The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 was another "talked about" device that debuted at Mobile World Congress. It’s Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile device, representing a departure from their previous devices which have been built on Symbian. It also has a unique arc slider design, which reveals an artfully hidden keyboard, as well as a touch screen. And, not to be outdone by Nokia, the XPERIA X1 sports assisted GPS.
Here’s the promotional video they built.
As they say in Texas, though, "Big Hat, No Cattle". You could see the X1 behind glass at the Microsoft booth…
… and at the Sony Ericsson booth a demonstrator showed the opening panels for four solid days, without letting anyone really near the device. We’ll have to wait until they ship later this year to find out the real details.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
