Sony Ericsson today announced the availability of the first major firmware update for the XPERIA X2. It’s called MR1 – Major Release 1 – and will update the OS to version 6.5.2. It’s already available for most users and they’re hoping to make it available for all markets within this week. Here are the official “highlights” from the SE Produt Blog:
- MR1 is built on a new core platform release from Microsoft including a newer version of IE6
- Stability improvements are everywhere with focus on SlideView, Panel manager and TileWave
- Performance improvements focused on rotation and touch performance, the camera, web browsing, the software keyboard and audio streaming
- New features are added like FM radio, Video calling, Auto-lock and Fast GPS which allows for a faster first fix to the GPS signal
- SlideView 2.0 gives better usability throughout with a fresh design; and new actions are build in like new/reply/delete/edit capabilities in messaging and calendar. Music scrolling/searching and the mini-player have also been enhanced
- The new dialer took a big step forward with four easy buttons giving easy access to the dial-pad, favorites, call activity and contacts. We increased the target hit area in contacts for finger friendliness and added user friendly redial functionality
- Based on feedback from you, we really worked hard on the software keyboard (XT9) by improving speed and touch responsiveness
Get your X2 updated today at www.sonyericsson.com/update.
I like this phone despite it being windows mobile. I even like it despite the fact that I hate any type of slider.
Anyway, good to see SE keeping their promise on the updates!
Hm.. I wonder what the new SlideView looks like.
Yes Yes
I was wondering the same thing =D
Pics would be great!
But sounds like a pretty solid update for X2 users!
I’ll update one of the two X2′s I’ve got here, and compare them
I would like to see something like this on my satio phone.
Right now the only thing I actually want a lot on my Satio is kinetic menu scrolling. Everything else is pretty much fine by me. Oh, and flash wallpapers would be nice.
A bit off-topic, though.
Ok guys, let’s be fair.
I have X1 for 17 months and this device is a really great companion.
Reliable, working, stable, powerful, all fine.
Now it’s few days after X2 upgrade and I’m sorry, but right now this is a disaster.
Whether I don’t get something or this device is a biggest shame I’ve seen in my life.
Basically this is unpredictable, unstable, unfinished and not proper
piece of motherfucking crap I’ve used.
Current behaviour of X2 is like a first firmwares I’ve seen on P990,
few years back.
After upgrade I’ve had like 6 freezes through 48 hours – WTF is that?!
Freezing without any reason – just with normal, ordinary actions I do!
The software is completely not optimized at all, looks like a fucking BETA!!!
I just can’t believe it. Just can’t believe
they really released this piece of crap.
Unbelievable. This is constantly crashing device.
Once SlideView crashed. Once camera stopped working – soft reset.
Now it crashed after playing a movie from the Total Commander.
It’s even more shit – today I opened default WM image gallery and
used it’s basic edit functions – used automatic contrast.
Wanted to save and what! Bum – the device cannot save it! Maybe after cropping it,
the device says…. Like a lack of memory!
I mean – I know what software is, always has it’s glitches, right.
But what is happening to X2 is like really really bad joke!!!!!!!
Guys, do you think that the problem may be in a wrong upgrade?!
I don’t believe it.
So, in fact the 600 Euro piece behaves like a beta stage.
Definitely, the X2 goes back to SE, I want my money back.
You won’t fuck with me anymore.
Unacceptable. Too much.
I was a fan of SE smartphones (used P800, P910, P990, P1, X1)
All of them served well.
This X2 not. Over. Never gonna buy any SE in my life.
And I think they’ll never learn. Never.
In the competitive and tight smartphone market, they are rude enough
to release something like that. And stupid.
Of course I’ll not leave it this way. I’ll spread the info around.
P.S.
As regarding X1 people experiences were very different,
but generally feedback was good and deserved.
X2 has huge negative feedback right now and I’m not alone.
Besides xda forums, just look at
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/produc…able/#comments
What is there is amazing. 90% of negative comments after upgrade.
This device didn’t bahave like this before!!!
What about you guys?
@doministry
I agree to the point about the X2. The WinMobile projects SE has done did not pay off very well at all. This is a shame, especially to do that twice! X1 and X2 are both quite disastorous.
Now, I will still buy more Se phones, Why? you ask.
Well, I like the feature phones and the symbian phones. The WinMo phones are specified in the states by a small gang of SE people and then laid off to another company to create (as HTC for X1 and Mobi-something for the X2) but the Android, feature phones and Symbian phones are inhouse developments.
I’ll probably go for a X10 mini pro when it comes. Looks promising.
We will see if SE will be able to provide a decent upgrade for X2.
I don’t imagine a better OS for my needs right now.
The camera is great.