Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Available in U.S. for 2008 Holiday Season Pre-orders for the premium converged device begin today at SonyStyle.Com

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sony Ericsson North America announced the arrival of the highly anticipated Xperia X1 to the U.S. marketplace. The Xperia X1 delivers a range of multimedia and communication experiences that have long been coveted and in demand by consumers

The Xperia X1 will be available unlocked through Sony Electronics and its authorized retailers beginning on "Black Friday," November 28. Pre-orders of the Xperia X1 will be available through the Sony Style Web site at www.sonystyle.com beginning November 13. This premium device will be sold unlocked for the MSRP of $799.99, giving consumers the freedom to choose their own mobile operator and data plan.

"The Xperia X1 continues the Sony Ericsson tradition of delivering the highest quality experiences and the most advanced technology available today," said Karen Morris, vice president of marketing, Sony Ericsson North America. "The most exciting scenarios enabled by the Xperia X1 will be created by consumers - enabling them to customize and personalize their device and content to fit their lifestyle and personality."

The Xperia X1's unique panel user interface is at the heart of the device's ability to create and adapt consumers' personal choices. With up to 9 panels, it's easy to find and enjoy the information and entertainment content they want. Sony Ericsson is busy working with third-party developers to create a wealth of new applications and new panels that will soon be available for download.

By incorporating the Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional operating system, the Xperia X1 frees consumers from their home and office, allowing them connectivity to their content wherever they are. "Windows Mobile gives people the ability to easily navigate between their business and personal lives," said Todd Peters, vice president of marketing, Mobile Communications Business, Microsoft. "The panel user interface found only in the Xperia X1 is bringing unique experiences to consumers who want more from their converged devices."

As Sony Ericsson's most advanced phone to date, the Xperia X1 brings together a large, 3-inch wide VGA display touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard all wrapped into a sleek silver metal- finished arc slider handset. The Xperia X1 supports fast 3G networks, enabling audio and video streaming, high-speed internet surfing, multimedia messaging and email on the go. In addition to delivering 3G mobile broadband speeds, the Xperia X1 supports WiFi to meet the needs of consumers' always connected lifestyles.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 11/12/2008 09:21:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Engadget Mobile review the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1

Engadget Mobile has reviewed the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. This is Sony Ericsson's first Windows Mobile Smartphone.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 11/12/2008 08:43:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 delayed to end of the year

Engadget is reporting that one of the most anticipated smartphones this year, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 (Sony's 1st Windows Mobile smartphone) has been delayed until the end of the year or January 2009.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/29/2008 09:13:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony updates mylo "Prince" style

Sony has updated their mylo personal communicator "Prince" style. Nothing new except the name. The mylo formerly known as "mylo Personal Communicator" will now go by "mylo Internet Device". It could have been worse, "mylo ?" was also a contender ;)

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/15/2008 10:52:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony realizes charging to remove software they install was a bad move Sony sure took a lot of flack today for the embarrassing "Fresh Start" service they were charging Vaio owners to remove software Sony installs on their Vaios. "Fresh Start" removes both VAIO-specific programs as well as games and other trial software. The practice is meant to "free up valuable hard drive space and conserve memory and processing power" before the system ever leaves the factory.

Someone at Sony realized that this was a terrible service to charge customers for and they've come to their senses after being bashed all over the internet today.

Sony has just released this statement:

"Starting March 22, Sony will offer Fresh Start free of charge. We want VAIO users to have the best experience possible with our PCs, and we believe Fresh Start will help ensure that happens right out-of-the-box."

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 3/21/2008 04:45:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony charging customers $50 to remove sofware Sony installs "Sony has begun offering Fresh Start, a controversial practice to clean its systems of unnecessary software. Initially available only with the VAIO TZ ultraportable, the option removes both VAIO-specific programs as well as games and other trial software. The practice is meant to "free up valuable hard drive space and conserve memory and processing power" before the system ever leaves the factory, according to Sony.

However, the offer has already received criticism for its $50 cost, which lifts the price of the system despite restoring the performance that would be present with a default installation of Windows. The practice has often led to unusually long boot times and slower systems and, in 2007, saw Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg referring to preloaded trial applications as "craplets" for their tendency to ruin a user's experience." Via Electronista .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 3/21/2008 01:40:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 Windows Mobile Smartphone

Sony Ericcson has just announced their 1st Windows Mobile phone, it's called XPERIA. The specs are pretty impressive.

Windows Mobile 6 Professional

3-inch wide VGA (800 x 480) touchscreen display

full arc-sliding QWERTY keyboard

3.2 megapixel camera

A2DP Bluetooth

GPS

WiFi

quad-band GSM/EDGE, and 900/1700/1900/2100MHz UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (or 850/1700/1900/2100MHz)

microSD

400MB on board memory

New panel interface

The XPERIA will ship in the second half of 2008. Via Engadget .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 2/10/2008 04:45:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony Ericsson to deliver handsets using Microsoft's operating system "BARCELONA, Spain: Microsoft has struck an alliance with Sony Ericsson to deliver handsets using its operating system, a Microsoft executive said Sunday.

The partnership was announced on the eve of the Mobile World Congress, the largest wireless industry conference bringing together more than 50,000 industry executives from some 1,300 companies.

"With Sony Ericsson we are now working with the top five handset makers around the world," Microsoft product manager John Starkweather said in an interview before the Barcelona wireless conference."

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 2/10/2008 01:35:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony's mylo 2

Sony announced an update to their mylo (my life online) wireless handheld at CES and it has some pretty good specs.

WiFi G (54Mbps)

800x480 touch display

Back-lit Keyboard

1.3 Megapixel Camera

Removable faceplate

File upload/download supported

Widget support

Intgrated RSS reader

The mylo will be available later this month for $299

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/07/2008 05:17:00 PM 0 comments links to this post

  Sony disconnects Connect Sony has just announced that they will be shutting down their Connect music store in 2008. Sony tried to compete with Apple's iTunes when they launched the Connect music store, but no one ever connected with Connect. The software was so buggy that Sony was telling customers to use the pre-Connect software, Sonic Stage while they tried to fix Connect. Sony's US operations wouldn't even release the Connect software in the US because of the bugs. Sony doesn't see the end of Connect as a failure though, it has "widened its digital music environment to support Windows Media". Kinda sounds like a failure to me.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/30/2007 02:36:00 PM 0 comments links to this post