yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] synaesthetic:
Those of us using SetCPU are using overclocking kernels. Some folks might be using DOW, but I am using JAC XMOD because I'm still on Eclair as all the 2.2 ROMs annoy me currently.

(At least until I get my Bionix Blackout for Nero v3 theme finished!)
[Off-topic] jagan2:
It's gonna be fun,

Galaxy S vs. iPhone

Galaxy TAB vs. iPad

NOW

​

Galaxy Player vs. iPod Touch

Don't confuse this one with Galaxy Player 50! It's Galaxy Player YP-GB1 and will be showcased at CES NEXT WEEK - http://bit.ly/glA2JO :D
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
lol :D

Also just saying if you didn't know there has been a Galaxy Player 50 like for a while now :p ;)
[Off-topic] -RioT-:
Nice. I wonder how much.
[Off-topic] jagan2:
Yeah i already know! But this one is more awesome :p :D
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Yeah =D

Much more awesome =P

Max. (Desire z)
[Off-topic] avgjoegeek:
ironically already running froyo.... Which cannot be said of captivate owners.
[Off-topic] Deleted member 2758866:
Yeah, but we will be catching that cyanogenmod 7 soon enough. As soon as its stable on the nexus s, it will be to the captivate in a week.
[Off-topic] jagan2:
Iam not a Nexus S owner (infact i don't own an android phone) but i just stumbled upon this news, thought i should share with you all: cyanogenmod 7 alpha is now available for Nexus S !
[Off-topic] Mangulit_Lang:
WTH! It looks like my SGS!

Jst like ipod touch looks like iphone 3!

Sent from my heart.
[Off-topic] zFlashx:
Galaxy TAB is better than iPad
[Off-topic] jaszek:
I wondered if you searched for this thread, or went through each and every page in off topic to find it.
[Xperia Arc General] nawrejin:
wonder what the specs will be. HD front camera, not really necessary but could come in handy, i guess??
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
I told you guys so that there are more devices other than Anzu and Zeus for Q1 :D MWC? hehehehe what if it comes sooner than that? ;) for the shape, if you want to know how it looks on the side and the back, think about one of the symbian running phones at the moment :D This is a replacement of it.

Yes, 2.3 will be on board on all of them, so we don't have to worry about that.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Are you talking Vivaz? :P

I hope Arabic is supported straight out of the box! That main reason why I root my phone is to install the Arabic fonts. Arabic is not supported in the new "minor" 2.0.2.A.0.24 FW. Any thoughts? :P
[Xperia Arc General] alankstiyo:
idk what to think now, SE is just tryinh to make money even with "old" complaining customers
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Not sure what you mean? I think it is great that they are increasing the number of Xperia handsets.
[Xperia Arc General] alankstiyo:
if they have so many members of the same model quality and customer's satisfaction decays, trust me I know that
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Well, let's hope it doesn't! :p
[Xperia Arc General] Bwyan Benton:
Im certainly looking forward to what SE is gonna be releasing in 2011 and I most certainly will be buying one of those handsets when they are available here in Canada.
[Xperia Arc General] jags_the1:
X10 LOOKS MUCH BETTER. Don't you guys think?. I am just talking about looks.
[Xperia Arc General] Quasicoto:
No, I learned my lesson with the X10. Next time I buy a phone, it won't have this tight security of the X10.
[Xperia Arc General] The-Lord:
No More Sony Ericsson phones for me ever. I am happy with my x10. :)
[Xperia Arc General] gunawan-1:
Agree. X10 look more elegant.
[Xperia Arc General] tomy285:
Yea I think X10 looks much better... Just like the iPhone3GS and iPhone4 - iPhone 3GS looks better.

BTW: I'll buy X10 today ! Still don't know about color, but probably white 'cause I never had white1 . :)
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
I think you guys are being too harsh on SE. The X10 is their first Android phone. So it was a learning process. I think they will do much, much better with the coming handsets.
[Xperia Arc General] kafej666:
new phone from SE gonna have 2.3, and our x10 gonna have update to 2.2 ..... Only SE can do something like that ...
[Xperia Arc General] MarylandCookie:
Ditto!

