Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Multitouch Update Official Word [Xperia X10 Multitouch Isn't on the Cards, Say SE, Despite Rumours to the Contrary]

Posted on TFTS by Andrew Tingle on Monday, 26. April 2010 under: Mobile/Cell Phones

Only last week we reported on rumours circulating that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 was set to gain its confirmed Android 2.1 update in September and that, according to said rumours, this may include bringing mulittouch support to the Xperia X10 – despite previous official word that the X10 cannot (from a hardware standpoint) support mulittouch functionality. Now we have official word from Sony Ericsson and if you own an X10 are are particularly keen on the X10 gaining mulittouch support, it isn’t good news.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 490SQ

According to Sony Ericsson:

At the time of the announcement of Xperia X10 (3 Nov 2009) we confirmed on our product blog that Xperia X10 would not support the android core feature of multi touch at the time of launch. As the project has evolved we have subsequently announced that that Xperia X10 will be upgraded during its lifecycle with improvements in the User Experience Platform, incorporating software feature improvements and a later release of the android OS. However, owing to the particular hardware and software configuration of the X10, multi-touch capabilities will not be enabled in the core platform irrespective of the software upgrade. Whilst there has been intense discussion amongst online consumers about many of the detailed features supported by the X10, Sony Ericsson has at no point made any official statement indicating support of multi touch as a core feature of the Xperia X10.
Whilst Sony Ericsson does not generally comment on speculation about future product or feature announcements, our communication principle is to have an open and honest dialogue with consumers and we make the above clarification in order to avoid any mis-conceptions among purchasers of the Xperia X10. We have had extremely positive consumer feedback following our first shipments of the Xperia X10 and we are very confident that this product delivers a user experience that is truly unique and will delight consumers the world over.

So, in line with our previous posting that mulittouch would not be coming to the X10 (not that it needs it, in honesty), we can now confirm that rumours concerning mulittouch coming to the X10 are not well founded (indeed, they are incorrect – it isn’t going to happen).

So, that’s cleared that up then, once and for all.

[Thanks Yasir]