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will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:07:28 GMT

hi what do u guys say can we expect the standard 2.1 on xperia x10 or do we have to expect some of the features to be left out by SE like live wallpapers,radio,on touch zoom /???? what do u say ?may be for a change we canexpect a reaply by SE itself

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:50:14 GMT

gaganbedi79@gmail.com

I would have expected the 2.1 update to be 2.1+ - so that's the standard 2.1 that everyone gets plus a little bit of SonyEricsson "magic". Otherwise why is it taking so long to see that update?

So I would have thought live wallpapers (total waste of time imho - but I realise that ymmv) would be there unless they need multi-touch support for some reason.

Radio - good point - anyone know if the X10 has the FM-RDS hardware that the "lesser" X10Mini apparently has (see http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/products/phoneportfolio/specification/xperiax10mini)? No insult intended to any X10Mini owners by the way - it's still a nice phone.

Touch Zoom - isn't that application-specific? It certainly works fine for me in Opera. Again, I can't see any compelling reason why SE would feel the need to take this out.

Bob

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

sushidushi — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:56:45 GMT

Live wallpapers? What are they? Does it mean an animated screensaver?

Also, touch zoom? I havbe Opera on mine, but I'm not sure what touch zoom is. I might be missing out on something exciting here!

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:15:49 GMT

Live wallpapers are interactive backgrounds (at least according to http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/live-wallpapers.html) I'm guessing in a similar mold to the way that he Active Desktop was supposed to work for Windows. So you can have a background picture that darkens as it get's darker outside (presumably so you don't have to look out of the window to tell it's night?!). And you can also have backgrounds that do things if the user presses on them - e.g. have a picture of a puddle and when the user taps on the picture you get an effect like rain drops falling into the water.

Very pretty? yes! Useful? Not as far as I can see - sounds like Apple-stylee eye candy.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

sushidushi — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:43:11 GMT

I often lose track of the time, but find that wearing a watch helps with that. Could we also have a scene that not only tells us if it's dark outside, but also what season it is? Perhaps trees with the leaves falling off in the autumn? One could even set the clock on the phone wrong and try to confuse it. That'd teach it who's boss...! Yeah, something I think I could learn to live without. If I want pretty, I'll use my profile picture on this forum as my wallpaper.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

suze — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:31 GMT

If you have a look at this thread on AndroidForums there are two youtube videos of the X10 showing it with 2.1, the first is embedded in the thread and the second is a link further down. The second one actually shows a live wallpaper but as I don't speak German I can't really make head nor tale of it. Interesting tho!

http://androidforums.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10/172181-2-1-spotted-wild.html

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

sushidushi — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:39 GMT

Oh, and it does have falling leaves on that video!

I couldn't make out much, either, but it does look pretty.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

suze — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:10:42 GMT

Yeah and the water rippled with touch or phone movement. Only worry would be how much of a battery killer are they.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

sushidushi — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:13:22 GMT

It's certainly not going to help with battery life, is it? Mine's a lot better than it was at first, but I'd rather use the battery for more useful things, if given the choice.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:39:18 GMT

It'll be a novelty for me, that Live Wallpaper. However what struck me was the responsiveness! That was awesome! (As my son would put it....)

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

sushidushi — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:45:43 GMT

Yes, it certainly seemed very fast! My sons also (over)use the word awesome. What I get for living over here, I suppose...

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:20:23 GMT

Overuse is the right word. LOL.

"AWESOME!!!" Dadddy, daddy! It's so AWESOME!!!" ...... gosh.. I can hear him right now even though he is asleep.....

What would be awesome is SE sending it out early.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:47:36 GMT

Live wallpapers look great hopefully there will be a large selection by the time we get to use them...

buy your kid a dictionary/thesaurus or better still don't spend your whole life on here and interact with them a bit more

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:55:42 GMT

I suggest you keep those rude comments/attacks to yourself. You don't have to be rude.

Live Wallpaper is nice as long as it does not drain CPU performance and the charge in the battery. I noticed you are all for a gaming device. But do remember that quite a few of us do use X!0 for more business like purposes.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:30:32 GMT

Buy a REAL business phone kiddo like a NOKIA for example.. this is a phone for people who likes to play, stay in touch with friends in facebook and twitter (timescape) listen to music (mediascape) and have a nice designed handset with big screen to watch videos.

No offence 😉

xxx

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:05:09 GMT

Again, offence taken.

Firstly, Nokia's quality and business phones suck. why do you think they are not popular among business people?

Secondly, Sony Ericsson has been very well-known for being the most useful with businessmen.

Thirdly, don't you know that for entertainment and all those nonsense, Sony Ericsson has the U series? they are called the Ultimate Entertainment series. X series was always targeting the business people.

Owning an X series doesn't automatically make you a business-oriented person.

By the way, your actions so far is considered stalking and harassing, youngling.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:11:39 GMT

I don't know about you, but I've just about had it with this rude kids pretending to be adults.

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:55:22 GMT

Aw come on, you know you really want a background of swimming fishes that you can tap to feed? i just *know* deep down its one of your greatest wishes in life.....

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:01:51 GMT

darkmax wrote:

Firstly, Nokia's quality and business phones suck. why do you think they are not popular among business people?

Secondly, Sony Ericsson has been very well-known for being the most useful with businessmen.

Owning an X series doesn't automatically make you a business-oriented person.

#3 - X10 is a business phone - didn't know that. I thought it was just the high-end "jack of all trades".

#2 - SE being business phones? Hmm, the old T series yes, but the folks here about (I work for a very large US-based tech firm - and no, it's not IBM!) are predominantely issued Nokia's. with the rest being iPaq's. Same with the suppliers I deal with. Oh, and anyone who turns up with an iPhone bought it themselves.

#1 - Nope, sorry, going to totally disagree with you there. I'll be the first to admit that Nokia's high-end stuff's been victim to having to work around the faults, most of which I put down to Symbian to be honest. But - afaik - their low end gear, like the 2330 that's sitting next to me is rock solid.

By the way, that posting by Troll-hunter was totally uncalled for - I was very tempted to hit that "Report abuse" button. I've got kids so I know what you were getting at, they do seem to get fixated on words and phrases, ... like ... you know, whatever! Only thing I can think is that he's (?) trying to judge you to his (?) own low standards!

Back to the live wallpapers - yes, I can see LW being a definite kid pleaser. I'm racking my brain for a use for these that isn't frivalous - so far best I can to is some sort of system status gadget that lets you see the battery status, wifi, etc.

Bob

Re: will we get live wallpapers as standard on 2.1?

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:53:38 GMT

Yep i have to agree with you, nokia and blackberrys are business phones the X10 is a feature phone (as every reviewer has called it) it is meant for social networking and media....