I was contemplating another SE on my next upgrade but after they patched "the rage against the cage" in their latest update it has just proved they are more interested in locking us out - So Adios SE.. this will be my last :-)
[Xperia Arc General] Jmercy09:
This only proves that android is only open to carriers and manufacturers, but not the consumers. If I ever buy another android device it will be a nexus model (or whatever the next google phone will be called).
[Xperia Arc General] MarylandCookie:
Well atleast the other carriers didnt lock the bootloader down so much!!

Look at the Nexus S, quite a phone and already a beta recovery mod is out!

With SE they could have released the update without patching the exploit but they decided against it and patched it?!? And dont even get me started on them locking the FPS down!

Expect the same story with the next handsets that they release!

And with only a few developers working on the x10 all aware of the locked down bootloader expect even less developers on the next advent of SE smartphones.

No one wants to work on a smartphone that has a bootloader as tight as Fort Knox!!

Shame really... SE have the potential to lead the market... Aur Revoir... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
I think every manufacture has tried, in some way or another, to lock down their software. Android is open source, yes. But, you are buying a SE, Motorola, LG and/or Samsung products that are branded with each company's branded FW/software which then makes it a closed source (sort of) as they have added their own touch to it. You are welcome to make your own Android phone, with your own custom ROM and flash whatever FW you want on it.

Therefore, SE is not alone in doing this as many other phones out there are also not rootable or hard to root because once you buy a branded Android phone from any major OEM, it no longer becomes an open source and becomes a closed source.

Just my 2 cents. :)
[Xperia Arc General] nekkidtruth:
Any particular reason these 2 threads have been merged? Seems severely unorganized considering they're 2 completely different phones (read: models). I could see a merge if the 2 devices were the same with 2 different names, but they're not.
[Xperia Arc General] leechgod27:
i use x10a with no problems at all,no reboots,no lags,no heating up,no battery probs...m pretty happy with it.:):)...just do the following if u want crisp x10

1.debrand & root it!!

2.remove bloatware(dont remove timescape,if u want to showup SE logo and "via sony ericsson x10" wen u update you Facebook status,like how BB does:-])

3.install minfreemanager,configure it

4.Replace stock home launcher with Go launcher,and use it as default(it saves battery i think)

5.Enable JIT

etc...etc...there's much more i have done...
[Xperia Arc General] Infinity1988:
Same here, but it's not up to us to make the software smooth, it's up to SE. Besides we don't have flash, 16m colours, latest jit, dlna, and so on. They promised 2 year support, yet before the end of the first year they are canceling updates.

It's just a shame that such a great device is crippled with bad software. A friend of mine has the 2.2 rom from the dev forum on his x10 and it works much faster and smoother than the stock rom. That just proves the user experience is better with 2.2 than 2.1.

I can understand that they made some mistakes, but atleast fix it instead of just dropping support.
[Xperia Arc General] aodmisery:
i agree,its hard to tell sometimes which phone they are talking about.:confused:
[Xperia Arc General] a.monteiro:
but this is the xda forums, people come here to find ways to make their devices run smoother and customized, i have Jit at my stock 2.1, and if you want Froyo, there's a beta AOSP at the other forum for anyone to test. Sorry if i sound rude, i'm a bit tired of reading complaints about something SE never promised.

I agree that the lack of official OS update sucks, but they didn't said they are dropping support or updates completely since the multitouch update is confirmed. So, the alleged 2 year support continues.

Hopefully the bootloader will be released and we won't need SE anymore.
[Xperia Arc General] Infinity1988:
Yes, but what about the other people who don't come to xda? They are screwed. If SE would bring out android 2.2, our phones would work very smooth. It's not up to the users to fix the software. Besides, it's very quiet about that multitouch update. People with inside information don't react anymore on xda, rikard doesn't say anything anymore on the blog and SE doesn't respond their mails. There's a big chance the next update will only bring multitouch, if it's not cancelled. On twitter they say the next update won't upgrade android but will include multitouch gestures. Apparently all the things they promised like a new uxp and dlna are scrapped.

What about the user experience SE has been shouting about the last year? If they really wanted to enhance our user experience the phone would work smoothly, have flash, and so on.

There is just no excuse for not bringing out the upgrade.

It's very frustrating knowing the x10 has the hardware to be great, but is being held back with bad software. Also the in call volume would be fixed in the next update, so i really hope they bring it out.

