Following on from their recent post demoing streaming video services on the Sony Ericsson X10 the Sony Ericsson product blog has posted up a nice video demo of uploading videos to YouTube directly from the handset. It’s not rocket science of course and most of you will not need to be told how to upload a video, but it’s useful or less experienced users and it’s always nice to see the X10 in action again.
The X10 is almost upon us … just a few short days to go! I thought it might be fun to speculate on what Sony Ericsson might use as their advertising slogan for this device. It’s probably the most exciting Sony Ericsson handset for … well I can’t really remember the last time I was as excited about a Sony Ericsson device. A few suggestions:
“The Sony Ericsson X10 … Trade In Your First Born For It”
“The X10 … Kicking iPhone Ass Since 2010″
“The New X10 … Digital Viagra”
“The Sony Ericsson X10 … Something This Good Should Be Illegal”
My own personal favourite:
“The X10 … The Phone You’ll Sell A Kidney For”
Have some of your own? Let us know!
The Evernote panel is now available for download from the Sony Ericsson website. Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.
Via: Xperiancers
Sony Ericsson today announced the launch its business in Korea. Sony Ericsson will cooperate with SK Telecom, who will be carrying the XPERIA X1 smartphone. SK Telecom, who will be the distributor of the phone, has decided to customize the X1 with the local Korean customers in mind. This means that there’ll be three new panels – “My smart panel”, “DAUM panel” and “My PC panel” – in addition to the regular panels.
The “My smart panel” is an Internet service for smartphones developer by SK Telefom, and it provides users access to online services, such as e-mail, Messenger and Internet browsing. The “DAUM panel” is a panel by Sony Ericsson that provides users with instant access to services found on the DAUM portal, including e-mail, web search and T-story. The last of the three panels, “My PC panel” will allow users to use media services by connecting the handset to the content and software of a PC through WiBro.
“Our vision for the Xperia X1 is to deliver a seamless blend of mobile web communication and multimedia entertainment in a distinctive stylish design,” said Hirokazu Ishizuka, Corporate Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Region of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. ”Customised panel interface on the Xperia X1 means that our customers will be able to live their lives to the fullest by enjoying the premium experience of energised communications in their own way.”
“We are very excited to establish Sony Ericsson’s presence in Korea and firmly believe that we have the right product to offer to Korean consumers,” said Hirokazu Ishizuka, Corporate Vice President and Head of the Asia Pacific region. ”Working closely with our strategic partner, SK Telecom, we will build the Sony Ericsson brand awareness and increase our mindshare within the marketplace.”
“Xperia X1 is truly a personalized phone which offers smart-phone users an innovative yet premium mobile multimedia experience,” said Youn-hee Han, Head of Sony Ericsson Korea. “Worldwide, it is the first time that the Xperia X1 has been customized with four panels to suit a local market needs, and it is a clear indication of Sony Ericsson’s commitment to the market.”
“As the strategic partner for Xperia X1, we are honoured to support the launch of Sony Ericsson in Korea, and to mark this milestone in the local telecommunications industry. With its full touch, unique customizable panel interface, we believe Xperia X1 will prove to be popular with sophisticated Korean mobile phone users,” said Joon Dong Bae, Executive Vice President of SK Telecom.
The Korean X1 will enter the market with a 4 GB MicroSD card, preloaded with the Spiderman 3 movie. The first 1,000 customers to buy the X1 will also get their names engraved on their X1, as well as a luxurious leather phone case – all for free.
Sony Ericsson has set up quite a cool website for Korean X1 owners – you can find it at www.xperia.co.kr.
Just a few days ago, Sony Ericsson updated its Windows Mobile panels SDK to version 1.0.5 (still a beta, though). The updated version now adds support for the brilliant OpenGL ES, which means the XPERIA panels can now be hardware accelerated. The X1 has a very powerful graphics processor, and I can’t wait to see the results of this new release.
You can read a lot more about the new release over at Sony Ericsson’s Developer World, where you can also download it for free, so you can start developing panels for the X1. Alternatively, you can press this link, and we’ll hook you up the triple W-way!
Source: Sony Ericsson Developer World via: Xperiancers
Here is a nice video walk-through of the new CNN Xperia panel at MWC.
The new panels show just how robust and slick these mini-apps can be for the Windows Mobile-powered smartphone! It’s taken Sony Ericsson some time, but I think that they are finally creating a set of Xperia panels that offer some really exciting functionality.
Omio is heading back to the Sony Ericsson stand tomorrow to look at the Skype panel in detail.
That’s right. Today Sony Ericsson announced the mid-March availability of 4 new original panels. So, we’ve got a CNN panel for news, sports and weather reports, a Skype panel, the function of which should be obvious; a rather gambling-oriented Mytopia panel and a “On the Road” panel, which gives you access to the music player, easy call handling and navi tools via conveniently-sized shortcuts. Here are the details (quoting SE’s press release):
Those will be available, as I said, around the middle of March on SE’s Fun & Downloads site.
In the mean time, though, I recommend X1 users also check out this panel as well:
PointUI (bottom of the page)
It is said to be quite nice. I can’t tell you personally, due to the fact that I don’t actually own an X1, but Michell (our editor in chief) says it’s great. 
Have in mind that it’s a free beta, though. The full version will be paid when available.
The XPERIA panels is one of the key selling points of the X1, and it’s one of the features I love the most about my X1. The panels make it easier for me to do tasks on my phone, and especially the Facebook and YouTube panels are cool, if you’re into that kind of stuff. In this post I’ll talk about the YouTube panel, which – when it comes down to it – is hardly a panel.
In order to get things moving, you’ll need an X1 (obviously), the YouTube application for your device (originally for the HTC Touch HD) and of course the YouTube panel itself. You can find the YouTube application for the X1 right here, and the panel is available here. Install the application first, and the panel after that. You might also need to run this installation file, if the panel is not working. If you’re using a non-English X1, you’ll have to check the comments below for a work-around.
OK – now you’re ready to watch YouTube videos on your X1! You will of course have to activate the panel from the panel settings menu, but assuming you’ve already taken care of that, I’ll move right along and start talking about the application / panel. (more…)
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