Android and Snapdragon on board

Oct 17, 2009 10:18 GMT  ·  By

Japanese -Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has been rumored quite a few times before to plan on launching on the market an XPERIA model that would run under Google's Android operating system, the XPERIA X3 Rachael handset, and it seems that we're getting closer and closer each day to the official announcement of the device.

SEMCblog is reporting that the handset vendor will officially announce the availability of XPERIA X3 next month, most probably at the beginning of November, it seems, and that all the goodies that have been previously rumored to come with the phone will be there, including the Android 2.0 flavor of the OS, and the Qualcomm 1Ghz Snapdragon processor (it will be the second Android device to include the chipset, following the recently announced Acer Liquid smartphone).

“So-welcome announcement from Sony Ericsson will be in early November. It will be announcement of great smartphone which has harmonious codename Rachael. As you may know, Sony Ericsson Rachael is Android-based device which has 4.0″ WVGA touchscreen. The device has chipset Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz. And, of course, Rachael has a 8.1 megapixel camera with auto focus, 3.5 mm audio jack and standard micro-USB connector. Sony Ericsson Rachael will be available in two beautiful colours: Sensuous Black and Luster White,” the blog notes.

No details on the exact availability of the phone emerged, yet one might already remember that the Android-powered Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 was said to hit the market sometime in January 2010. The phone has been already reported to come with its own user interface thrown over Google's platform, so one should expect for an interesting user experience to come along with this device. Considering the specification list of the handset, this enhanced experience is something guaranteed, though we're also certain that it won't come cheap. Hopefully, this will pan out and we'll be able to learn more info on the device, so stick around for the details.

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