And btw, they did promise all the things i said. It's the Q4 update that got pushed back and eventually scrapped because of their own fault.
[Xperia Arc General] mrsanches:
The arc doesnt have a front facing camera? What the "reverse" button makes in this vid then?

See at 0:13

youtube. com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=CA#/home
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
have you guys seen the position of the notification light on the ARC. WTF!! why move it to the side of the phone??

http://ces2011.techradar.com/2011/01/hands-on-sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-review/
[Xperia Arc General] sardelich:
idiots.should think about sometimes having your phone in the leather case.and seeing the light.like acer liquid maybe?
[Xperia Arc General] qwer23:
the Xperia X1 also had its 4(!!) notification LEDs on the side. it's not really bad i think.
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
just found this hands on video of the Arc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKwDiNSJtA
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
wow...4 notification leds...ha ha...thats crazy

still not convinced about the side notification light....

edit: hope it has one where the x10 has one as well... wouldn't mind 2 notifications lights...if the x1 had 4...ha ha
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
new x10 mini successor pics

http://semcblog.com/2011/01/07/new-images-of-x10-mini-pro-successor/
[Xperia Arc General] sardelich:
:D it was actually one since they all were in the same colors...
[Xperia Arc General] sardelich:
and I just cant figure out why there is no xenon flash in these phones...led light kinda sucks...
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
Looks like I might be right about 2 LED notification lights

This one says it has one next to the light sensor.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/01/08/xperia-arc-–-our-hands-on-impressions/

and

techradar shows it having one on the side of the phone as well.

+1

my k800 used to take some amazing pics.

:D
[Xperia Arc General] Erofich:
XPERIA Arc - russian hands on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1L9KUmM0Po
[Xperia Arc General] Blåburk:
With a 3" screen it looks more like an X8 with keyboard.

Still that phone might be my X10 Mini replacer.
[Xperia Arc General] Erofich:
Hey guys!

Anyone heard about new Exmor R photo sensor used in new XPERIA Arc. Sony Ericsson promo says that it increases quality of photos made in night scene.

There is some info about it :)

Using standard photo sensor:

Using Exmor R photo sensor:

Not so great, imho :)
[Xperia Arc General] mcforrest1:
i wish the back logo button on the cover lit up thatd be pretty nice. as a notification led. Is the back cover on the arc cheap like our x10? anyway to tell rather.
[Xperia Arc General] aodmisery:
arc has been given a release time frame at least in the asia pacific region, of april.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/08/sony-ericssons-xperia-arc-seeing-an-april-release/
[Xperia Arc General] Quasicoto:
2 questions. Real multitouch or just improved Dual Touch. Second, how many Colors.

I like the sturdy feeling of SE phones. But they tend to look great on paper but suck in reality.

Also, with these specs they need to release this fast as it might already get outdated when it is released.

I won't be buying an SE phone until I know for sure the bootloader has been cracked.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Then, you won't be buying a SE phone anytime soon :)
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
Xperia Arc - PhoneArena Preview

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-arc-Preview_id2638
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
Just so you guys know, Hallon will not be named something as lame as "Vivaz 2"...so whoever gave out that name is then again...wrong with their info...
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
I find it strange that Hallon has the same specs as Arc and has a front facing camera, yet it is a midrange handset......Apart from the Arc's design which is great btw, its mind boggling how the Arc can be SE's flagship handset for 2011...or am I missing something?
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
Screen size is different. It's a little smaller than the X10. The processor is a little different. That's about it. The rest is pretty much the same, but price point wise, they are very different.
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
Thanks....

Still wondering though is the Arc worthy of being SE's flagship phone for 2011?

I love the the slim design of the arc....but some additional positive differences under the hood compared to the Hallon would have made it a more worthy flagship.

If that makes sense...lol..:)

I think the Hallon looks very promising as the specs are good for a mid-range handset and since it will be priced cheaper ...I am sure the Hallon will sell well, maybe even better than the arc.

Few years ago SE high end handset were quite good....and their mid-range not great. I feel a shift from that strategy and perhaps SE is changing their strategy and trying to capture the mid-range market for android phones.
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
Hmmm I think different people interpret the word flagship differently. In my opinion, flagship products is a product that will yield the most profit. The arc isn't really a flagship. It's more of an "introductory" to the technology, then the Neo (Hallon) will be the flagship. On the price range, the arc in no ways is meant to sell in a large amount. The Neo's price range is in no question to sell much better than the arc.

