AT&T and Sony Ericsson today announced an Aug. 15 launch for the Android-based Xperia X10. The new smartphone from Sony Ericsson will sell for $149.99 with a two-year service agreement and minimum smartphone data plan.
The Xperia X10 features a 4-inch touch display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8.1-megapixel camera with smile detection, face recognition, autofocus and LED flash. The device comes with 8 GB of on-board memory and a 2 GB in-box memory card, with expandable memory up to 32 GB.
The phone also comes with Sony Ericsson’s Android Add-ons Mediascape and Timescape. Mediascape gathers music, photos, videos and content from the phone’s memory card and online, letting users browse, search, listen and share media from one unified view.
Timescape automatically organizes social interactions in chronological order. From Facebook and Twitter updates to photos, e-mails and text messages, a scrolling menu offers viewing and organization of all communications.