Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 gets a video hands-on

24 Apr, 2008
The highly discussed Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 PocketPC based on Windows Mobile 6.1 finally got closer to the public thanks to a video preview...

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  • sidneylopsides
  • M3s
  • 25 Apr 2008

We've already seen the panels interface running smoothly at launch, but they wouldn't show anything else which I guess means it was only that part working well at the time.
This one seems to have drivers turned off, which may be simply to make it more stable for testing, rather than a fancy UI. Think Safe Mode on Windows, doesn't look good but it's stable for testing and problem solving.
That's my guess anyway.
Also, the A100/200 phones have a QVGA screen, this has WVGA which is 5 times the number of pixels (76,800 vs 384,000)to render so hardware acceleration would be a massive help!

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    • vitagen
    • uC4
    • 25 Apr 2008

    looks really cool and nice. But like everyone said ... its slow but hopefully it will be solved when the real thing comes out later this year. However, kinda wasted because when you really explore the phone, you get the the same old boring WM interface. Anywaz good work from SE and I would be looking into P5 before deciding though.

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      • Fred
      • SkE
      • 25 Apr 2008

      I dont see anything wrong with the software being slow, as you can see at the start this was only a demo and there will be upgrades.... just great options and nice mobile... cant wait to get my hand on it..... and for those Nokia lovers... at-less the software never crashed like E90.... took a friend of mine almost 8 months to get the software issue cleared after he purchased an E90.... and to make things more clear... almost everyone had the software issue... with E90..

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        • Anonymous
        • 0Na
        • 25 Apr 2008

        change that white backgroud for cryin out loud.

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          • Carlos
          • Mx@
          • 25 Apr 2008

          Hello, Just thought i would post my comments on the phone,
          It looks boring slow and like anyother HTC handset.
          I dont see what all the fuss is about there are allready loads of handsets that do the same job and prob do it better than this. Cheers Carlos

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            • akinaro
            • mN2
            • 25 Apr 2008

            lol ist only prototype its normal that is slow

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              • Anonymous
              • uS%
              • 25 Apr 2008

              that was just a prototype.
              and it was really cool.
              get a life

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                • NightBlade
                • pFG
                • 25 Apr 2008

                The X1 does not suck. It's half a year away from release for Christ's sake!

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                  • ECBomb
                  • kWT
                  • 25 Apr 2008

                  i agree with X1 Sucks...the phone is wayyyy too slow moving through the "CoverFlow" lookalike. and when going from vertical to horizontal or vice versa, the screen seems to lag for at least 1 second...the phone just seems to be too laggy to have any real feel to it

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                    • Buwaneka
                    • ygr
                    • 25 Apr 2008

                    yes, it is too slow

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                      • Anonymous
                      • L0M
                      • 25 Apr 2008

                      Great industrial design, slow performance, ugly and outdated OS´ looks, confusing interface and layout of menus. NOT thrilled.

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                        • razec
                        • 2A3
                        • 25 Apr 2008

                        "quite impressive, but as gsmarena said it cries for video acceleration, the animations just doenst flow as it has to.
                        I hope the comercial version improve that."

                        ^^ I don't think the video accelerator would help the quite slow interface speed of the phone. it lies within the OS itself imo. look at the SE non-OS phones(A100/A200) they don't have any dedicated hardware graphics accelerators but they run animation smoothly without the same level of lag as with the WM6 does. in fact SE does used the video driver that's why it's capable of recording VGA 30Fps video.

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                          • kewl
                          • PBU
                          • 25 Apr 2008

                          does it comes with ms office mobile?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Yc3
                            • 25 Apr 2008

                            microSD slot?? from SE?? no M2?

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                              • Veeral
                              • k8x
                              • 25 Apr 2008

                              Well yet another processor without the correct video drivers. Thats why its so slow when going to menus and changing to landscape... I can't wait to see the new HTC TyTnIII

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                                • max
                                • 25F
                                • 25 Apr 2008

                                wow!WM os is sooo damn slow!!!yeah i know tis is not retail unit but I seriously doubt tat even if retail unit is available,they're not gonna fix the slowness of the os.tat's the way it is for windows mobile.tat's y I still prefer symbian.

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                                  • DrSilverworm
                                  • Yhd
                                  • 25 Apr 2008

                                  That guys thumb is totally bending backwards at a 90 degree angle! F-in gross!

                                  But yeah. This video proves the X1 is a hardware dream, but still leaves something to be desired in OS...

                                  Seeing as there are no better alternatives for WVGA, this is still going to be my next phone. I DO WANT wvga video on my phone!

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • P06
                                    • 25 Apr 2008

                                    quite impressive, but as gsmarena said it cries for video acceleration, the animations just doenst flow as it has to.
                                    I hope the comercial version improve that.

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                                      • Ronald
                                      • j{y
                                      • 25 Apr 2008

                                      Just as I feared. The Windows OS definitely won't completely ruin the X1 experience, but it will make it less enjoyable. This could he fixed before release though. SE or HTC has to jump on it soon. This phone does look very promising, and I hope it does deliver. I know I'm considering trying it out.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • S1t
                                        • 25 Apr 2008

                                        keep going Sony Ericsson ... Nice windows mobile phone .. I think it will become best PDA phone 2008.

                                        I like sony ericsson.