// September 10th, 2009 // 134 Comments » // XPERIA X1
We picked up on a couple of rumours from yesterday that an official X1 Windows Mobile 6.5 rom had surfaced on XDA developers. Just wanted to be clear that this isn’t true.
There is no official X1 6.5 rom and it’s not in the X1’s product roadmap. There are hackers out there who can do pretty much anything, but unless you’re getting it from the SE update service it isn’t an official Sony Ericsson product.
// December 11th, 2008 // 3 Comments » // X1 NEWS
A new portal from the BBC iPlayer team is set to go live by the end of next week which will add iPlayer compatibility for the X1, the C905 and the Omnia. We’ll update this as soon as it’s live but in the mean time, (and quite co-incidentally,) the beeb are running a day dedicated to the inner workings of the iPlayer tomorrow, it will be documented largely through twitter and we though thought you might be interested. We’ve got a tweetscan running in the sidebar and if anything of particular interest pops up during #iplayerday, we’ll update this post.
Update: forgot to mention that this is a UK only service.
// October 23rd, 2008 // 11 Comments » // ANNOUNCEMENTS, PANELS, X1 NEWS
The guys over at Spb have released the first full version of their Spb Mobile Shell panel. The official announcement is here. Importantly, they’ve also released a number of screen shots to show you all how it looks. (the pics are on our images page but if you don’t have the required flash player check out our flickr stream)
I’ve just installed my version and, as someone who hasn’t used Spb much before, I’m mightily impressed. It’s quick to load, easy to operate, it looks great and it’s free – so it ticks all the boxes as far as I’m concerned.
You can download it here from the Sony Ericsson site.
Update: pocket pc thoughts is also covering this, read more here.
Update 2: Just had an email from Yaroslav Goncharov, the product manager for Spb Mobile Shell. In his words:
“Spb Mobile Shell is a means to a de-cluttered device and finger-friendly menus and an immensely popular program. We think that the custom Spb Mobile Shell panel goes especially well with the Xperia X1. The Panels interface feels like it was created with the developers in mind, from the start. It was a very good decision to reuse the standard interface of Today Plug-ins, which makes for a comfortable application migration, taking up minimum resources and leading to a good ROI in development. The panels are absolutely an exceptional opportunity for developers, especially taking into account the X1’s on-device portal, which will help to further promote quality Windows Mobile software in this competitive market.”
// October 16th, 2008 // 4 Comments » // MEDIA
Just saw this courtesy of dailymobile.se it’s a sample of video actually shot on an X1.
Sam
// October 13th, 2008 // 19 Comments » // X1 NEWS
If you still have some burning questions about the X1, check out this new review on Tracy and Matt’s blog. It has answered some of the questions we have been noticing in your comments, so it could prove pretty useful.
Also here is a review by Paul O’Brien at Modaco, which interestingly has also recently set up a dedicated X1 discussion area.
Chris
// October 6th, 2008 // 90 Comments » // X1 NEWS, XPERIA X1
The last Q and A we did sparked off loads of new questions so, over the weekend I caught up with Magnus and we’ve gone through the main themes. The answers are as follows:
X1a / X1i differences: The X1a will be sold in the US, Latin America and Australia it differs from the X1i in its network configuration and the video support (it is 24 fps instead of 30). Contrary to some rumors, both versions have a front facing camera.
Keyboard layouts: A few people picked up on the fact that the X1 product site features two different keyboard layouts – this is due to regional differences. England uses Qwerty – EN, France uses Azerty, Germany uses Qwertz etc…
Screen Orientation: there is no button officially assigned to change the screen orientation but it is possible to assign one of the soft keys to do this is you want to.
SAR value: Venus max SAR value (of use case of UMTS+ BT turned on) is 1.47w/kg.
US release date: This will be announced by Sony Ericsson US on Nov 3rd
Most of the other questions can be answered by downloading Sony Ericsson’s white paper on the X1
Thanks,
Sam and Magnus
// September 30th, 2008 // 100 Comments » // ANNOUNCEMENTS, PANELS, X1 NEWS, XPERIA X1
Today is the official launch date for the Xperia X1 and I just wanted to confirm to everyone that it has launched as planned. Units have left the factory and are on their way to the shops in the UK and Nordic markets where they should be available in the next week or so.
The new X1 product site is also live and has some consumer videos demonstrating some of the X1’s strengths, including a look at the panels and how you can personalise your X1. Other videos cover mobile internet, the wide VGA touch screen, the arc slider qwerty keyboard, camera and video recorder, MP3 player, Google Maps and assisted GPS. There’s even a video about how you can use the X1 to make and receive calls!
// September 26th, 2008 // 192 Comments » // FEATURED, XPERIA X1
This blog is coming up to being two weeks old and we’ve received a fair few questions in the comments sections. Yesterday I went through the questions with Ramanath and we sorted out answers to those which are most commonly asked. So here goes:
• Launch dates / networks etc… It’s really not up to us to say which networks will be carrying the phone and when. They all have their own business plans and their own plans for the launch etc…. so we’re not going to get involved in speculation as to who will carry it and when. The launch date of the 30th is the day we ship the phones to the networks and there will, most likely be some lead time before it appears. (though I’d expect to see it on some shelves in early October.)
• Is there an accelerometer? No.
• Will there be 30 fps video recording? Yes ,as promised.
• Will there be one or two versions of the phone? There will be two versions, one for the US and one for everyone else.
• Is there any difference between the black and silver versions of the phone? Yes, one is black, the other is silver. Other than that, no they are the same phone.
• How big is the battery and how long does it last? The battery is a 1500mAh unit (about 10% bigger than, for example, the touch pro). How long it lasts depends very much on how much you use the phone. Even in the worst case scenario, with all the features turned on (GPS, internet, applications etc…) and heavy usage, it will last all day and need to be charged over night.
• Questions re: the speed etc… The device has a graphics accelerator, a 528 Mhz processor and 384 megs of ram (so it should be as fast as anything else that is out there.)
That’s it for the moment, keep the questions coming and we’ll keep trying to answer them. We should also take this opportunity to thank all of you who have been involved so far. Since we launched on the 15th we’ve had more than 9,000 unique visitors and 28,000 page views (which is more than we hoped for). The opportunity to engage in a conversation with all of you is hugely important to us and we genuinely appreciate your involvement in the site.
Thanks again,
Sam Oakley and Ramanath Bhat
// September 18th, 2008 // No Comments » // ANNOUNCEMENTS, X1 NEWS
Finally, the 2008 Sony Ericsson Content Awards are here. This year we hope to build on the success of last years event, and make the Content Awards 2008 even bigger and better.
One of the key goals of the 2008 Content Awards is to reward innovative and useful Panels for the X1 that make use of Xperia’s capabilities to deliver a better mobile experience. Our growing developer community will be an absolutely key part of creating better mobile experiences that attract mobile users around the world.
Developers can open up a world of possibilities for people to interact with the Xperia X1 and we want to recognize and support developers who build great Panels for it.
Here are some suggested areas of focus to get you started:
* Location based services
* Social networking
* New and exciting, intuitive and innovative user interfaces
* Productivity and collaboration such as email, instant messaging, etc.
* Use of widget functionality
* News and information aggregation
You can download the SDK here and jump start your Panel development.
Vildan Hasanbegovic
// September 15th, 2008 // 8 Comments » // ANNOUNCEMENTS, X1 EVENTS, XPERIA X1
Hello, just came out of the webcast session, which was very interesting. I just heard that over 1700 people watched it! cool. I will be looking into some of the questions posted shortly.
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