Currently rumors of the first Android based handset of Sony Ericsson can be found on several Internet news portals. The danish phone site Mobile invoke on internal documents of Sony Ericsson, which describe an upcoming XPERIA handset codenamed Rachael. Fist details of the specifications include:
- 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- HSPA
- 8 megapixel camera
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- big touchscreen (somewhere between 3.75″ and 4″)
Until now there are no official facts of the smart-phone available. It is unclear if the phone will have a capacitive touch screen or if Sony will have its own special UI on top of Android like HTC is doing. There are no information about the measurements and size of the phone. Furthermore it doesn’t seem to include a slide-out keyboard (because of the thin chassis).
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The phone also includes few buttons on the front which is unusual for Android phones. Current HTC Android phones have at least a home button, back button, pick up, end call, and some sort of navigation input like a dpad or trackball.
It can be assumed that the phone will not available very soon (maybe during 2010). Previously SonyEricsson stated that they would skip Android 1.5 and wait for version 2.0 before releasing their first handset. One of the features that are supposedly added to Android 2.0 is WVGA (800×480 or 854×480) support. So this phone could be the first with WVGA resolution.
[via Engadget]
