Stuff magazine have been lucky enough to spend a little time with Sony Ericsson’s newest upcoming Xperia handset and the review is largely positive for the Android handset however, the reviewer believes that a software update will be needed to get the best out of the handset – the X10 will be released running the older 1.6 (Donut) version of the android software.

One of the most applauded features is the ‘infinity button’ which allows users of the phone to use Mediascape, for easy access to music and media stored online and Timescape on the handset which basically allows the user to perform tasks on social networks and includes an animated 3D tile feature for notifications.

The X10’s 4 inch screen gets a positive mark too, along with it’s potentially fast 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, although again, because of the limitations of the Android 1.6 software, the processor apparently doesn’t perform as well as it could. However, the 8mp camera on the X10 scores highly in the review with the reviewer claiming that the X10 camera is the “Best Android camphone” – even with the lack of Xenon flash on this model.

Score wise the Xperia X10 recieved 4 out of 5 stars in the review, almost perfect and with a few tweaks to the software along the road by Sony Ericsson, the perfect Android handset could be within their grasp it seems.

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Less than two weeks ago, Sony Ericsson officially launched the Xperia X1 in the land of Korea. And with three new panels to boot. Now, the very first user review has finally been published, courtesy of our oft reliable friends at Telecoms Korea. According to Sony Ericsson, retail Xperia X1 units are going to have a free 4GB microSD card with the the Spiderman 3 movie preloaded, an additional battery and a charging dock, but the reviewer noted that none of these were present with his review unit. Initially, he says, his impressions on the Korean Xperia X1 weren’t good, mainly because of the slow Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. However, he came to like the Xperia X1’s performance as a phone, as it performed quite well especially with all the panels. To learn more about the Korean version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, head on down to the link below for the full review.

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Here’s another one of ‘em comprehensive review of the Xperia X1 from the lucky folks who have managed to score the unit earlier than most of us. This time its from TechRadar.com.

Key highlights of TechRadar’s review of the Xperia X1 includes:

• battery life wasn’t overly impressive
• Windows Mobile 6.1 allows you to create Word and Excel docs, and view Powerpoint docs and PDFs
• no graphic equalizer unlike most Sony Ericsson Walkman phones
• pretty good A-GPS feature
• disappointing camera at 3.2MP
• impressive web browser
• sleek black and silver stripe design on the sides

Overall, the review declares that the Xperia X1 is a good smartphone though not a good phone for media playback. You may read the full TechRadar review here.

Matt from Tracy and Matt, received his “Customer & Journalist” Xperia X1 a few days ago and has since written a short review up as well as answering some common X1 questions.

A C&J model contains the final spec and hardware won’t be changed for the final retail version. The ROM build could vary slightly though between the retail version.

The questions asked varied from what the in-call sound quality was like, to how the control touch pad feels and reacts, as well as if a sample video taken with the Xperia camera could be posted and if the Google panel has an offline mode.

The in-call sound is described as “ok” with the speaker providing plenty of volume without the use of maximum volume. While the joystick is found to be awkward to use but responsive enough, with Matt preferring the regular d-pad.

Google panels can only be used online as when linking to Google Maps, Mail or Calendar the X1 connects to the internet. You can see a sample video from the X1 here.