Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 smartphone

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Gadget TV

Wednesday July 15, 2009

Gadget TV takes a look at the

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

. This is the latest device from

Sony Ericsson

and packs in a 3-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone runs

Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

and packs in a cool new feature in X-Panels. Check the video for the full run-down.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
$799 MSRP unlocked
Expect price to fall as carriers come on board

- Smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

- 528MHz processor

- 3" touch screen. However, the touchscreen is "resistive" as opposed to "capacitive" which is awkward.

- 3.2MP camera
- Stereo Bluetooth
- GPS
- WiFi
- Office apps

- 512MB internal memory, about 200MB of which is user-accessible.

- Accepts microSD cards up to 16GB

- Build quality is fantastic with a smooth slider motion and an excellent QWERTY keyboard.

- Not very "finger-friendly," and requires the use of a stylus for some functions.

- No "app store" immediately apparent, though "Handango InHand is pre-installed.

- Panels are a very cool new feature, offering one-touch access to your favorites like weather, news, music, email and more.

- You can have up to nine Panels installed and can download more to augment or replace the default Panels.

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