New Review from Engadget Mobile

[Reggie3]

New review about the X1: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/0...taking-detail/

[Mweb586]

Thats a good one also. It's not too long and very informative.

Maybe I'll be waiting for the X1 afterall...

[Reggie3]

The link in engadget story was to smape.com and that review was pretty extensive - but made me feel right about waiting

http://smape.com/en/reviews//Sony_Er...A_X1-prev.html

[ipporek]

Just makes me wish it'd come sooner...

[sleazeball]

The Smape review has been posted for a while already, it's not new. But it is good to find a review that seems educated AND positive about the X1, as opposed to some of the crass stuff out there.

Can you believe I got told off by people for saying "this phone's not necessarily going to cost 600 quid, we should wait for a more official word", Jesus Christ.

[ipporek]

The one negative point that I keep hearing about the X1 is about the keyboard. Well, and also about it lagging.

[Mweb586]

Supposedly TouchFlo 3D lags too. You can't have your cake and eat it I guess.

I really hope it comes out soon. I think I'm about to sign the dotted line with AT&T in the near future, and I don't want to lug around a lame-*** looking Tilt. If the X1 isn't coming for a few months I'll just sell whatever phone I just got on contract and buy a Touch Pro or Diamond.

[sleazeball]

The Diamond (and possibly the Dream?) have both popped up as viable alternatives for me, especially as the Diamond's price is already starting to drop in my current location.

But I just have a gut feeling that I'll be happier with the X1 for web browsing. I don't even need a phone that much, but I need the "internet device" aspect of it. And of course the price tag will factor into my decision, because I could just get a netbook for my purposes for $300 less.

[ipporek]

According to someone who's been testing out a final model of the X1 (in Asia), it appears the keyboard hasn't improved much. Sigh. So that means the keyboard's still gonna be an issue?

[sleazeball]

I think it's best to wait and try it for yourself.

Countless people have expressed their dismay at the keypads of certain cell phones, but then when I try them out, I find them to be perfectly adequate and fairly easy to type on. I have also bought things on the strength of other people's opinion, and end up thoroughly disappointed.

I had the iPod touch for a while. Contrary to popular opinion, I found it easier to type on than a hardware thumbboard -- at least I found it to be easier than a Sony Clie NX, which is my reference point.

But also contrary to popular opinion, I don't think Mobile Safari is fast at all. It's a dog. And it's nothing special once you've seen, say, a video of Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta.

If the X1keyboard really does feel like the keys of a Vaio U, that might be a problem, but I wouldn't be so quick to give weight to somebody else's opinion, because theirs may or may not match my own.

To put it bluntly, I will not shed a single tear until I see the actual coffin (or the nail in it, hahahaha).