Only hours after the official announcement from Sony Ericsson and Engadget have had the privilege of receiving a hands on with the phone. Many questions about the handset are asked. In the video below, it’s confirmed that the touch screen is resistive and to go into landscape mode on the home screen, there is no accelerometer for that, but rather the QWERTY keyboard needs to be slid open.

There’s a button for “snacking” information, which is best viewed in portrait mode for more information on the screen. Engadget describe the homescreen as flashy but gimmicky. In the model demoed, it is still a production model, so the UI has a few bits of lag in it and Windows Mobile 6.5 is described as not being all it could be by Sony Ericsson. You can view the video along with several photos of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 after the jump.

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