DIGITAL PARK

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 is sequel to the popular, albeit mind-bendingly expensive, Xperia X1, which was released by Sony Ericsson in 2008. TheX2 is much cheaper than it's predecessor, and because the X1 was considered ""state-of-the-art"" at the time, little has changed this time around. Sony Ericsson's newly official XPERIA X2 in the flesh. It's got a flashy (gimmicky?) home screen, along with a view for ""snacking"" on bubbled-up information. Lots of buzzwords, but we'll need more time hands-on to know how we feel.

After a strong caveat that what we're looking at is preproduction software, aSony Ericsson rep admitted that Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't all it could be -- though we're unsure why Sony Ericsson didn't throw a bit more hardware at the problem, the floating Sony Ericsson home screen seemed to excuse any of the UI lag it introduces. Again, early software, but the X1 didn't exactly rise above its preproduction jankiness. The X2 a will feature 850 MHz 3G, fully suited for AT&T, Rogers, and most other North American carriers. However, you'll also pay a few hundred bucks more for the privilege. Since this is the only difference between the X2i? and the X2a, I'll be addressing them collectively as the X2 for the duration.

-Latest Windows Mobile 6.5 for more productivity & more fun

-Flexible desktop panels categorised for life: communication and fun, multimedia, business and internet

-3.2” high resolution touch screen and DVD quality

-8.1 megapixel camera with Up to 16x digital zoom, Video Recording Auto Focus & Geo tagging

-110MB internal memory, 4GB microSD card supplied expandable up to 16GB

-Bluetooth with A2DP

-3D panel – 3D effects and zoom, music playback controls

-Talk time – Up to 10 hrs in GSM & 6 hours in 3G

-Standby time – Up to 500 hrs in GSM & 640 Hours in 3G

-Music Playback time – Up to 20hrs

-Weight- 115 grams

Samsung launched not one or two, but THREE handsets, namely Omnia W (First Mango OS phone in India), Wave III (First Bada 2.0 device) and THIS! –Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (Cheap-est Android GingerBread phone by Samsung).

The Samsung Galaxy Y is a smartphone approved for all audiences. Perhaps in hindsight, our Galaxy Note review should've been rated PG. But well yeah, we're always wiser in hindsight. Anyway, you don’t just wake up one morning wanting a superphone like the Note. You need a place to start.

Samsung Galaxy Y is an excellent choice of smartphone at very low price.Samsung Galaxy Y running on Android OS v2.3 aka Gingerbread can be titled as the one of the most affordable Android Smartphone in the market, by one of the leading handset manufacturer in the market – Samsung. Being the cheapest member of Samsung Galaxy Android Series is loaded with latest features too and has capability to compete with some mid range Android Smartphone too.

A simple candy bar, normally sized, measuring 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm weighing 97.5 g is a decent Android Smartphone with a 3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display along with one hard brushed button in the middle, where the two touch button to each side, at the bottom. Bottom houses the mouth-piece, where the top is contained by 3.5mm headset jack and the micro USB 2.0 port. Unfortunately microSD card slot is located beneath the battery. The all plastic body is quite well packed and durable too. Beneath lies the 2 MP camera with no flash along with a loud speaker. Nothing more to say about the design, but to me design is perfect. the camera is only 2 MP(1600×1200 pixels), on top the low screen resolution add to it’s woes.

The camera is a fixed focus too, though laden with great in-built features like Smile shot, Panorama shot, Geo-tagging. It’s the 832MHz processor which makes it a good buy at this price range as it scores over some other mid-ranged Android Smartphone too. Quite faster processing power, great phone for web browsing especially on the Android OS v2.3.5 and a better performance at multi-tasking too. Another plus point according to me,

a full fledged device in terms of connectivity features. GPRS, EDGE, 3G at HSDPA, with download rates of up to 7.2 Mbps. Wi-Fi which can be used as a Wi-Fi hot-spot too. Along with the latest version of Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, HS and a microUSB v2.0. And a standard 3.5mm audio headset jack to house up every standard headphones of your choice. 5 out of 5 in terms of connectivity features at this price tag. 3 inch(240 x 320 pixels) TFT capacitive display which also respond to multi-touch too. But it’s the resolution, 256K colors, is a let down which adds negative points to the viewing experience, images captured by camera, hurts overall experience.

 Android OS v2.3.5 Gingerbread.

832 MHz Powerful Processor.

Affordable Android Smartphone.

Good Connectivity Features.

Good Audio Quality.

Good Battery Backup.

 Low Screen Resolution.

Bad Camera Quality.

Lacks Secondary Camera.

Fix Focus.

No Flash Support."