Regarding the mid-range. I do agree. Last year Vivaz tried, but failed due to the operating system it chose. Now that it's sister Hallon took the correct operating system, I think the midrange market will be much more exciting for SE. Did I mention how the low-end will also get an android treat? :D I'm sure all of you guys have already seen the leaked images.
[Xperia Arc General] mith500:
aah ok....that makes sense as well.

IMHO Flagship should be the best product of a company for that year.

low range android treat.....you mean the x10 mini successor :D
[Xperia Arc General] MarylandCookie:
Think you missed the point.

Im not interested in open or closed source here, just trying to point out the SE are putting more effort into locking the handset down compared to other manufacturers.

Atleast Motorola and Samsung gave in at some point.

As far as i see there will most likely be less devs on the SE handsets in the future..

I for one have stopped working on my x10 and looking to get an alternative. (Not that anyone cares lol)

Meh.... i dont see the point... my 2 cents...

Cheerio..
[Xperia Arc General] alankstiyo:
agree with you with the point that SE has less devs

so any new phone that comes out from SE is less advantage no matter what the specs are
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Maybe they will give in too and maybe not ;)

You may be right about less devs but, how many customers you think really care about rooting and flashing their phones with custom ROMS? I think no more than 5-10% (at best), as the vast majority of the owners are regular users who just use the phone straight out of the box, use it for a year or two, and buy another one when they get bored of it.

So I do not think that SE, or any other OEM for that matter, care whether or not their are devs working on their phones or whether they put them off by locking their phones.

Anyway, I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this matter :)
[Xperia Arc General] ptesmoke:
looks like a smushed x10.... or an x10 that fell out the ugly tree...
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
I think the reason why they locked it is due to the Mediascape and Timescape. They don't want others to have it, and they don't want us to take it out either, meh, we'll do both in no times anyway :D
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Agreed. It was a couple of months before the old 1.6 OS on X10 was rooted. We already have a pre-rooted ROM on here. It is just a matter of time before the whiz kids on here get Z4root up an running again. It's is just a matter of time. I think the devs are just taking some time off for Christmas and new year, then it is back to business! :D
[Xperia Arc General] epinion:
I feel I've seen this shape before just can't remember it. It's so not SE... X10i far sexier. ^_^
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
http://gizmodo.com/5720270/tiny-sony-ericsson-x10-mini-sequel-has-1ghz-processor-and-android-23

What's this!? :p don't be saddened guys, there's gonna be good news for X10 soon :D
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
How many phones are they planning on releasing? :p
[Xperia Arc General] epinion:
Ah I guess it's resemble psp go body. http://us.playstation.com/psp/systems/pspgo.html
[Xperia Arc General] will.m:
Unless they're announcing 2.3 for the x10 line, I'm not sure how good the news is going to be considering all the new models are going to be running on it. xda-ers are a fickle bunch you know. :D
[Xperia Arc General] ooidort:
The Q1 update for X10 turns out to be 2.3 with multitouch enabled?

...I can always dream. :D
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
It's actually from the Walkman X series ;) Regarding the good news, from the latest info, X10 is not abandoned from further updates quite yet. More planned, but not much details yet. Hopefully aiming for Q2, I cannot see any other time than Q2 as Q3 and Q4 is too late (Honeycomb and Icecream release)
[Xperia Arc General] Maverick_G:
One thing is for sure that SE is not working on Android 2.2 at all.. I hope that the next OS upgrade of X10 will come in April/June and it will be Android 2.3.. If no, then no use buying SE handsets again because (Example) after one year they will say that Anzu's hardware is incapable of Android 2.4/3.0 so no upgrade, instead buy X14/ X20..

Pathetic.. I get so pissed of seeing HTC wildfire and other mid range less powerful handsets getting Android 2.2 and us...??? Nothing to say..
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
I do not think that the X10 will get anything beyond 2.1. I hope I am wrong but, with all the new handsets being leaked out, I doubt that they will give the X10 2.2/2.3 for marketing reasons.
[Xperia Arc General] 28spawn:
I looked inside the camera app from sony ericsson and it is already pre built to have full hd recording !

