Xperia X8

The Xperia X8

Specifications


General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100


Size Dimensions 99 x 54 x 15 mm
Weight 104 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches
  - Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Timescape UI
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
  - 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB storage, 168 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included, buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v1.6 (Donut)
CPU Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors White, Dark Blue/ White, Aqua Blue/ White, Pink/ White, Silver/ White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via third-party application
  - Digital compass
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Facebook app
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1200 mAh
Stand-by Up to 446 h (2G) / Up to 476 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 4 h 45 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)

As you can see its like a baby brother to the X10 and still bigger than the X10 mini in terms of size. I am not sure where sony were trying to put this product.

Upsides

With its trade-off between, size, power and price, the Xperia X8 could be the biggest seller for Sony Ericsson this year. It features a similar full touchscreen interface like its big daddy Xperia X10, but the screen will be a smaller 3 inches as compared with the X10's monstrous 4-inch display. This shaving down in size will also affect the overall screen resolution, with the X8 sporting an HVGA (480x360 pixels) resolution.These may seem like downsides rather than upsides for a prospective phone buyer, but the really good news is that Sony Ericcson plans to keep the handset cost down and so the phone is availabe for 14000 Rs thats between the X10 and the X10 mini


Downsides
Well the First and most dominent downside is android 1.6 and then comes the 3.2 mp camera without flash. There is also no media-scape.I also did find the processor to be a little slugish for android as its only 600 mz and it shows.