Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and The Call of Technology

Mobile Phone means a simple communication device, using which you receive calls and make calls. Right? To some extent it is right. But when you will see the bigger picture the statement is showcasing a small part of a mobile phone. We use phones as music player, as camera, as computer, as direction device, as gaming console and as what not. So communication is just a small part of it.

Now every one wants to have a mobile phone which can become successful in providing all these services to them in a nice manner. One mobile phone manufacturing company which is habituatedto launching such handsets is Sony Ericsson mobiles.

Why we are calling it a true rich phone? Let us see why. The design of Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is stylish and charismatic. It comes with an arc slider design that gives a unique look to the device. One of the main features of this handset is that it has a four-directional navigational control with optical joystick navigation, using which you can quickly access the menus. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 also has panels for operating various menus. You can operate menus like multimedia, web and slide shows. QWERTY keyboard is supported by the phone for typing messages and data.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 also supports Bluetooth, the use of which is quite normal these days. You can transfer data, images, audio and video to other phones and computers. We can call this mobile phone a small computer. The device has an operating system that is empowered with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 professional. You are also getting WAP 2.0 enabled Internet browser. Now browse various websites without any hassle. RSS feeds is also there to keeps yourself updated. You can download your favourite games and it also has an MP3, AAC and MPEG4 files' supportive music player.

One feature of Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is its video call camera. This special camera helps in viewing the picture of other persons while talking. You can get complete information about the location and directions of certain routes with the GPS function of this highly advanced handset. TrackID function is present for the music lovers, using which they can get the information about the album, songs and the artist. Way Finder navigator is yet another advanced feature of this phone, with which you can get the information about a route in details. Although the handset is full of functionalities but it is very slim and light weight having the dimensions of 110.5 x 52.6 x 17.0 mm.

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iPhone killer

A sleek steel body, a blackberry-like QWERTY keyboard, 3-inch VGA screen, multiple-panels, and loads of other features, that’s Sony Xperia X1, the new mobile phone from Sony Ericsson, its answer to the likes of iPhone and Nokia N96. But priced at Rs45,500 or roughly half a lakh, will this product find takers? Anil Sethi, President, Sony Ericsson India argues that it’ll, because of the value proposition it offers.

But if the recent experience of the much-hyped Apple iPhone is anything to go by, the road ahead will not be easy. The company did not spell out how many units of the Xperia it plans to sell, but it is optimistic. The company will be selling the phone through its premium stores.

So what’s unique about the phone? Ramanath Bhat, the man behind the phone, says it’s the pre-loaded panels. There are 9-interactive panels which sit on the touchscreen interface of the phone. “I’m doing business now, home now, the phone doesn’t adapt. We’re doing panels now. Whatever you’re doing, you can set the panel. It’s the ability for user to change the user interface of their mobile phone based on how they lead their mobile life. It’s not being addressed by any of our competitors; it’s the first time the user interface power is given to the user”.

Another Mobile Samsung :

To hear Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talk about Samsung Electronics’ new upgraded smart phone, T*Omnia, Korean consumers will soon get the mother of all smart phones on the planet. “The T*Omnia is at the forefront of this new generation of mobile devices,” declared Ballmer at a Seoul ceremony unveiling the phone on Nov. 3. “I like the T*Omnia phone because it brings together communications, productivity, multimedia, and entertainment in a way that meets the needs of both consumers and mobile professionals.”

The T*Omnia, an upgraded version of the Samsung Omnia that has been available in Asia and Europe for more than two months, will be introduced only in the Korean market from around Nov. 20 by SK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile carrier. It certainly offers more features than the iPhone. It includes mobile TV and 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and image stabilizer as well as Microsoft Outlook, Wi-Fi, GPS, fast Internet access through 7.2-megabaud per second HSDPA and Bluetooth support. But the real reason why Ballmer speaks highly of the phone is that it runs on Window Mobile 6.1 to allow users to swap any Window-based files seamlessly with their PCs.

Samsung is negotiating with a U.S. carrier with an aim to roll out the phone in America by the end of this month. But it is not clear wether U.S. consumers will have access to the upgraded phone or its old version, which has a slightly smaller touch screen with lower resolution. The new version has a 3.3-inch LCD (versus a 3.2-inch screen) with a much higher 800X480 resolution (versus the earlier 400X200).

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Sony Ericsson Xperia

You might have noticed the who is johnny X ads here on CH promoting the European launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia. In addition to a brilliant screen, handy form-factor and sleek design the Xperia offers users a variety of downloadable home screens. These panels, as they're called, are like interactive desktops and allow immediate access to content and functionality.

Sony Ericsson offers an SDK so that anyone can develop a panel. For Cool Hunting we wanted to give our readers easy access to our latest articles and the ability to search the archives. When the phone is vertical you can see headlines and when it's horizontal you can see thumbnails. If you have an Xperia, download our panel here.

The company that once designed the Treo for Palm (and countless other amazing white-label devices) is apparently back in the ODM game. That's right, if you were wondering how the hell Sony Ericsson pulled the XPERIA X1 rabbit out of its hat, look no further than HTC. While we don't think they did any of the special software, we heard it through the grapevine that the X1 is all HTC-built, which kind of explains a lot if you ask us.

In a recent promotional email, retailer Expansys said that the phone’s “release date is set for week 41 (Oct 6-12)”. Expansys also said the "arc slider" handste will cost £590 ($1100/€740), SIM-free.

The launch date is still open to some interpretation, though. An Expansys spokesman told Register Hardware that although it’s received “a couple of demo units through from Sony Ericsson”, he still didn’t have a confirmed release date - despite the email.

On the plus side, the spokesman added that the arrival of demo units is a sure sign that the handset will be available to customers in the near future.

Sony Ericsson 'XPERIA X1'

Sony-Ericsson Xperia Video

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Panels in action at CTIA 2008

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