Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1

Feb 11 2008, 12:42am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Ericsson launches its first Windows Mobile smartphone with the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1.

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The XPERIA X1 is a cool looking arc slider phone with integrated QWERTY keyboard and 3 inch W-VGA (800x480px) touchscreen.
Sony Ericsson tries to catch up with the Apple iPhone interface with their new panel interface. Additionally the XPERIA™ X1 lets you interact in four different ways: Touch, full QWERTY keyboard, 4-way key and optical joystick.
Other features of the XPERIA X1 include HSDPA, Wifi, 3.2MP camera, aGPS, Bluetooth, FM radio, music player, video player, 400MB internal memory, and microSD card slot.

Sony Ericsson managed to keep the size of their first Windows smartphone fairly small with 110x53x16.7mm. The weight of the XPERIA X1 is 145g.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will be available in selected markets from the second half of 2008.
Via the Sony Ericsson site. See also this XPERIA X1 Video.

The Mobile World Congress 2008 (former 3GSM) will open officially on the 11th of February. We will keep you updated on all interesting mobile technology announcements at the MWC 2008 in our Mobile Phone section.

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