Sony Explains No Froyo for X10, Proves They Don't Understand Android

Sony Explains No Froyo for X10, Proves They Don’t Understand Android

January 6, 2011 | by Michael Heller

Although the news probably didn’t surprise too many people, earlier today, Sony Ericsson finally stated that there will never be a Froyo upgrade for the Xperia X10. Now, they’ve released an explanation for that decision, saying:

“We believe the features included in the Android 2.1 phone are on par with, and in many cases better than, a vanilla installation of 2.2.”

So, Sony Ericsson seems to believe that users are better off not having:

A system-wide speed increase due to JIT compiler
Flash 10.1 support
USB tethering and WiFi hotspot
Voice dialing via bluetooth
Better Exchange support
Install apps to SD
Push notifications

Not to mention support for Chrome to Phone, Voice Actions or the newest version of YouTube.

SE later dialed back that original comment saying, “We believe the version of Android 2.1 which we have implemented on the X10 is suitable for the hardware of these particular models.”

So, really SE just didn’t want to come out and say it was hardware issues. They wanted to pass the buck to Android. Nice try.

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Android 2.2, firmware updates, Froyo, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

11 Comments

Steve said: On January 6, 2011

Well, I'll be sure to never buy a Sony Ericsson phone now then.

@mnguyea said: On January 6, 2011

Its going to be a growing list of manufactures that I'm going to be avoiding soon…Samsung…Sony Ericsson…who will be next on the list

No sammy & sony 4u said: On January 6, 2011

Sony and samsung both don't care about their customers to bad for them good for apple and motorola ect. Time for some american company to stand up and make the pledge to keep you up to date.

Lweek said: On January 6, 2011

Very very bad decission for SE. I'll switch to other brand as soon as possible. My patience end right now.

Jack1059 said: On January 6, 2011

This is the one big hurdle with Android which google has got to overcome. Initial success of the platform is good, but to maintain it google needs to apply some basic controls so that upgrades are controlled by google and not the individual companies. Why buy a phone that will be essentially abandoned after one upgrade, if you even get that? Look how long its taken other manufacturers to get a froyo update to their phones. As I see it this is THE issue with Android.

- Lemon said: On January 7, 2011
  
  Jack this isn't Android's problem. This is SE's problem. They've spent the last year royally fucking over their X10 users… I'd venture to say any X10 user even remotely unhappy with this won't be buying another SE phone for a long time.
  
KojakWeb said: On January 6, 2011

Hardware!?! Give me a break! How different is the hardware to the Nexus One/HTC Desire which both came out earlier than the X10? It's neither Android or hardware issues that's preventing them from releasing Froyo, it's purely down to lack of software engineering at SE themselves. I feel sorry for anyone who buys SE smartphones, because they are buying a broken product to begin with, with little or hope of fixes down the line.

Someone said: On January 16, 2011

not the first but the last SE phone i ever bought…

Carl said: On January 19, 2011

SE will still update the x10 series, just not with new versions of android
I think this is a smart choice

Jaap Braaksma said: On January 19, 2011

yes yes, we are all disappointed, but: I really love my X10 mini, and c'mon guys: did you ever receive a new Windows version from the OEM of your PC?

viyan said: On April 23, 2011

whats wrong with you Sony Ericsson???????

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