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.
Another popular application has been updated to support Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1. This time round it’s the SlingPlayer Mobile. The update by Sling Media provides support for 800×480, 640×480 and 320×320 screen resolutions which adds the Xpera X1, among other phones, to their list of compatible handsets.
SlingPlayer Mobile allows users to watch their TV, including services such as pay per view, video on demand and local weather and sports channels from their handset. You can download and give SlingPlayer a try for 30 days for free, after that it retails for $29.99.
The nominees for the Sony Ericsson Content Awards 2008 have been published on their website, but there’s still one category that’s accepting submissions and that’s the Xperia Panels category. The competition is open for any developer including individuals as well as companies. Panels can be created with the Sony Ericsson Beta SDK, which can be downloaded here.
The competition is open until the 30th of January 2009, so get your submissions in by then. The winners will be announced a few days later on the 5th of February.
Good news for all Facebook panel users out there, it’s been reported that the panel has been updated. While the update doesn’t bring any added features, users are reporting it is much faster when loading and provides better performance.
The Facebook panel for your Xperia X1, can either be downloaded directly from the Sony Ericsson website or via your handset. Going to the More Panels option on your handset will allow you to download the update.
Thanks to MySonyEricsson, you can now create your own panels for your Xperia X1. They have released an unofficial web application that allows you to create your own panels from HTML code.
All that you need to do to create your own panel, is to code a HTML file and have some thumbnail screenshots. The files are then uploaded to the web application which creates the panel from it for you to download. For the time being, only panels supported by Pocket IE 5 will work.
You can find the web application here and the guide to using it here.
The iPlayer portal from the BBC, currently available on the iPhone and N96, will be heading to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 over the next few days along with support for the Samsung Omnia. Support for Nokia’s N85 and Sony Ericsson’s C905 will follow shortly after that.
BBC’s iPlayer portal, allows users to catch up on their missed TV shows. The new portal will bring new features and navigation. The main tabs of the portal will be TV, Catchup and Radio. The Xperia, and other phones, have been selected as they meet the Wi-Fi and 3G requirements as well as having a “great media playback experience”.
Over at XDA-Developers, once again they’ve ported something over to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1. This time, it’s Google Android that has been ported and tested to work on the X1. At this time, the application has only been tested as working on the X1i, with X1a support to follow.
To install Android on your X1, download the required files and put them in a folder on the root of your phone and start Haret. When prompted press Run and Android will begin booting. A video has also been provided showing the process.
Sailing Media Sync is an application that allows users to sync non iPhone phones with iTunes. Sailing Software have updated the application and it now provides support for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1.
Within the application, it can load music, podcasts and playlists onto your handset from the files you choose. Sailing Media Sync is available as a free edition, or a licensed edition which costs $22. The licensed edition automatically updates your phone making it quicker to transfer music over. The app is available for both Windows and Macs.
If you haven’t tried the Facebook Panel for the Xperia X1 yet, PhonesReview have posted up a video demonstration of the Facebook Panel.
The video starts right at the beginning with selecting the panel and launching it. The Facebook panel will log you in automatically to your account from there the “bubble bump” screen will appear. The bubble bump display shows yourself and your friends in bubbles, which can be selected. If you select a friend, the panel allows you to send them a message. You can also keep track of who’s updated their profiles lately with the color coded bubbles. A green bubble means that your friend has been active, while a white bubble means they haven’t got any updates.
The video also shows the panel in both portrait mode and landscape mode. You can view the video after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Following the launch of the Facebook Panel for the Xperia X1, Sony Ericsson has also launched two more panels for the Xperia X1’s mobile phone menu visualization.
The Windows Live Panel for the Xperia X1utilizes your existing Windows Live ID for synching contacts from the Xperia X1’s phonebook. The said panel will also give access to the Microsoft Messenger interface, more specifically Hotmail and Live Messenger. It will also provide access to the Windows Live Search function specially made for mobile phone use.
The Dashwire Panel on the other also allows seamless synchronization betwee the Xperia X1 and your PC. The Xperia X1 panel will also allow automatic synching of contacts, text messages, videos, calls, photos, and setting from your phones to a restricted cloud-based account.
Both Panels are available for download from the Sony Ericsson developer site.
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