Japanese consumers will be the first in the world to get their hands on Sony Ericsson's new Xperia X10 smartphone when it goes on sale here in April through carrier NTT DoCoMo, the companies said Thursday.
The phone is Sony Ericsson's first to be based on Google's Android operating system and is part of an effort to carve out a name for itself with phones that include social networking as well as entertainment functions such as music and movies.
"Our Xperia phone is the outcome of a successful global R&D effort, including our team in Tokyo that led the product development," said Bert Nordberg, president of Sony Ericsson, said at a Tokyo news conference. "DoCoMo will be our first customer globally to receive the phone."
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The phone is Sony Ericsson's first to be based on Google's Android operating system and is part of an effort to carve out a name for itself with phones that include social networking as well as entertainment functions such as music and movies.
"Our Xperia phone is the outcome of a successful global R&D effort, including our team in Tokyo that led the product development," said Bert Nordberg, president of Sony Ericsson, said at a Tokyo news conference. "DoCoMo will be our first customer globally to receive the phone."
More: http://pcworld.com/article/187332/