Sony Ericson XPERIA X1

[tatteredpotato]

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Camera

* Auto focus
* 3.2 megapixel camera
* Photo light
* Video recording

Music

* Bluetooth? stereo (A2DP)
* Media player
* Music tones
* PlayNow?
* Windows Media Player Mobile
* 3D games
* FM radio
* Java
* Video streaming
* Video viewing

Internet

* Internet Explorer® Mobile
* RSS feeds

Communication and Messaging

* Polyphonic ringtones
* Speakerphone
* Vibrating alert
* Video calling
* Email
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Text messaging (SMS)

Design

* XPERIA? panels
* Optical joystick navigation
* Navigation key
* Picture wallpaper
* Touch navigation

Organiser

* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Document editors
* Document readers
* Flight mode
* Handwriting recognition
* Notes
* Phone book
* Tasks
* Touchscreen

Connectivity

* aGPS
* Bluetooth? technology
* Modem
* Synchronization
* USB support
* WLAN

Windows® Mobile® Operating System

* Microsoft® Outlook Mobile: email, contacts, calendar, tasks
* Microsoft® Office Mobile: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
* Internet Explorer® Mobile
* Windows Media? Player Mobile
* Windows Live?
* Exchange ActiveSync®
* Voice control
* Utility Applications: file explorer, calculator, pictures & video, notes

Facts and Figures

* Size: 110 x 53 x 16.7 mm
* Weight: 145 grams

Available colours

* Black
* Silver
* Main screen: 65,536 color TFT
* Resolution: 800 X 480 pixels
* Size: 3 inches

Memory

* Phone memory: up to 400 MB
* microSD? memory card support
* Availability and versions

Networks

* GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

Full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, 3" 480x800 display. I'm not exactly sure what all of the numbers for network mean, but the way I understand it doesn't have 3G, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Video of Interface

 

[nycxandy]

Its looks real promising.

 

[nace186]

HSDPA/HSUPA is 3G...

 

[DivideBYZero]

Looks the same as teh current HTC side-slide to me, and they feel pretty flimsy. Hope this is better.

 

[DeliciousTacos]

Damn, look at that screen res.

 

[tatteredpotato]

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[pm]

UMTS is one of the 3G standards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...communications_System). HSDPA is the 3G downlink protocol. HSUPA is the 3G uplink protocol. The frequencies indicate that it has international support. AT&T in the US is on 850/1900MHz. T-Mobile in the US will someday roll out 3G on 1700/2100MHz. In Europe, they are on 900/1700/1800/2100MHz. So UMTS describes how the system is set up, and HSDPA/HSUPA are the protocols used to move the data.

That is a seriously impressive phone. The display is amazing, and I'm really impressed with how thin and lightweight it is considering it has a full keyboard. This pretty much looks like a dream phone to me. Small, light and with pretty much every feature that I can think of and a beautiful display. It looks pretty stylish too. I wonder what it will cost...

 

[foghorn67]

I want.

 

[GeekDrew]

I've been reading about this phone everywhere that I can find information about it... I can't wait for it to be released.

 

[Muadib]

This is what the iphone should have been.

 

[Ika]

The screen looks amazing.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: DeliciousTacos
Damn, look at that screen res.

Resolution: 800 X 480 pixels


200% more fappage

 

[tatteredpotato]

The physical keyboard will be very nice

 

[Deeko]

I like it.

 

[erwos]

Ah, it's quad-band GSM/HSUPA . Very slick. Plus it's using microSD instead of memory sticks. My only quibble is the lack of "real GPS" onboard - I think it's becoming an important feature more and more these days.

That said, it makes me wish I were on AT&T or T-Mobile so I could buy it and use it.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: erwos
My only quibble is the lack of "real GPS" onboard - I think it's becoming an important feature more and more these days.

... how doesn't it? Having aGPS doesn't necessarily indicate that it can't operate standalone, like a "real GPS". I'm no expert on the subject, but I've read that this phone (along with the HTC Tytn II, and probably most others) are fully capable of acquiring a GPS fix without having a connection to the cellular network.

Or am I missing something?

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: erwos
My only quibble is the lack of "real GPS" onboard - I think it's becoming an important feature more and more these days.

... how doesn't it? Having aGPS doesn't necessarily indicate that it can't operate standalone, like a "real GPS". I'm no expert on the subject, but I've read that this phone (along with the HTC Tytn II, and probably most others) are fully capable of acquiring a GPS fix without having a connection to the cellular network.

