Something seems to have happened as Sony Ericsson today removed the Windows short cut key on the front of the X1 photos. If you compare photos of the phone before and the phone photos today, you’ll notice that the key is now blank. Check the detail here:
It seems like all photos with the exception of the press photos have been edited. I’ll try to get a comment on this. Check out the XPERIA mini-site to see for yourself!
Lately there have been some rumours about the release date of X1. It was said that it supposedly won’t see the light of the day till some time in February 2009. I’ve told many people otherwise and I have now fetched an official statement regarding the X1 and its release.
- I can confirm that we will be launching the X1 product in 2nd Half of 2008, as per our announcement of 10th February that we made in Barcelona, said Aldo Liguori, who is the Corporate Vice President of the Global Communications and PR department at Sony Ericsson.
So, there you have it. The only reason for the mysterious “10th of February release” is the fact that Sony Ericsson (or should I say Microsoft) has yet to decide on when to publicly announce the operating system and technical specifications of the X1, and thereby also a precise release date.
Check out these photos of the XPERIA X1. It clearly shows that it’s running Windows Mobile 6.1, which is not announced yet. This was why the Sony Ericsson representatives would not show any more of the operating system or demo anything but the XPERIA panels on the X1. Furthermore it shows that X1 is running a 528 MHz CPU with the Qualcomm 7200A chipset. Somebody is going to be fired… Read on for more photos.
The chaps over at Esato have posted a demonstration video of the X1. Security surrounding the X1 is still tight with Sony Ericsson requesting the camera be turned off at one point in order to demonstrate a feature.
Here are screenshots of some of the different home screens available in XPERIA. The XPERIA panels are fully customizable, and will all change accordingly to what happens.
The first picture displays the business home screen with a large clock, links to messages, calls and live calender posts.
The second one is the calendar overview, which pretty much does the same as the first one, but with a better overview of the camera and upcoming schedules.
The third one is the media one with links to music, videos, photos, games and alike. This is somewhat reminding of the current Media menu in A200 phones, and the W960 as well as the newly announced G700 & G900 offerings. Videos can be watched in a simple way with large controls.
Fourth screen shot is the photo album. Here you can very easily navigate using your finger on the touch screen, the 4-way key or the optical navigation by wiping your finger across the edge of the display.
Fifth and final screen shot is the upcoming PlayNow look. Easy navigation with your finger, and also finger scrolling.
The videos are flying thick and thin today! Here we have a video of the Q&A session at last night’s Sony Ericsson event. The topics covered include whether the XPERIA series is tied to Windows Mobile, and handset release plans for North America.
My boss from work is currently finding himself at this year’s MWC, and last night he was enjoying himself with the latest Sony Ericsson offerings. In this video, he and official Sony Ericsson representatives - including Dee Dutta (!) - are taking a look at the new C902 Cyber-shot phone, the XPERIA X1 multimedia smart phone & the W980 Walkman phone. The video is mainly in English, so don’t worry about it being a Danish video Press the picture below to go to the 6 minute long video.
Posted by Michell | March 8th, 2008 
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Press the picture below to go to the 6 minute long video.
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