Sony Ericsson launched their new smartphone XPERIA X10 based on Google Android platform. The launch of the new handset brings along a new “user experience platform” according to Sony. The phone is based on Android 1.6 and not on recently released Android 2.0, also Sony hasn’t made much changes to the OS except the new custom skin and two key applications Timescape and Mediascape.

Both Timescape and Mediascape run as standalone applications, but are fully integrated into native Android apps. Timescape is extension of calendar application that handles events in a single view of tumbling panes each detailing the most recent changes. Timescape integrates SMS, email, calls, voicemail, photos, Twitter and Facebook updates to keep the calendar up-to-date. It also integrates all the above-mentioned services so that you can get all the information about a contact from anyone application. For example, if you are looking at an SMS and then hit infinity symbol, it will bring up the contact details for the individual arranged in tabs, including their Twitter, Facebook, emails, photos and anything else related to the contact.

Mediascape is like Timescape for audio, video and images. In Mediascape three tabs Music, Video and Photo show various content in each category. For example, if you hit Video tab, the top half of the screen will show videos available on your device and the bottom half will show videos available online. Similar features are available both for music and photos also.

Hardware-wise the phone features 4-inch screen with WVGA (480 x 854) resolution, 8.1-megapixel camera, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, quad band GSM/EDGE, tri band HSPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and microSD card slot. The camera on the phone comes with LED flash, 16x digital zoom, face recognition, geotagging, image stabilization, smile detection, touch focus and video recording.

The XPERIA X10 will come with usual set of Google applications along with the two applications that Sony developed. The phone measures 4.68” x 2.48” x 0.51” and weighs 4.76 ounces. Sony plans to ship the phone in Q1 2010 in two colors Sensuous Black and Luster White. We have added two videos below showcasing the XPERIA X10.