Sony Ericsson announces Xperia X2

So I guess the new thing now to bash WM phone's for is resistive screen technology. By your reckoning then every WM device from the TP2 onwards is not worth purchasing unless it has a capacitive screen. Please go back and amend all the previous reviews on this site that even remotely praised and recommended any WM device since its obvious users have been tricked into believing their phone has worked all this time and they clearly need capacitive screens before they can claim to have a working phone.

Strange that none of this was an issue before the iphone came along, here's a thought - scrap WMExperts (since you guys are obviously not interested in WM) and rename all your sites CapacitiveExperts!

Any idea if it will have a compass? This is essential for AR (Augmented Reality) applications like Layar. I hope SE has figured out that they are one of the upcoming hot trends.

Is it gonna be manufactured by HTC?

I think it's manufactured by FoxConn who also do the iPhone. HTC was too expensive.

what processor does it have, any one know?

The resistive on my X1 works beautifully with or without stylus...

I really don't understand all the resistive hate. I think a lot of users complain simply because iphone = capacitive = they think all phones should do the same but don't know why other than that they read it somewhere in an article...

Its one chunkie piece of hardware.

I'd really like to see dual screen tech. Resistive+capacitive layer. If it doesn't have both I'm thinking I'd actually prefer resistive. I like to beable to press keys on my phone with different things other then my hand. Like in class I use my pencil to work SpaceTime 3 calculator software.

But honestly I don't think they mind about the resistive screen to much I bet they just think it's what we want to here.

I love Sony.

So what's wrong with resistive screen?
http://www.stantum.com/spip.php?page=video

phone look us very smart and sony's system is most pooular. i like it. i like this phone

I don't like capacitive screens for one reason, you can't use the screen while wearing gloves. Capacitive screen require the bio-electrical charge from your skin to work. This means anything that prevent the screen from reading the electricity your body makes, will prevent the screen from reading input. Resistive screens work by the device providing the electricity & a variable resistor layer. When you press on the screen the voltage on the sensor end drops telling the device where you pressed. Being the device supplies the "base" voltage, you can use anything to make the press. On a capacitive screen, what ever presses the screen must have some form of static energy for the capacitors to pick up.

Resistive = Resistance based (BTW all sensors used for CAR Engine Control Units are Resistive)

Capacitive = Capacitors are used.