Prepare yourselfs because it seems that sony will come crushing all with their 14mp and full hd recording exmor sensor
[Xperia Arc General] sardelich:
wooow.....
[Xperia Arc General] pshdo:
Oh, it was only a learning process ?

Then why do we have to pay full price for that ?

Here in Denmark the htc desire hd did cost the same as the x10, when it was released, but the htc is in a whole other league, lughtyears ahead...

Sony will never catch up...

Sent from my HTC Desire HD phone running Quadrant benchmark @ 1923 on stock firmware ;)
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
I stand by my statement. Come Q2 2011, we will see which company makes more buzz. :)
[Xperia Arc General] That Guy Is Here:
Sony Ericsson FTW!!!
[Xperia Arc General] pshdo:
Or perhaps:

Sony Ericsson WTF!!! :D

Sent from my Android phone...
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
Did anyone check the X12 article on MR again lately? It seems now they're editing out stuff from it, screens, camera specs, etc. out from their article. Well Even despite all those removals, their info is STILL incorrect. I just don't know what to say....I like how their SE forum is empty...:D
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
No, I did not read it. Could you post the link please?
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
PM sent batman, not worth broadcasting :)
[Xperia Arc General] Suminderji:
This is my last SE phone.

I'll most certainly going to a Nexus or a HTC phone from now on...

I need my custom ROMs
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
Welp, looks like one product is getting ready to be announced...which one? Take a guess! :D
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Lemme guess...the one you just PM'ed me about? :p
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
Is it Anzu? at the Jan 6th press event?

Can you pm me that link too :p
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
There was no link. Just some chit-chat :)
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
so did u learn anything interesting :p

(more interested in x10 news than x12 tbh)
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Nothing about the X10. The X12, wait a few days. Who knows what could happen? ;)
[Xperia Arc General] saltorio:
I do like my X10 (since the 2.1 update).

But I will not buy another SE device for a long time (I refrain from saying "never", as things eventually may change). As others have said, SE has shown they care more for locking down their system, than for providing customer satisfaction through timely OS updates.

Until they release a series of phones with a current OS, and then provide timely upgrades through a typical hardware upgrade cycle of two years (or unlock the bootloader failing that), I can't trust that they've changed to actually care about their customers.
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/sony-poster-at-ces-shows-off-unannounced-extremely-slim-looking/

I told you guys so :D The only thing left is the name. Let's throw away the X12 shall we? What would be a better name I wonder...:rolleyes:

Oh yeah, the new naming convention will debut with Anzu, the new names will tell about its uniqueness to the other products on the line after the word Xperia (ex. Xperia

play

)
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Xperia X11? Xperia Wonder? Xperia Awesome? :p

Whatever its name, I hope it supports Arabic straight out of the box! :p
[Xperia Arc General] Bennachie:
Xperia X10 Mute.........................;)
[Xperia Arc General] peter_15:
Anzu is XPERIA Arc!!! :D

http://semcblog.com/2011/01/04/sony-show-to-us-xperia™-arc/
[Xperia Arc General] qwer23:
damn i love my X10 but i thought i wouldn't buy another SE phone FOR SURE because of the bad support and the delays. But they're making it hard not to get excited. They actually have unique phones with a real design! Compare those few peaks of the Anzu/arc/whatever to any Samsung/HTC/blabla phone and you have to agree at least on this. So... let's wait for the reviews and perhaps, but only perhaps... :o damn you Sony Ericsson!

edit: the specs also look promising... as they did on the X10. arghhh!
[Xperia Arc General] The Gingerbread Man:
The handset its self looks very promicing but the deciding factor is whether or not sony steps up their game or not really for me.
[Xperia Arc General] Timbits93:
Heres the FULL PHOTO from Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-breaks-cover-announced-at-ces-this-wee/

I don't think i would have said it before but, it looks like i'm going to ask for an early upgrade from Rogers [no doubt Rogers is going to carry this device]

And OMG, FINALLY have a media player widget, though the upcoming update for the X10 might bring that since they're revamping mediascape and timescape.
[Xperia Arc General] peter_15:
please someone tell me that UI will be also available for our X10 :(

:p

more pics