Sony Ericsson announced Aspen in February, 2010. You’ve had to wait for a long time for it to become available, but now you only have to wait a few more weeks since it will be available in August.
The phone will have a 2.4″ QVGA resistive touch screen, a 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm audio-jack, FM radio, WiFi, microUSB connector and a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone is 117 x 60 x 12.45 mm in size, and weighs 130 grams.
Aspen will come with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board.
The HTC HD Mini today received a minor update. The update, RUU_PHO3100_20100519.exe, improves ringtone sound quality.’
Update for HTC HD Mini Ringtone clarity enhancement
Release Date: 2010-05-28This update improves the ringtone sound quality.
Read More and Download Instructions: HTC HD Mini Update
A web browser speed test between Nexus One running Android 2.2, Safari on iPhone and Opera Mobile 10 on HTC HD2.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 just got updated with a brand new ROM, that brings Windows Mobile 6.5.3 onboard the device.
Get the latest software for Xperia X2™ with improved phone responsiveness.
New features:
- Three new themes.
- Complete finger friendliness.
- XT9 gesture support.
- Video telephony functionality enhancements.
Improved features:
- Updated dialer.
- Phone responsiveness improvements.
- Sound and Notification manager update.
- Application stability improvements.
Download: Sony Ericsson Update Service(currently down, but should be back in a moment)
Samsung just announced that we will see a new color on the Samsung Omnia II. The new color will be White. Together with the new color, they announced that the Omnia II will receive an update to Windows Mobile 6.5.3 by the end of May. Phones shipped after that will come pre-installed with Windows Mobile 6.5.3.
The update will dramatically increase the accuracy and speed of the touch screen.
The update can be obtained via your local Samsung Upgrade site: http://www.samsung.fi/upgrade
Sony Ericsson today released the long awaited MR1 update for their Xperia X2. This update bumps up the Windows Mobile version to 6.5.2.
The update enables video calling, enables FM Radio access and adds fast GPS. An update to Windows Mobile 6.5.3 should follow in a few months.
Download the update at Sony Ericsson Update Service here.
Sergey Kuzmin from Mobile-review has gotten his hands on the recently announced Sony Ericsson Aspen. The video is unfortunately in Russian, but let the video speak for itself ;) Check it out after the break.
Sony Ericsson published a scheduled updates roadmap for the Xperia X2. Users were not happy with the support on their Xperia X1, which did not get any updates. This will be fixed with the X2, and now they have come clean with the updates that the phone will see. The only problem is, that the phone will not see Windows Mobile 7. Here is a quote from their Xperiancers blog:
As the X2 begins to roll out globally, it’s only fair that customers know what kind of support we’ll be giving the phone in the months to come. It’s not news to say that we attracted some criticism for this on the X1 and we’re not going to go there again with the X2. So, for the record, this is what X2 customers can expect in terms of software upgrades.
In March, we’ll launch our first upgrade (MR1). It will upgrade Windows Mobile from 6.5.1 to 6.5.2 (which will improve both the stability and usability of the device), it will bring in the use of video telephony, an FM radio and it will introduce fast GPS to get a quicker fix. As well as all this, MR1 will upgrade a lot of the applications in the phone to improve speed, usability and fix any bugs we find.
The second update will go live in May and this will be a big one as it moves Windows mobile onto 6.5.3. This is a significant upgrade in terms of usability, performance, power management and the browser experience.
That’s the extent of our plans at the moment but I’ll update this post as we make any more decisions.
Thanks. Aaron
(ps. Before anyone asks, no it won’t ever go onto Windows Mobile 7, it won’t support the hardware.)
