If you’re the type of Windows Mobile phone users who are fond of flashing your WinMo phones to try out new things, here’s something for you. Windows Mobile 6.5 “beta” ROM running on Xperia X1.
The port was successfully tested by a member of the XDA-Developers Forum and here are some points when he did the process:
NAM R2AA008 as x1 OEM base
New 5.2.21159.5.0.0 as 6.5 XIP and SYS base
I did not alter much in X1 base, I removed opera, soduku, bejewled, google stuff etc.
Panels are included, such as radio, media, se panel 1&2
Added my new coctail of drivers (same as 3.5)
PIE is working, and is translated to WWE, I find the new PIE working great…
GUI from 6.5…Honeycomb/Chome/Titanium etc
and he also got some notes for all you brave souls who would want to port Windows Mobile 6.5 on your Xperia X1:
After flashing, at some point when you are aligning the screen and all that, the device will turn black..dont worry..
just press powerbutton once and it comes back.
But the most important reminder of all, the ROM is for testing purposes only. You may encounter some bugs when you flash your Xperia X1.
The forum post with the downloadable file can be found here.
Sony Ericsson is adding a new touch-screen phone to its line up which shall compete with the likes of the iPhone, LG, Samsung and RIM. SE’s lone touch-screen phone Xperia X1 is not enough to compete with those rivals and so the Sony Ericsson Idou will soon be launched.
The Idou will be a pure Symbian based mobile device that will use a custom touch interface. It will feature a 3.5-inch (16:9) display ratio and would have a full touch screen input interface. Even better is the fact that said phone will have a 12-megapixel camera with Xenon flash and retractable lens cover.
This new touch screen Sony Ericsson phone will be released sometime in the second half of this year.
At the ongoing Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson has announced that there will be four new panels for the Xperia X1. These panels would include, a CNN panel that will provide breaking news from CNN newstream, a MyTopia panel for giving access to MyTopia’s games, Skype panel with direct access to Skype VoIP functions as well as instant messaging, and the Sony Ericsson “On the Road” panel that will provide access to the basic phone features and media features of the Xperia X1. This On the Road panel will be most useful for quick access to the phone’s features by those who are driving or doing something else.
The new Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 panels will be made available sometime in March.
If you’re looking for a software that would convert your video content into a format that would best play on your Xperia X1, you might want to try Xperia Video Converter 2.8.
Xperia Video Converter 2.8 supports various video formats including MPEG, VOB, MP4, MOV, ASF, AVI, 3GP, WMV, RM, FLV, YouTube, WAV, AAC and more. It allows you to set various settings according to your preferences, including video quality, video resolution, and crop mode for stretching ti display nicely on your Xperia. It also allows you to edit your output video files using Windows Movie Maker before you transfer it to your Xperia X1.
If you are one of the lucky ones who got hold of the Xperia X1 through whatever means, chances are you are getting annoyed by the pesky email signature that keeps on appearing whenever you sent an email message using your Xperia X1. This annoying default message, which is similar to what I experienced when I got my iPhone 3G, that says “Sent from my Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 can be easily remove by following the procedures below:
Fire up File Explorer and browse through My Device>Windows>Startup
Select the file “SignatureReplace”
Choose Menu>Edit>Cut
Browse through another folder
Paste the file anywhere
Then if you want to change your email signature with another text, simply change it through the Messaging application. Your new email signature will remain the next time you boot your Xperia X1.
Finally, U.S. folks who have been waiting to get their hands on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 can finally do so as SE’s first Windows Mobile phone is finally available/in-stock at the Sony Style online store. Words on the street indicates that the Xperia X1 is also available in some accredited Sony Ericsson retail locations.
Still, the Xperia X1 is not being carried by any U.S. mobile carrier so the price tag is still at a stiff $799. But you may also want to consider some taxes to be added to that price.
Or if you are not ready to splurge that much for a Sony Ericsson phone, you may want to wait for a couple of months to see if the price tag works for SE’s behalf. If not, expect its price to go down significantly.
Following up on our recent post regarding the parting ways of Sony Ericsson and HTC with regards to the manufacturing of the second generation Xperia X1 which we shall now call the Xperia X2, we’ve also found out that aside from Foxconn, another company is also getting into the deal. And what do you know that company happens to be Asustek through its manufacturing arm Pegatron.
Although the Xperia X2 is not to hit the market until late 2009, negotiations as to who would manufacture the said new version of the Xperia X1 is already ongoing as early as now. Sony Ericsson hopes to close the deal as early as the first quarter of 2009 to give the chosen company ample time to develop the Xperia X2.
Still, Sony Ericsson would not disclose the reason why it ended the deal with HTC, although it has reported that some quality issues with the Xperia X1 might be the reason.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has just been outed a couple of weeks ago, and this early some Europen owners who bought the handset despite its high price are complaining that their units are showing some cracks on the casings.
The XDA-Developers site has already reported 24 cases or units with the said problem. The cracks are appearing near the stylus compartment while others are seeing the cracks somewhere near the battery compartment of their Xperia X1.
For those who haven’t seen the cracks on their phones, here’s some glimmer of hope for you. The said crack problem have affected only the silver Xperia X1′s with a production week range of 08W44-08W46. So you better check out your Xperia X1 and see if it falls in the said production week. You can easily see this by checking out your unit’s information sticker which you can find inside the phone if you remove your phone’s battery.
If you Xperia X1 fall in the said category, better head back to your Sony Ericsson dealer where you got the phone and tell them about the report. They might change it with a newer model of the Xperia X1.
It looks like Sony Ericsson fans from the US who have been eagerly anticipating the release of the US-friendly Xperia X1a will have to look for another mobile device to give themselves as a Christmas gift, as Sony Ericsson, although without official announcement, has changed the expected delivery date of the Xperia X1a from supposedly today to Jan. 12, 2009.
Since Sony Ericsson has not made an official annoucement about the push in the US release of the Xperia X1a, we could only guess that it might have something to do with the lack of supply perhaps. Or perhaps some more feature tweakings needs to be carried out before the mobile device is released to the US market.But I doubt if supply is really lacking, as I’ve seen many stores in Hong Kong displaying the Xperia X1.
Anyway, if the Xperia X1 is one of your Christmas Tech Wish List, I suggest you find a good alternative or wait until January 12, 2009 to see if Sony Ericsson could finally deliver the Xperia X1 to the US market.
Of course the title of this post was a bit on the sarcastic side. As we’ve seen so many fake phones coming out of nowhere but this one is really utterly hilarious albeit clever as well. The phone we’re talking about is what we may call as the iFone X1 for the lack of better name to call it.
Engadget observed that the fake Xperia X1 might be running on Windows CE, supports dual SIM cards and could probably has an FM receiver.
Touchscreen? Most probably not as fluid as the Xperia X1 or the iPhone. Interested to get this phone? You have to contact your local Taiwan dealer to send it to you though as this phone is probably available only in the Taiwan mobile market.
Anyway just watch this video of the iFone X1, or whatever you may want to call, to see what it has to offer.
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