The Latest announcement from Sony Ericsson is the Xperia Arc with Snapdragon 8255 and 4.2Inch Multitouch screen with what they call is a Reality Display. Sony Ericsson announced Xperia Arc in CES 2011 and it is very close to what rumors have been about the Codenamed Anzu or Xperia X10′s Successor, Xperia 12. This is model no LT15 and named as Xperia Arc for all general purpose. Sony Ericsson’s selling point would be Sony’s Exmor R sensor in it’s HD 8.1Mp Camera and Bravia Mobile Engine Display, same display engine used in Sony Bravia TV’s, which they call it as the Reality Display. Of-course coupled with Latest Android 2.3,Gingerbread and Sony Ericsson’s UXP. 
I’m pretty excited to see the UXP coupled with Latest Android 2.3,Gingerbread. Another point to note apart from the Bravia Reality Display, is the Air Sealed gap between the Screen and Top Glass, which simply blacks out any chances of any reflection which should be great for viewing outdoors and when you are viewing it from different angles. The Snap Dragon 8255 processor is also clocked at 1Ghz which is better and faster with graphics. Xperia X10 also had the SnapDragon Processor but it was 8250. Another advantage of 8255 SnapDragon Processor is that it is more power efficient which could give you more hours of talktime. And when it’s coupled with Android 2.3,Gingerbread, you got to have great Battery Life.
I love the design and but the only thing that disappoints me is the lack of front camera. With support of Video Calling in Gingerbread SDK, there would be more and more apps that use that feature and i would definitely feel left out when i find my Xperia Arc can’t do Video Calling. 
Other than that i would have preferred a camera shutter and a lit cover for the Mini-USB jack, but thats not a deal breaker for me.
I like what they have done to Mediascape, used the basic Android Player and made a good Mediascape Widget, Media Pane. They have tried to keep things less complex yet rich user experience, which would eventually mean timely Android Updates. As we saw in the Leaked portfolio roadmap for Sony Ericsson in year 2011, the main focus is to get the Android Updates in time. And with Gingerbread, they have a new APK file for all the visual changes you see and they call it as the skin. So, modifying the core becomes easier than ever.
Enjoy the video of first hands of Xperia Arc, where they check out the Gingerbread with Sony Ericsson’s UXP, it’s the video from GSMArena.
The UI seems to really fluid and fast and considering it’s just a prototype, it’s got to really good when it comes out in Late Q1 and Early Q2 in most markets. Probably similar launch to what it was with Xperia X10. Did you like the idea of Pinch zooming only the Widgets on the homescreen and not all your homescreens? I love Sony Ericsson for how they do things differently. 
I know most of would probably change the default homescreen to some thirdparty launcher apps, but looking at the majority of Xperia Arc users, who don’t like to tinker the default settings, would love the ease of use and great user experience delivered. Isn’t it?
The fluiditly doesn’t seem to be same with the video made by Rikard from Product Launch Blog. He tried to make a quick tutorial on the new Homescreen or desktop on the XperiaArc with the Timescape widget and Media Pane that i discussed earlier. He also answered a few details about the Xperia Arc, check them after the enjoying the video by rikard. Let us know if you want to know something that is not mentioned here!
And here is the specs and few clarification on the specs and features of Xperia Arc by Sony Ericsson rep, Rikard on Sony Ericsson Product Blog.
- The CPU and GPU specs are: MSM8255 at 1 GHz with Adreno 205.
- The music player does have an equalizer, my current software has 10 different genre based presets.
- It does not have a front facing camera.
- Mediascape is removed in its earlier form and has changed into a customizable widget based “media pane” (as shown briefly in the video)
- It’s too early to officially give detailed comments around specific later Android versions for XperiaTM arc during its lifecycle but the changes we have made to our way of working with Android puts us in a good position to make sure that Xperia arc will get later versions in a timely manner.
- I’ve seen articles around higher numbers than 2.3 being seen in the display of Xperia arc phones – As I have been informed that is due to a misconfiguration in some samples and nothing to get too excited about really, sorry.
- It does have two microphones which will be used for noise suppression during phone calls.
- The camera LED flash is possible to put in four different modes; Auto, Fill-flash, Red-eye Reduction & Off.
- It does have full multi touch support, I just tried a similar multi touch test app as I did in the video on the X10 and at least in that app it accepts 4 simultaneous touch points without any issues with X- and Y-axis or such things. I will try to get confirmation on final specs in regards to multi touch.
- It does support wi-fi up to the 802.11n mode.
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