It wasn’t long ago that, the miniature X10 won an award from the red dot. Now, Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 Mini has won another award. This time it comes from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). The handset won the award for the best mobile phone in Europe for 2010-2011. The best smartphone award went to the Samsung Galaxy S, while the best Social Media Phone was the Samsung S8500 Wave, powered by Samsung’s own OS, Bada. The Apple iPad also won an award for the best tablet in Europe.

While the X10 has received a lot of bad press, over lack of multi touch, outdated OS and WiFi problems experienced, it seems many overlook the outdated OS and lack of multi touch on this handset. The handset has been well received from the market, especially the female audience, it’s also been well received by the tech industry. The main points it won the award on, were it’s stylish design and uncompromised specs, despite it’s small size.

The official wording from the EISA was as follows:
“Xperia X10 mini from Sony Ericsson is a very small and stylish mobile phone. Nonetheless, it delivers excellent performance with a comprehensive range of features such as GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G and a 5 megapixel camera with flash. The phone runs on the Android platform and offers users the full benefits of a much larger device although its touch screen size is just 2.55-inch (6.48 cm). Its small size and weight and variety of vivid case colours make it perfect for introducing the fairer sex to smartphone technology.”

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Over at Mobile Cruch, the guys have got their hands on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10, which has finally been released in the US. What better way to celebrate this than by providing unboxing photos. As you can see from the gallery below, the boxing for the X10 on AT&T is different to elsewhere in the world. For example, in the UK the box looks more like that of an iPhone, rather than a square box. Also the Xperia logo on the back next to Sony Ericsson has been replaced with AT&T. If this bothers you, you can easily cover this with one of the many cases available for the X10.

The rest of the contents of the box look pretty much the same. It isn’t known whether the AT&T model comes with a screen protector on the screen already however. UK models have been found to have one on the screen already, while other markets have one on the screen and in the box. One other thing to note, with the AT&T branded model, the ability to install third party apps has, unfortunately been disabled. Meaning you’re limited to apps from the Android Market. This also limits the amount of keyboard mods you can install as not all are available through the marketplace.

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Sony Ericsson’s first Android powered handset, the Xperia X10 has finally been released in America, after months of it being out in Europe, Canada and elsewhere around the world. Unfortunately, Sony Ericsson haven’t updated the Android firmware on it yet, so it’ll be interesting to see how many consumers actually purchase the handset.

If Android 1.6, with 2.1 promised for late Q3 doesn’t put you off, here’s the details of where you can get the X10 and for how much. Firstly the handset is available on AT&T, so naturally you can purchase it directly from AT&T. The handset will cost you $149.99 up front, along with tying into a 2 year contract. It appears that you will also need to pay an activation fee for the handset. For $349.99 you can purchase the handset without taking a contract out.

Alternatively, you can grab the Xperia X10 from Sony themselves at Sony Style. On the Sony Style website, there is a $70 rebate, making the handset available for $129.99 up front. A better deal than with AT&T direct. This will also tie you into a two year contract with AT&T. The $70 instant rebate is valid until September 19th. Along with grabbing the handset for a lower price, Sony Style are also offering free activation, for both existing and new customers. This offer ends 31st August. If that wasn’t enough to make you place your order for the X10 with Sony Style, they are also throwing in an 8GB microSD card for free. This normally retails for $45. There is also free shipping.

After much waiting and much complaining, O2 have now released the Xperia X10’s latest firmware update. The update can only be done via PC, by either using the Sony Ericsson Update Service or PC Companion. The download is 153.8MB.

The update will take O2 branded X10 owners straight from R2BA016 to R2BA026, missing out R2BA020 which many users assumed would be the one released. While some users will be happy with the choice, many others will wish O2 had stuck with the R2BA020 update. The R2BA020 build is said to be the only version which doesn’t seem to have the WiFi bug present. Unfortunately, R2BA026 brings this bug back. O2 users shouldn’t notice any difference though, as R2BA016 is also said to have this WiFi issue.

