Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini review: Shrink to fit

Introduction

It took a while before mobile phones became portable not only in name. At one point, small size alone made a phone something special. Calling and texting were all there was and twelve buttons were nonnegotiable.

Those times seem prehistoric now that a contemporary smartphone is expected to do all but the dishes. There we are – 3.7” touch screens are now the norm. It sounds like pushing the limits of portability but most people won’t mind as long as there’re virtually no limits on functionality. With nearly desktop-like browsing, video and TV – displays are only supposed to get better, crisper… and bigger. Who would want it the other way? Small touchscreen doesn’t make sense.

Key features

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
3G with HSPA
Customized Android OS v1.6 with Timescape UI
Ultra compact body
2.55" capacitive touchscreen of QVGA resolution
Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz CPU
5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Built-in GPS receiver and digital compass
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and turn-to-mute
Standard miniUSB port for charging and data
Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
microSD card slot with support for up to 8GB cards (2GB card included)
3.5mm-compatible audio jack
Direct access to the official Android repository

Main disadvantages

QVGA resolution doesn’t do Android graphics justice and limits the number of compatible apps
Battery not user replaceable
Limited Android homescreen functionality
No smart dialing
Typing long messages is very hard on the small screen
No Bluetooth file transfers from the gallery
No Flash support for the web browser
Very basic camera interfac

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