; more developers will work on apps for Android; it is backed by powerful corporations, mighty Google among them. Nevertheless, there is a single power that can keep Maemo up float and possibly even make it prevail in the long term: open-source community. You'd argue: both Maemo and Android are open source. It doesn't matter. What matters is whether the platform could benefit from countless man-years of efforts, done by open-source community. Android benefits only from Linux kernel development and a small number of other open-source projects, all Android apps have to be written from scratch. Contrary to that, any open-source project which runs on Linux indirectly contributes into Maemo software ecosystem (as it can be relatively easily ported). Maemo has to use this to its own advantage, or it has no chance against Android. Thus, Maemo core developers should make this advantage even bigger by easing the process of porting open-source apps to Maemo, which can be achieved by migrating from ARM to x86 at some point.
Another advantage of Maemo is that it's more suitable for larger devices - MIDs and netbooks. Maemo was designed to run on MIDs, and it already proved its worth in this area. Being a Debian-based distro, Maemo will probably fit well on touchscreen netbooks as well. Android looks good on smartphones, but it remains to be seen whether it will be enough for netbooks. There is a chance that Android will succeed on smartphone market, while Maemo will prevail on MIDs and netbooks.

Summary: Android has better strategic position at the moment: Android devices will outnumber Maemo devices in the nearest future, it will also have more developers (better development platform + larger install base). Still, Maemo can win after all if it plays nicely with open-source community and utilizes its tremendous work. Another Maemo advantage is that it's better for MIDs and netbooks.

Post scriptum

Either Android or Maemo, Linux will win after all

Post post scriptum

As much as you may prefer Android, Maemo, or other smartphone OS, the ideal situation for smartphone market as a whole would be healthy competition between a few major platforms, not a single platform dominance. Maemo and Android are both open-source and overly good operating systems, so it will be good if they become those dominate platforms, not killing each other, but competing in equilibrium for years, bringing innovation along the way.

Update

For more insights and opinions on topic, please read the comments below and the article's discussions on Reddit and Maemo Talk.
Summarizing the opinions, I've listed the following advantages of each platform:

Android advantages:

1. Binary compatibility between releases. Technically, it's byte code compatibility in Android's case. Maemo lacks it, which means hard time for developers with every new release.
2. Android is better positioned at mid-end smartphone market, where it will compete with Symbian OS.

Maemo advantages:

1. Better game development, especially cross-platform game development.
2. Qt can (and should!) be used for cross-platform development for both Maemo and Symbian OS, which equals developing with modern app dev framework for the largest smartphone install base.

ooo jadi begitu toh..
klo gitu emang dari segi development lebih enak Maemo ya..
Qt itu bisa ke Symbian, Linux & WinMo... jadi lebih enak klo pas mau bikin software multiplatform..
klo liat Android yang aplikasi utamanya basisnya Java mungkin SE yang paling seneng ya.. dari dulu kan dia banyak maenin Java...
herannya, kenapa juga native-nya Android malah lebih lemah kemampuannya dari Java-nya ya?
tp gw percaya, nantinya kedepan pasti Native Android bisa menyamai Native Symbian, Li-Mo, atau WinMo..

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im54t said:

sabarr bro,nunggu neneng rachael ajee,kaya ane...sekedar info Hero dah bisa di cooking rom pake donuts bro..

iya bos, kemolekan tubuh Neng Rachael, kagak bisa dilawan oleh seorang pahlawan ( Hero ).

jangan donuts bro. Donuts sudah gampang, ada dunkin sama j co

Langsung saja ke kue kering Eclair ( versi 2.0 )

Pasti mantap.

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HikaruKaze said:
ooo jadi begitu toh..
klo gitu emang dari segi development lebih enak Maemo ya..
Qt itu bisa ke Symbian, Linux & WinMo... jadi lebih enak klo pas mau bikin software multiplatform..
klo liat Android yang aplikasi utamanya basisnya Java mungkin SE yang paling seneng ya.. dari dulu kan dia banyak maenin Java...
herannya, kenapa juga native-nya Android malah lebih lemah kemampuannya dari Java-nya ya?
tp gw percaya, nantinya kedepan pasti Native Android bisa menyamai Native Symbian, Li-Mo, atau WinMo..

