Mobile Phones

Magnus Andersson, one of the managers responsible for creating XPERIA X1, said that the new series XPERIA will not necessarily be associated with the operating system Windows Mobile. «Brand will not be associated with any single technology platform», - said Andersson.

The company Microsoft has responded very positively to the interest of Sony Ericsson XPERIA, held as part of the Congress in Barcelona a special press conference in Puerto Rico Sakaguchi - Head of Planning Department range.

It is anticipated that the XPERIA, which will be produced HTC, is designed largely for the U.S. market, where the popularity of devices on the Symbian is relatively small.

By the results of the second quarter in the market of smartphones unexpected changes occured: Research in Motion (BlackBerry) is becoming more and more popular and it took second place leaving behind Windows Mobile and. First place is reserved for Symbian, it takes more than half of total sales.

Thus, the operating system on BlackBerry, which is, for the most part, to service only a niche group (although recently RIM is expanding its coverage), was much popular then Windows Mobile, which is positioned slightly wider.

The strongest sales growth are seen from the iPhone - 230% compared to sales of the same period last year, the number of devices - 828 thousand. On the other hand, sales of Linux-devices decreased by 16%. Overall, the market for smartphones increased by 15.7%, they still took 11% of all mobile phones.

Stats by Gartner.

I-Mate, which is experiencing not the best times, is preparing to release superprotected Communicator, which will be based on Windows Mobile 6.1. Hammer is protected with metal, some placed rubberized outstanding forward bolts.

Other features of the device: HSDPA-communications, data transmission via Wi-Fi, 2 megapixel camera and of display of 2.5″, reports BoyGeniusReport.com.

The device looks like a good attempt to take a niche to which have not yet reached HTC or other producers.

Communicator XPERIA X1 from Sony Ericsson scheduled release date is delayed again and is expected no earlier than January of next year, Engadget.com reports.

We did have information that initial release date of Xperia X1 was changed but we never recieved official confirmation. And now the official online shop of the company stated that Windows Mobile Communicator XPERIA X1 will be on sale in January 2009.

In the meantime, the device was demonstrated at the ongoing exhibition in Berlin IFA consumer electronics 2008. The representative of the company also confirmed that the official announcement date for Xperia X1 is December 2008 - January 2009.

And here are some photos

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Sony Ericsson is getting ready to start the sales of its first communicator based on Windows Mobile. For Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 on the official website was launched promo page on which in addition to pictures you can see complete set of specifications of the new device .

But we are surprised to see that in the list of available colors there is only black (Solid Black), although in all presentations had been showed silver handsets.

What we can be concluded is that Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will be initially available only in black.

It is noteworthy that black makes this smartphone look even better. Here is the full list of specifications, enjoy!!!

Size   - 110.0×53.0x 17.0 mm
Weight - 145.0 gr
Colors - Solid Black
Screen - 800 X 480
       - 65,536 color TFT
Memory - Up to 400 MB Phone Memory
       - MicroSD support
Networks - GSM 850,900,1800,1900, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS 850,900,1700,1900,2100

According to the results of fiscal year 2008, which ended on June 30, Microsoft announced disappointing results - reach their goal of selling 20 million licenses for Windows Mobile failed. Microsoft couldn’t get “just” 10 per cent of the set number. As a result, for the entire 2008 fiscal year, Microsoft managed to sell 18 million licenses of Windows Mobile OS for mobile handsets.

The reasons of failure to reach the figure of 20 million, many analysts point to Apple iPhone 3G and the delay in the release of Communicator Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. iPhone 3G did not overtake 2 million customers, they simply decided to wait for the new smartphone from Apple, says analyst from company In-Stat Bill Hughes. Release of  Communicator from Sony Ericsson is able to increase sales of several devices with Windows Mobile installed in the future.

As the analysts, the new OS Windows Mobile 7 will be able fundamentally correct Microsoft’s case, which will operate for touchscreen devices.

In an interview with German magazine Connect, top-manager  of HTC Lars Vaysvange(director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland) made several curious thoughts about the usability of Windows Mobile operating system and its inconvenience to newborn interfaces with touchsceen input.

According to him, the Windows Mobile operating system is well suited for business users, but for ordinary consumers it’s difficult to work with it using touch screens. Because of this, HTC is developing an interface HTC TouchFLO - including its 3D-version TouchFLO 3D.

At the same time Vaysvange said that the Internet Explorer browser for Windows Mobile subjecte to considerable criticism. To avoid consumer dissatisfactions, HTC adds to their products browsers of other companies - for example, Opera Mobile 9.5.