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The reservation page for the Xperia X10 has gone live on the Sony Style website. Through the reservation page, you can order the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 on AT&T. While going directly through AT&T, the handset will cost you $149.99. However if you place an order through the Sony Style website, the handset is $20 cheaper at $129.99. This will tie you into a two year contract. The Xperia X10 will be released tomorrow in the US.

Unfortunately, the handset will come with Android 1.6, the same version of Android as the X10 was launched with in other countries around the world. Sony Ericsson have however said, they are working on a late Q3 release for Google Android 2.1, so hopefully we should see the update within the next six weeks. Until then, you can play around with the phone and see why Sony Ericsson are customizing the OS to include the Sony Ericsson UI, which brings in the unique TimeScape and MediaScape applications.

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When Sony and AT&T released the information that the Xperia X10 would be available from August 15th, one thing that was omitted among the specs and features of the phone, was the Android version the X10 would be running. In light of this, XperiaX10.net sent a Twitter message to Sony Ericsson North America. They have confirmed that, when the X10 is released in America, it will also be running Android 1.6.

Will this put you off getting the X10? As many handsets are already receiving the Android 2.2 update. Sony Ericsson have confirmed they are working for a late Q3 release but, will this be too late to save the handset in the US? With the Xperia X10 already being out 4 months in the UK, many would have thought Sony Ericsson could have finalized the Android 2.1 OS for the US launch.

One of the most popular Twitter clients on the iPhone is making it’s way to the Android Community. TweetDeck will soon be released for Android. A beta version has been released this week. Unfortunately however, the beta version is only available for Android 2.0 and above, something which the Xperia X10 currently lacks. In the post which makes the beta public however, it has been stated that once the final version is released, it will come with support for 1.6. Which if the company are quick to release the full version, may be a relief for X10 owners, if we still haven’t got 2.1 on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10. You can keep up with the latest developments of TweetDeck on their blog here.

The News of the World are currently holding a competition where the winner will receive the Xperia X10 Mini Pro in white on the Three network. Along with the X10 Mini Pro, the winner also gets Ray-Ban sunglasses, Marc by Marc Jabobs watch and an Aspinal of London bag. Their competition ends tomorrow but, if you haven’t entered in time, Vogue are also holding a competition for the X10 Mini Pro.

Once again, Vogue’s competition is for the X10 Mini Pro in white on the Three network. The winner will also receive the extras, all in white to compliment the Mini Pro. Like the previous competition, participating users will need to provide a few details and enter a question. At first, the question may not look as easy but, Vogue have entered a clue, which takes you to a previous story, telling you who the winner is of the British Fashion Council’s MA Scholarship, which is what the question wants to know. The competition held by Vogue closes at a later date of September 2nd.

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We’ve seen it before and no doubt, we’ll see it again, which isn’t a bad thing. Previously Sony Ericsson held a competition through Facebook where users could win an Xperia X10 in black. They then switched to a Vivaz competition and once that finished, they opened another Xperia X10 competition. That time, the winner had the choice of what color handset they got. The page recently showed the latest winner, Hanni Hoffmann from Germany who chose the black X10. During that time, Sony Ericsson also had another competition for the Symbian powered Sony Ericsson Vivaz. That has now finished and once again, Sony Ericsson have posted up another Xperia X10 competition.

This time around, the handset comes in Luster White. Again you need to provide your name and email address, along with your country of residency. The question has also changed once again. This time the question is, “Which application integrates with Timescape™?”. As before, you have a choice of three answers, TimeScape, Alarm Clock or Google Maps. You can enter the competition here.

The count down timer on the Sony Style website has worked it’s way down to zero. The “Smarter is coming” slogan has been replaced with “Smarter is here” and the count down timer now has the Xperia X10 in position. Upon clicking on it, it will take you to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 page. Here we find out that the handset will cost $129.99 from AT&T with a two year contract.

According to Engadget, Sony are also saying that if you grab the handset from a Sony Style store, you can pick the X10 up for $20 or less. They also go on to say that, if you wait a week, Amazon will be offering the handset up for $49.99 on contract.