Err, bro.
Kalau aku tanggep, malah android yang lebih bisa aplikasi yang dikembangkan. DIa bisa dimasukin semua aplikasi, baik Java, (Kalau versi 2 ), windows aplikasi juga bisa masuk ( dgr2 sih ), terus sama pihak aplikasi ke tiga lainnya.)
Ini terbukti kok, lihat aplikasi yang bisa diinstall di toko temanku.

Kalau Maemo, lebih condong ke game kah??

Android tuh dgr2 dari pakar, kerjanya tidak butuh byk RAM, karena android ini lebih ringan dan simple, bahkan lebih simple dari symbian.
Makanya kerjanya cepat.

kok lgsg X10 ya?

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directoRE said:
kok lgsg X10 ya?

Mungkin bentrok dengan naman Nokia X3 atau X6

Sempat terbesit wah infinity 4 inch gimana gedenya tuh.????

Well check this

Actual size comparison

Sepertinya dimensi infinity hampir sama dengan i phone. Kayaknya infinity masih terlihat lebih kecil sedikit?

Perbedaannya ternyata border di screen infinity jauh lebih besar.

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chen71281 said:
Err, bro.
Kalau aku tanggep, malah android yang lebih bisa aplikasi yang dikembangkan. DIa bisa dimasukin semua aplikasi, baik Java, (Kalau versi 2 ), windows aplikasi juga bisa masuk ( dgr2 sih ), terus sama pihak aplikasi ke tiga lainnya.)
Ini terbukti kok, lihat aplikasi yang bisa diinstall di toko temanku.

Kalau Maemo, lebih condong ke game kah??

Android tuh dgr2 dari pakar, kerjanya tidak butuh byk RAM, karena android ini lebih ringan dan simple, bahkan lebih simple dari symbian.
Makanya kerjanya cepat.

loh, bukannya Bro sendiri yg post beritanya tuh?
coba dilihat bagian porting existing apps dan sedikit bagian atasnya.

-- Posted from my Mobile phone

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HikaruKaze said:
loh, bukannya Bro sendiri yg post beritanya tuh?
coba dilihat bagian porting existing apps dan sedikit bagian atasnya.

-- Posted from my Mobile phone

He eh benar aku yang posting.
Cuman yang kupdt sih begitu intinya.

Kalau ada salah mohon maklum dan tolong koreksi, soalnya aku juga lagi awam dan belajar dari awal apa itu Android.

Press Release:

Sony Ericsson XPERIA™ X10 introduces an open and integrated world of social media, communication and entertainment

03 November 2009

Sony Ericsson XPERIA™ X10 introduces an open and integrated world of social media, communication and entertainment

* XPERIA™ X10 is the flagship phone in a family of phones coming to market during the first half of 2010. The XPERIA™ X10 will be available in Q1 2010

* New UX (user experience) platform lets consumers organise everything and discover more with the most open, human and intuitive user experience yet

Read more...

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From other websites:

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Now Official - Live Shots inside (gsmarena)

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Preview - First Look by gsmarena

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Hands-on by Engadget

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 First Look by What Mobile

UI-nya... bisa dibilang... luar biasa... ^^
social network integration, google integration.... priceless...
ok, software-wise is wonderful
sadly, secara hardware, gak nawarin sesuatu yg baru, ya.. T_T

Android Versionnya msh 1.6 y ??
bukan Versi 2.0..

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wenxing said:
Android Versionnya msh 1.6 y ??
bukan Versi 2.0..

upgradeable.

Jangan liat photo yg dulu2.. itu render computer !
Coba perhatikan photo prelaunch skrg (terutama yg white) koq ada secondary camera ??!!

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hanzz said:
Jangan liat photo yg dulu2.. itu render computer !
Coba perhatikan photo prelaunch skrg (terutama yg white) koq ada secondary camera ??!!

Emang ada bro... final product ada secondary VGA camera for video call.

Heeeee.....

Speechlesss.

website resmi se indo :
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artinya : bakal dijual resmi di indonesia
liat spec perhatikan jumlah warna (16M - donuts limitation), tdk ada spec nyebutin 2nd camera neh kalo ada berarti android yg punya video call

Btw, jadi X10 ini ga ada qwerty ya? kok gw ga liat foto dengan qwertynya sama sekali.

Hardware qwerty loh.