Xperia series released in Q4 2010. It was sold in many countries worldwide, including the United States on AT&T Mobility
and low-end pay-monthly contracts in the UK. It originally shipped running Android 1.6 but was upgraded in early 2011 to Android 2.1.
Hardware
The phone has a 3.0-inch (76 mm)
MSM7227 processor, has a 3-axis accelerometer and built-in GPS
, a digital compass, an ambient light sensor and a lug for attaching a strap.
Sony Ericsson
was adamant was impossible on the X8.
Software
Sony Ericsson has made its own custom overlay on the Android system using an optimized version of the UX (user experience) interface, which consists of design elements, themes and custom applications. The four corners of the screen have replaceable shortcuts for commonly used applications. The main application is Sony Ericsson Timescape, a social networking application that combines messages from Facebook, Twitter, SMS and email into a flowing column on the home screen. Photos may be attached to contacts or sent to a Facebook account. The phone contains expected smartphone applications, and Wisepilot Navigation Software, Google Maps, YouTube, Sony's PlayNow Arena and TrackID (to identify a song by recording a small part of it).
rooting. Since then, independent developers have made a fully working Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0),[4] Jelly Bean (4.1 & 4.2), and KitKat (4.4) port using a custom kernel
