Wondering why it is taking so long for Sony Ericsson (SE) to get the XPERIA X1 to your hands? It seems like SE and HTC, hardware maker of the X1, are having problems with the delivery of third party components. Due to a shortage of these components, HTC can’t produce enough X1’s as it should. The bad news is, the delay could go on for several weeks…
Read the news article here on Tweakers.net or here on PC World
Sony Ericsson just launched an XPERIA X1 site called bethefirstx1.com that targets three southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The site basically lets you sign-up to pre-order the X1 so you can be one of the first to own one by November 14.
We’ve seen the enhanced Sony Ericsson Panels page. We’ve heard about the update to the XPERIA Windows Mobile 6.1 SDK. We’ve heard about Spb creating a Panel version of their app. Put them all together and it seems like the recent XPERIA news has been all about Panels and developers.
Well, more good news to developers. You might want to start sharpening your Panels development skills since rumor has it that come November 14, Sony Ericsson is launching a Panels developer competition. According to David Cushman:
Now Sony-Ericsson’s X1 is entering the fray with a competition for individual developers - and it’s one that’ll showcase your work and land the winner an X1 of their own (worth a fare chunk of cash in itself). If you’re one such, here’s an early heads-up. The site hosting the competition doesn’t go live until November 14. But take it from me, it’s coming (I know, because the company I work for is building it right now!).
This is actually great news for everyone. While developers slug it out to create the best Panels, consumers will have more Panels to choose from.
Sony Ericsson has chosen Spb to create an XPERIA Panel version of their popular Spb Mobile Shell app.
Spb Mobile Shell improves the user interface of standard Windows Mobile apps displaying multiple information on one customizable screen such as missed calls, unread messages, weather, calendar, date and time, and contacts. The XPERIA Panel version is expected to make use of the XPERIA X1’s 3D acceleration as well as present new opportunities for the developer community.
Here’s the best news — expect it to be a free download when it is launched.
Watch Spb Mobile Shell in action and view all the portrait and landscape sample screenshots after the jump.
Good news to developers. Sony Ericsson just announced an update to their Windows Mobile 6.1 SDK (now v1.0.4). It now adds development compatibility to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and to Microsoft Vista.
The Sony Ericsson Beta SDK for Windows Mobile 6.1 includes:
[Thanks boomdijk!]
Remember the flash-based Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 features page with multi-colored paper airplanes flying around? Well, it has now been updated to a more improved page with three XPERIA X1 owners, Annabel, a journalist from Spain, Kate, a consultant from London, and Rahul, a developer from India, showing each major feature of the X1 as how they use it.
If you need to know everything else the XPERIA X1 does, Sony Ericsson just released the official XPERIA X1 User Guide.
It details how to make calls, phone setup, PC sync, messaging, surfing the web, wireless connectivity, the use of its built-in GPS, working with Panels, and working with multimedia files.
I’m not sure how many of you are following Johnny X but the 9th and final episode of the series is out now. Check it out.
So, what do you think of the whole series?
It seems like the XPERIA X1 has finally landed in Sweden. Check out the unboxing pics over at Daily Mobile and at Fosfor.
Early adopters of Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 on some countries will get a 4GB memory card after registering their phones. The memory card will contain the movie Hancock, which will appear on DVD in late November.
We can only hope that other divisions of Sony Ericsson will have a similar promotion.
Source: Tweakers.net (translated)
