Flashback video: the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and how it bet on the wrong OS

08 August 2021
Back in 2008 two HTC-made touch smartphones hit the market - the first-ever Android phone and the Xperia X1, which chose Windows Mobile instead.

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  • Travis999
  • StU
  • 14 Nov 2021

MS basicaly committed suicide, bought out Nokia, killed that off and then lied repeatedly to the market about phones being updatable, which turned out to be impossible, 6.5 would go to 7.
7.1 did nothing, 8.1 the same.
At its height, winmo 6.5 was on over 85% of all devices in enterprise market, if ms had listened to users/buyers, they would still dominate that market today.
The X1 was not the first andriod device, the HTC HD2 was in use long before the X1 and stayed in use by the vast majority of developers for another 2 years, HD2 still unique in the fact that it could load and run anything except ios, but every version of winmo, Ms mobile or even full desktop os's upto XP, I ran an edited version of XP embedded on several HD2's, as long as you didn't expect it to be quick and didn't load it with too much data too quick, it worked, and could do anything Samsung dect can/could, all you needed was a powered USB networking hub, for monitors, mice etc..
Nothing else since has been as open or capable as the HD2.

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    • Mike
    • 6p1
    • 16 Aug 2021

    Win os was awesome!😎😎

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      • Anonymous
      • p%S
      • 10 Aug 2021

      John, 10 Aug 2021"Another reason why people trust Chinese brands more t... moreIs that really cutting corners? They get paid for placing this each ads.
      The users can easily disable all of them.

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        • John
        • RIF
        • 10 Aug 2021

        [deleted post]"Another reason why people trust Chinese brands more than Sony these days"

        Lol, and you think Chinese brands don't cut corners? Xiaomi even put baked in ads on Redmi and Poco phones ffs!

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          • SAM
          • uu7
          • 10 Aug 2021

          So, GSMArena declared this Symbian phone as a "wrong OS" phone with literally no sales figures?
          How was it failure then? And how is Symbian wrong OS, it is historical OS, but how wrong?

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            • AnonD-940827
            • M9r
            • 09 Aug 2021

            blue.sun, 09 Aug 2021You really know sh*t, boy. Microsoft even offered to pay fo... moreWith that start, it only shows what you are. If you were older, you would have seen exactly what happened. But enjoy pretending.

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              • grem323
              • vTw
              • 09 Aug 2021

              i owned this! what a lovely phone it was! they dont make like em anymore

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                • blue.sun
                • 6sP
                • 09 Aug 2021

                AnonD-940827, 09 Aug 2021It was Ms who kept thinking they would survive without apps... moreYou really know sh*t, boy. Microsoft even offered to pay for development of WM10 native apps for Google services, youtube and also many others. Google refused to accept, such as refused other (Snapchat, game developers and many others). So no, Google was the evil one.

                  I loved that phone, even if os was slow as hell. but that look and keyboard was amazing

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                    • AnonD-940827
                    • M9r
                    • 09 Aug 2021

                    YUKI93, 08 Aug 2021And then there's Google who said FU to Windows Mobile ... moreIt was Ms who kept thinking they would survive without apps. Google did nothing wrong.

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                      • AnonD-940827
                      • M9r
                      • 09 Aug 2021

                      zaryan, 08 Aug 2021In 2021 Windows run android apps natively How time chan... moreFar from the same experience and stability. And there's no such thing as windows phone in 2021.

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                        • WinAce
                        • 39y
                        • 09 Aug 2021

                        Windows 10 Mobile was the best OS that could grace a smartphone.

                        Android is a data trafficking bar stirred.

                        iOS is a debilitated paraplegic.

                        The World needs full blown Windows 11, with its new ability to run Android apps, to run on smartphones going forwards.

                        Surface Foldable here we come.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • IvV
                          • 09 Aug 2021

                          I still have my x1. Was a great phone

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Lj$
                            • 08 Aug 2021

                            34SciencePigeon, 08 Aug 2021In my opinion Sony had one of the best tactical strategi... moreMarket of 💻 was in huge decline back to 2015 because of smartphones.
                            Many actions you needed 💻 for could be done with cellphone.
                            Reading/sending emails, reading news, listening to music, playing simple games, editing photos, video chat.

                            Check the current numbers. Lenovo, HP and Dell have about 66% of the market.
                            The other have no chance.
                            Except Apple that overprices and makes huge money.
                            There was no reason to keep vaio.

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                              • Levy
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                              • 08 Aug 2021

                              Anonymous, 08 Aug 2021And you certainly don't pay attention to what are you ... moreHe's right; you're wrong.

                                I used to have one of these too. I also used to have the Xperia X2, which is actually the device on the picture in the header.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 043
                                  • 08 Aug 2021

                                  Anonymous, 08 Aug 2021And you certainly don't pay attention to what are you ... moreAll he said was true, and your reply has no actual content

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 043
                                    • 08 Aug 2021

                                    AnonD-940827, 08 Aug 2021Windows mobile/phone could have been big, if they listened ... moreThat’s what apple understood in 2008, And why they succeeded

                                      Anonymous, 08 Aug 2021Option to see all data? But can you stop then from collecti... morehttps://www.w10privacy.de/english-home/

                                      I bet you never heard or know about this.

                                        In my opinion

                                        Sony had one of the best tactical strategic team in the whole electronic industry.

                                        Sony will never offer highly optimized software/firmware/hardware for its smartphone division. Sony can do this and win the Smartphone war of Photography, Videography, Sound Quality, Battery Life..... So, what's next?

                                        Sony will lose its other professionally built sector in favor of wrong decision.
                                        As I am against Sony since 1986, My magnifier is focused over it. What made Sony to be defeated in PC industry? SEPPUKU.
                                        Sony Xperia tablet Z was one of the best tablets globally available with LTE version. No one would be able to say Z2 was not on par with ultrabooks and netbook with way better front camera for business, touch Screen natively, well optimized (in 2014) 6000mAh to last longer than any available business machine either by UPS or on Battery for meetings. KitKat was XP of Windows realm, everything in a compact package offered by SD801. This tablet is still relevant to the Android world.
                                        Why should sony invest and more money by keeping Vaio line?
                                        Sony did wrong, because if Vaio was in its hand, it would do better against microsoft by its XBOX division (regarding universal AAA titles availble to PC) and also with these gigantic AMD Processors and Nvidia/AMD GPUs easily would hit Apple badly to grow its PC marketshare respectively.

                                        It's obvious that they don't do it again by another suicide. So, never ever Sony has the ambition to fulfill customers need in one division. The latest example is Sony a1, an excellent full size Video/Photo gear which is "Not" in mobile division.