The Xperia X1 (codenamed HTC Kovsky) is a high-end

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from

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, and is the first in the manufacturer's Xperia series. The phone was designed and built by Taiwanese OEM

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. The X1 was first presented at the 2008

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Basics

The X1 is an arc-slider phone with the

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6.1 operating system. It is Sony Ericsson's first mobile phone to feature Windows Mobile.Sony Ericsson Releases First Windows Mobile Phone
10 February 2008 Retrieved 14 February 2008 The device also has a

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virtual machine (JBed) and supports

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that is claimed to have a richer set of features than typically available. The phone features a three-inch

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overlaying a keypad which emerges when the user slides the touchscreen face upward, much as in the HTC TyTN II, although the X1's touchscreen slides out in an arc. Its touchscreen is a 65,536-color TFT WVGA display. It has a 3.2-

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which records video at thirty frames per second in VGA (640×480) quality. There is also a secondary front-facing camera for videoconferencing that is of

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format. Connectivity options for the phone include:

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;

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802.11b/g;

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2.0 with

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, and HID;

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; and quad-band

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, and

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. The X1 has 512 MB of internal memory (400 MB free), which is expandable to 16 gigabytes using high capacity

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cards, currently cards up to 32 gigabytes have been released by SanDisk. The phone also features

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for navigation. The X1 ships with

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pre-installed. Standard features on the X1 include

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email, an

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aggregator, and handwriting recognition. It is also able to use the

network feature Alternate line service. The device is powered by

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's ARM 11

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CPU, which runs at 528 MHz. The device's memory is 256 MB

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Panel interface

The home screen on the Xperia X1 supports up to nine different "panels" which can be switched between by the user, each offering different functionality. This allows users to select exactly which functionality they want on their homescreen, and switch easily. Extra panels can be downloaded from Sony Ericsson or third parties. Sony Ericsson released an SDK for developers which allows panels to be created using either

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with

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2005 SP1 or better. There is also a third party website which simplifies the process of creating an HTML panel, as it is quite a complex task with Visual Studio.

Release date

The X1 began shipping on 30 September 2008. It became available to the UK market on 27 October 2008 (only on Vodafone). The handset is available through the Carphone Warehouse and

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in the UK. In Europe it will be sold only in Fnac stores (Belgium and France). In Hong Kong, X1 was shipped on 29 October 2008. The first batch of X1 in Hong Kong was dedicated for the mobile operator Three HK and was reserved for the operator's VIP premium user for pre-ordering. In South Africa, it was released to the public on 16 December 2009. On 13 November, Sony Ericsson announced that the phone would be available in North America on 28 November 2008 for $799 unlocked. In Australia, the X1a was released on

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in December 2008 and went on sale 26 December 2008. It's now also available on the Vodafone and 3 Networks. The Sony Ericsson Canadian website reveals the X1a as "coming soon", available within three months. The availability status was spotted as early as 14 February 2010.

Specifications

Display

*3" resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 800×480 pixels (WVGA) *65 thousand color TFT display

Device colors

The phone is available in two colors *Solid Black *Steel Silver

Physical attributes

Dimensions: 110.0 × 53.0 × 16.7 millimeters; 4.33 × 2.09 × 0.66 inches
Weight with battery: 158.0 grams; 5.57 ounces

Battery

Lithium-Polymer, 1500 mAh. Talk time:
GSM: 10h
WCDMA: 6h
WCDMA video call: 3h Stand by:
GSM: 20.8 days
WCDMA: 20.7 days

Connectivity

The Xperia X1 supports an always-on 3G broadband Internet connection with high-speed data transfer. This enables audio and video streaming, web surfing, multimedia messaging and email. Connectivity options include: *3.5G broadband *HSDPA with download transfer rate up to 7.2 Mbit/s *HSUPA with upload transfer rate up to 2.0 Mbit/s *Wi-Fi *

, with a range of 10 meters *GPRS modem for dial-up Internet *Synchronization and content sharing with PCs *USB mass storage *USB cable support

Software features

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XDAndroid project
makes it possible to run Android on some Windows Mobile phones, including the Xperia X1. Additionally, th
Rhobuntu project
makes it possible to run

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on some Windows Mobile phones, including the Xperia X1.

Storage

Internal memory: up to 400 MB microSD memory card support up to 16 GB

Networks

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: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 *

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: UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100 X1a, UMTS 900 / 1900 / 2100 X1i/X1c *

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value: 0.57 W/kg

Publicity

The launch of the Xperia X1 was accompanied by a video called "Who is Johnny X?"."Who is Johnny X?", USEB, 10 September 2008
The launch was tied in closely with th
"London Design Festival"

References

External links

Xperia X1Product Home PageFeature List

Xperia X1 at WikiSpecsXperia X1 White PaperReuters Update
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