The Sony Ericsson X1 Blog

A tool to create your own XPERIA panels

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:20:00 -0700

You want to create such panels (and even better) yourself without using the monstrous Microsoft Visual Studio? You don't know how to do it? Then we have a good link for you.There is a tool that makes the process of creating custom XPERIA panels much easier. You can find the tool (and documentation) here: http://www.mysonyericssonblog.com/x1panelcreator/index.php?lang=en

(Source: mysonyericssonblog.com)

XPERIA downloads

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 02:56:00 -0700

Here is a link to a nice site where you can find software, themes, panels for your XPERIA phone, just click "Read more".http://www.xperiax1.net/forum/downloads.php

xperiax1.net is a wonderful site dedicated to our beloved mobile, be sure to check its forum section, too:
http://www.xperiax1.net/forum/

Reviews, reviews

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:05:04 -0700

It's a good idea to read some reviews before buying a new mobile phone. So here are the links to two good reviews of X1.The first one is from Gizmodo:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Review
The second one is from CNET:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 - black (unlocked)

But I'm sure that many readers of this blog already made their decision to buy X1 without any reviews:)

Official release date!

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:13:49 -0600

London, UK � 10 September 2008 � Sony Ericsson today announces 30 September 2008 as the official launch date for the highly anticipated Xperia� X1 � initially available to consumers in the UK, Germany and Sweden. The handset will be available in other markets across Europe, Asia and Latin America throughout Q4 2008.APAC

* Indonesia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Western Europe

* Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal

Central Europe

* Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic

Middle East

* UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

Africa

* South Africa

Latin America

* Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia

Availability dates for North America, China, Australia and Russia along with other countries not mentioned above will be announced by local markets in the coming months.

More info here:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/press/pressreleases/pressreleasedetails/johnnyxfinal-20080910

XPERIA is coming soon - SDK released!

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 07:50:00 -0600

Sony Ericsson has released the Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile� 6.1 which is designed specially for the upcoming XPERIA phone. It means that the phone will be released soon and Sony Ericsson wants the developers to be ready for this. It also means that a lot of themes and tools will be available for all users of XPERIA with no delay, should they want to enhance the great look and capabilities of their phone and make them even more greater:)Here is the link to the SDK description on the Sony Ericsson web site:
https://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/docstools/windowsmobile/p_windowsmobile.jsp
And here is the direct download link:
https://developer.sonyericsson.com/getDocument.do?docId=100379

That's a must-have for any developer who wants to work with XPERIA phones. An emulator is also included so you'll be able to give a try to XPERIA's new interface.

XPERIA X1 ads

Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:09:00 -0600

Here are two ad videos of XPERIA which recently appeared on YouTube.

Apparently they come from Chile.

When will it be released?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:28:33 -0600

So, will the long wait for XPERIA end soon? That's the question many people ask. Now we've got information that XPERIA will be available to public this fall.Our source says that one could buy a new XPERIA X1 phone in UK already on 30 october 2008. There will be no SIM lock as in iPhone. The price is estimated high, though: according to our data it will be $1140.

Video presentation

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:34:00 -0600

Okay, we've watched the photos, now let's watch a little video presentation of X1:

More information about O/S and hardware

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:24:00 -0600

Two more shots of X1 which give us information about version of operating system and hardware:

So, what we have here is Windows Mobile 6.1 and Qualcomm 7200A CPU running at 528 MHz + 128 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM. That's 384 MB summary, looks like Sony Ericsson decided to round this number to 400 MB in its official specs for some marketing reasons:)

More images

Sat, 24 May 2008 02:53:02 -0600

Another set of images, this time real photos only, not renders: