Play.com selling the X10 for £500

Sony Ericsson’s next ambitious device is the lovely looking X10. Bit of an odd place for it to show up and a rather high price tag. Specs and summary after the break.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Sim Free / Unlocked 8 Megapixel Mobile Phone (Sensuous Black) £499.99 delivered.

• Camera:
• Primary: 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features: Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
• Video
• Secondary
• Features:
• OS: Android OS 1.6
• CPU: Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor
• Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
• Browser: HTML
• Games
• GPS: with A-GPS Support
• Java:
• MP4/ H.263/ H.264/ WMV player
• MP3/ e-AAC+/ WMA/ RA player
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
• Voice memo
• Digital compass
• Battery:
• Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)Size:
• Dimensions: 119 x 63 x 13 mm
• Weight: 135g
• Display:
• Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65k Colours
• Size: 854 x 480 pixels, 4.0 inches
• Scratch-resistant surface
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Timescape/Mediascape UI
• Sound:
• Alert Types: Vibration, Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 Ringtones, Composer
• Speakerphones: Yes, with stereo speakers, 3.5mm audio jack
• Memory:
• Phonebook: Pracitcally unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call Records: Practically unlimited
• Internal: 1 GB Storage, 256MB RAM
• Card Slot: microSD (TransFlash) up to 16GB, 8GB card included
• Data:
• GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
• EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• 3G: HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA, 2 Mbps
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
• Bluetooth: v2.1 with A2DP
• USB: v2.0 miniUSB

Building on Sony Ericsson’s entertainment heritage and combining rich graphics with intelligence capabilities, the XPERIA X10 introduces a new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time continuously introducing new features and capabilities.
The UX platform builds on top of the Open OS and creates a unique Sony Ericsson user experience by combining best-in-class entertainment features with signature applications, unrivalled integration of social media services and a rich graphical user interface. The XPERIA X10 is the first mobile phone to truly humanise the way people interact with their phones.
The touch-driven handset packs a huge 4" 262K-color display with the class-leading resolution of 854 x 480 pixels and an 8MP camera with LED flash. It runs on Android OS v1.6 and has a finger-optimized home-brew UI pre-installed on top of it.
The Xperia X10 Introduces signature applications like Mediascape and Timescape, the X10 lets consumers organise everything in their phone in an intuitive way:
Sony Ericsson Timescape manages all your communication with one person in one place.Browse through your conversations the bright way to check out your Facebook, Twitter, photos, emails, and texts all in one go.
Sony Ericsson Mediascape is the smart way to get all the music, photos and videos you want from your favourite friends and artists. It accesses content from everywhere – your phone, YouTube, PlayNow – and presents everything for you.
Pressing the new infinite button guides you through the connected world, aggregating all your interactions with one person into one view.
Intelligent face recognition features recognise up to five faces in any picture, automatically connecting them with your social phonebook and all other related communications with that person.
With 14 specially designed preloaded XPERIA panels and 16 more to download, users can work with no boundaries with the XPERIA X10. From Skype, Mytopia and Google, to games, CNN and Windows Live, the panels ensure users are up-to-date with what matters most to them. With an improved touch interface and new 3D signature panel users also benefit from flexible desktop panels designed to categorise business, fun and communication features. Just set favourites to appear during certain times of the day and can get the latest news in the morning, YouTube at lunchtime and games for the journey home.
Entertainment is not compromised on XPERIA X10. Enjoy amazing multimedia with the 4" high resolution touch screen and DVD quality and take advantage of the 8.1 megapixel camera to capture and instantly share experiences with friends and family. Personalise the panels and users can access Facebook to upload their party or holiday images and they can chat with friends across the world via Skype. Whether it is music, photography, email, video or gaming the XPERIA X10 has it all.