The XPERIA X10 Mini is a stunning 3G Smartphone which has been manufactured by Sony Ericsson, & it sure has desirable good looks as well as an abundance of high speed technologies. It has a touch screen designed casing which is compact in size & comes with a crystal clear touch screen. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini is from the XPERIA range of Smartphones which include the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 & the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro, which all support differing features & technologies but all come with the popular XPERIA Smartphone styling.

The XPERIA X10 Mini runs an Android operating system version 1.6 & supports a stylish touch screen user interface. This Smartphone comes with a two gigabytes memory card, handsfree kit, micro USB cable, rechargeable battery & a user guide included with the handset. Its main features include a music player, social network compatible Web browsing, email with Gmail support, Instant messaging, aGPS navigation with Wisepilot™ & Google Maps™ support, 3G HSDPA & WiFi® technology. Appearance & Size Its casing is neatly designed & has a compact shape which measures 8.3cm tall by 5cm wide by 1.6cm deep & it only weighs 88 grams with its fitted battery.

This compact handset has a short but wide style casing complete with smooth & flat sides although its corners have a slight curve. Its casing has a high gloss finish which looks appealing as well as being a smooth handset to hold when in use. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini is available in six colour options which include black, pearl white, pink, lime, silver & a red coloured casing. Its front section is almost filled by the 2.55 inch colour touch screen which displays up to sixteen million colours on this clear & bright screen. This touch screen is scratch resistant & the user can enjoy an automatic rotation feature on the XPERIA X10 Mini as well as an onscreen keyboard & keypad. There is a built in five megapixel camera feature which allows the user of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini to enjoy capturing still pictures & recording videos on the move. This Smartphone supports a Sony Ericsson photo album application which allows the user to store all their treasured pictures in an easy to manage album. The five megapixel camera comes with a photo geo tagging feature allowing the user to store their locations or destination with each photo captured, & there is a built in photo light which allows the user to capture perfectly lit photos even in duller surroundings.

It has an automatic focus feature which will ensure a well focused & clear picture is captured using this camera feature. When the user wishes to record moving footage the camera turns into a digital camcorder allowing the user to record video footage complete with a built in video light. The XPERIA X10 Mini supports video streaming capabilities plus video playback in MPEG4, WMV, H263 & H264 video formats. The XPERIA X10 Mini comes with a preloaded Quadrapop game & the user can enjoy more fun games on their Smartphone by downloading them from online game stores. It comes with a built in music player which supports a variety of useful music features allowing the user to enjoy high quality music on their handset. The user can view colourful album art when selecting their music & search for their favourite music using touch screen controls. There is a TrackID™ music recognition feature which allows the user to find out a name of a song they like the sound off as the user records a sample of the song & the music recognition feature will provide the user with the name of the song, the artist performing the song & the album which the song is from. A built in radio feature provides a FM tuning radio experience which means the user can listen to the radio for a new listening experience.

 Communication & Messaging The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini comes complete with a user friendly phone book feature which supports a dialler feature & the user can manage their phone book easily by adding, deleting & editing their contacts as required. As well as working in a normal phone mode this Smartphone has a flight mode setting which will automatically deactivate any radio transmitters on the phone allowing the user to use a selection of their phones features whilst in mobile phone restricted areas such as onboard a flight. The X10 Mini supports a Sony Ericsson Timescape™ feature which allows the user to enjoy all their friends in one place with Facebook™, messages & Twitter™ communication features. The user can create & share messages with their friends & the XPERIA X10 Mini supports a wide selection of user friendly messaging services including instant messaging, email with Gmail™ & Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® support, text messaging as well as multimedia picture & video messaging. This 3G Smartphone comes with a stunning messaging interface making it easy for the user to communicate with their contacts using the best possible messaging or call service to suit the user's individual needs. Technology & Internet Its 3G HSDPA & HSUPA technology provides high speed connectivity when the user requires it & the user can enjoy multi usage of features on the XPERIA X10 Mini thanks to its 3G capabilities.

The user can expect to gain up to three & a half hours of 3G talk time from a fully charged battery or up to three hundred & sixty hours of standby time when using their XPERIA X10 Mini over a 3G network. This rechargeable battery will provide approximately four hours of talk time & two hundred & eight five hours of standby time when used over a GSM network. The Smartphone covers 2G networks GSM 850, 900, 1800 & 1900 plus 3G networks which include HSDPA 850, 900, 2100 & UMTS 900, 2100. There is an integrated barcode reading application available on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini which is a NeoReader® barcode scanning application. Its built in memory is one hundred & twenty eight megabytes in memory size & there is a two gigabyte memory card included with the phone.

 The user can expand their memory further by inserting a memory card with higher memory capabilities as the XPERIA X10 Mini can support an external memory card which is up to sixteen gigabytes in size. The aGPS navigation feature supports a Wisepilot™ navigation as well as Google Maps™ with a street view, which provides detailed navigation for the user to find their desired locations. The user can connect to other devices using either a Bluetooth® wire free connection or by using a micro USB cabled connection. Its WLAN WiFi® capabilities allow the user to experience a cable free connections to the Web via a nearby WLAN or hotspot connection. This Smartphone supports a user friendly Web experience allowing the user to access & view the Web as if they were using their computer. It comes with a HTML browser complete with a pan & zoom viewing function, Web page bookmark feature & the user can use Google search widgets. This user friendly Web experience also supports social network compatibility allowing the user to enjoy Twitter™, Twitter™ & YouTube™ on their phone. .