Or am I missing something?

The Tytyn II and HTC Titan (aka Mogul) both have real GPS chips onboard in addition to aGPS. If it had real GPS, it would not be listed as aGPS.

 

[Teetu]

I wonder how much this is going to cost. I'm hoping the 400MB capacity means it's cheaper than an iphone.

I was about to pick up an iphone, but I guess it's worth waiting a few months to see how this compared to the next gen iphone

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: Teetu
I wonder how much this is going to cost. I'm hoping the 400MB capacity means it's cheaper than an iphone.

I was about to pick up an iphone, but I guess it's worth waiting a few months to see how this compared to the next gen iphone

if they offer some contract deal on it, sure. But otherwise Smartphones are more expensive than iPhones (for what you get) I paid full retail for my Moto Q, it was $419 + tax, and has a whopping 64 megs of storage space, I think it boils down to about 52 megs though. If this one has 400 megs of internal member + a big high res touchs screen. Expect it to cost more than an iPhone, I wonder how the internet experince is in high resolution on WM's crippled web browsing, this phone screams for a real OS, not some Microsofts little retarded brother of XP they call WM6

WM = teh junks, why couldn't they have used the Linux based OS Nokia uses on their higher end phones? Aside from the resolution this phone already is a fail in my mind.

 

[pm]

Engadget thinks this amazing phone might be delayed:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/0...ext-year-we-think-hop/

A table of release dates dug up on Sony Ericsson's own site suggests something powerfully depressing, which is that the XPERIA X1 has been pushed all the way out to February 10, 2009 (notice that the date is in European format -- we'd just give up now if it were actually October 2, 2009).

 

[abaez]

One year from now? Gonna be a bit too late I think.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: pm
Engadget thinks this amazing phone might be delayed:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/0...ext-year-we-think-hop/

A table of release dates dug up on Sony Ericsson's own site suggests something powerfully depressing, which is that the XPERIA X1 has been pushed all the way out to February 10, 2009 (notice that the date is in European format -- we'd just give up now if it were actually October 2, 2009).

as good as the specs are, it's a WM device. What a SHAME Ericsson didn't have the balls to try and get a Symbian phone in the US market. I know Symbian doesn't want to enter the US with phones, and most Americans are stuck on stupid and think "OMG WM NICE!" I don't mind WM but on a device with these kind of specs WM will hold it back so much. Ericsson is selling out to the man

 

[Teetu]

a whole year!?! This sucks- I was hoping to get this instead of an iphone.

 

[brikis98]

goddamn it. i am getting really sick of all of these vga+ pda phones being announced and then just not released. eten glofiish m800, imate ultimate 9502 and now this. they all have beautiful spec sheets, but that's as far as they go. bah.

 

[pm]

More details in a white paper released by Sony:
http://www.inxperia.com/index....s-official-white-paper

1. Pre-loaded XPERIA panels:

* Sony Ericsson Panel - news weather, finance, worl clock, weather, and app shortcuts
* Media Experience Panel - multimedia consumption and navigation
* Slideshow Panel - slideshow of recent videos and pics
* microsoft Today Panel - standard Windows Mobile Today screen
* 3D Fish Panel - Aquarium with 3D fishes
* Custom Panels - user customized

2. Media Sharing - allows media sharing (DLNA compatible) via ActiveSync or WiFi

3. Video recording options

* MPEG-4: 30fps @ VGA
* H.263: 30fps @ VGA (U.S. model only at 24fps)
* H.264: 15fps @ VGA (not supported on U.S model)

4. Browser bundled is only Internet Explorer

5. Location services - Google Maps is pre-installed by default which provides real0-time traffic, driving directions, POI and GPS positioning.

6. Email

* Exchange Direct Push is built-in
* Set-up Wizards for Gmail, Yahoo, Live Hotmail
* POP3 configured automatically

7. Java ME pre-installed

8. MicroSD support - SDHC compatible

9. 1700MHz support is notably missing

The "panels" look nice. 1700MHz means no T-Mobile 3G (when T-Mobile finally releases it).


From the same site, it's on schedule for later this year:
http://www.inxperia.com/index....om_mojo&Itemid=10&p=24

Aldo Liguori, Sony Ericsson Corporate VP for Global Communications and PR said, "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."