Sony Ericsson releases ‘pinch to zoom’ update for Xperia X10 family

Sony Ericsson has rolled out its promised update for the XPERIA X10 family and XPERIA X8. Company has now added pinch to zoom multitouch to the X10 family, while X8 and Mini family will also get ANT+ support.

Multitouch will work on both the default browser and Google Maps. Performance optimizations and bugfixes along with some language additions are other add-ons.

A list of additions is given below:

• Addition of some bi-directional languages (Arabic, Farsi, Thai and Hebrew) – All products.
• Pinch/zoom touch for mobile Internet and Google Maps. – Only Xperia X10.
• Moxier in an updated version (2.7.13) that includes a great overview widget for e-mail, calendar and tasks.
• Moxier e-mail shown in Timescape.
• Possibilities of trimming videos in the phone.
• Videos are transcoded to fit into MMS-messages even if they were recorded in high quality.
• Minor changes to Mediascape with access to “Now Playing” in the top right corner.

This update can be done either using PC-companion or (for most markets) also over the air directly from your phone.