On the road...

...Taking the Arc with me to Mexico was something of a gamble, given the issues with the AV sync, so I took my X10 as well so I could shoot some HD video without any problems. I left the X10 on the tourbus one day while I was out an about so 'made do' with the Arc. Tried to shoot some video, with 170MB+ free in the memory...19 seconds in, video freezes. Disappointing and RUBBISH!

Mercifully I haven't been using the Arc as my primary camera (I've got a real camera for that) but started using it on the Road to Chichen Itza, a four-day tour the wife and I undertook in order to elleviate the terrible hardship of lying on the beach drinking daiquiris.

Giving the phone(s) a bit of battering to really test roadworthiness has thrown up more problems with the software - or the usual missing features scenario we've gotten used to with 2.3.2. Unfortunately you'll have to bear with me as I've broken the article down in sections, and there are a few.

The fun just never stops...

...with Xperia. Back in April, when the bootloader was officially opened for the Arc/Play, it was speculated those who had opened the bootloader wouldn't be able to update officially...

No, no, no, said SE, you'll be fine. Fast forward a month and apparently that's not the case - now it seems you have to fuck about behind the scenes (again) in order to get any future updates for the phone.

Absolutely shocking turn of events to be honest, made even more annoying since I wrote an impassioned piece on how wonderful it was SE had taken such a bold move with opening bootloaders and embracing potential outside development. Very disappointing, very disappointing indeed.