Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 hands-on, sorta
by Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Jun 26th 2008 at 9:12AM
So here's the scene. We're at the Digital Experience show, trying to get our hands on a powered-up Sony Xperia X1. Sure, we found a unit that wasn't powered up, but that does you -- and us -- no good. Sony told us to come back in 15 minutes, so we grabbed some press kits, made a round of booths, and came back.
Sure enough, when we came back the X1 was powered up, but the nice booth lady tried to tell us that things weren't working just right and the unit was stuck on the config screen. After some jiggering, we determined the little X1 was just stuck on the touch screen calibration, and we were cruising through menus within minutes. It's pretty clear this unit wasn't ready for primetime -- you'll even see some HTC test apps in the below gallery -- but we were impressed by the screen's resolution and brightness. Windows Mobile 6.1 showed it face often in the UI, but the phone app and general utilities were looking good.
Overall, the X1 is a pleasure to behold -- it's one sexy device. That said, we'll have to wait how Sony Ericsson's user interface shapes up and just look at the pretty pictures in the gallery until mid-September.
You can find the gallery over here at Engadget Classic.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TJ @ Jun 26th 2008 9:54AM
Next time please try to take some pics of the keyboard from a side angle. People are speculating that the keys are almost flush with the body of the phone and therefore conclude that the keyboard will be difficult to use. How was your experience when typing?
Duey Cheatham & Howe @ Jun 26th 2008 2:42PM
You can see shadows next to the keys which leads me to believe they're raised.
evangelistwithiphone @ Jun 26th 2008 11:00AM
Man when I got my iPhone,I promised to wifey that I will not buy another phone for 2 years at least ........
I'm feeling sooooo bad cuz I lied to her ....
Where are you Xperia ?????????? I'm starving
who need my 16GB iPhone ???
azuremar @ Jun 26th 2008 11:16AM
Older pics of the Xperia had the curved keypad, what's up with this? Definitely need more side pics.
This phone with more development, could have potentially been the proverbial Iphone killer.
SFO Kevin @ Jun 26th 2008 12:43PM
This looks 5 years behind the curve... kinda like the original OQO...
KilgoreTrout @ Jun 26th 2008 12:55PM
It's true man! What about that distintive, ergonomic curved keypad?
I knew that one should never trust SE.
Next leaked pictures will show a smaller screen and 2mpx camera.
slamEVIL @ Jun 26th 2008 1:56PM
guys, in shot 3 i think it's pretty easy to tell that it still has the curve. and in shot 1 the keys are casting such a huge shadow, you can see that the keyboard isn’t flush.
what i want to know is, where are the shots of the panels interface? how fast did it run? why didn’t you guys take video? and what’s up with that color???
hfm @ Jun 26th 2008 4:39PM
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/specifications/x1?cc=us&lc=en
This looks like it might be hitting TMo's 1700/2100 .. oh please let it happen....
bruinboy @ Jul 1st 2008 6:19AM
nope its heading to at&t
and I cannot wait to buy it
Julius @ Jul 1st 2008 9:06PM
When can I get one!?
bigo1087 @ Jul 5th 2008 6:29PM
Hmmm...can't decide wat to replace my tilt with........the htc pro or the sony
$e@alblaighter @ Jul 8th 2008 7:10AM
The X1 is better than the E66 Nokia.