Sony Ericsson marks the launch of its new brand XPERIA™ with the unveiling of the XPERIA™ X1

Sony Ericsson marks the launch of its new brand XPERIA™ with the unveiling of the XPERIA™ X1

10 February 2008

The world of our consumers and customers is changing. To meet the growing need for mobile Web communication and multimedia entertainment, Sony Ericsson introduces XPERIA™. With this new brand Sony Ericsson will position itself at the forefront of mobile convergence.

Barcelona, Spain – 10th February 2008 –Today marked the launch of XPERIATM and a new era in mobile communications with the announcement of the XPERIA™ X1, a stand-out, arc slider phone from Sony Ericsson designed to address the growing need for a premium, converged mobile experience.

The XPERIATM X1 combines a 3-inch clear wide VGA display and a full QWERTY keyboard within a quality metal-finish body. With Windows Mobile® inside, the XPERIA™ X1 lets you choose from a dynamic range of activities at anytime and anywhere; from enjoying your favourite entertainment content to working efficiently on-the-move. Access a world of experiences simply by touching the XPERIA™ panel on the screen.

“XPERIA™ represents the first brand that is truly borne from within Sony Ericsson. It represents our vision for a premium, energised communication experience,” said Dee Dutta, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson. “This launch, and the announcement of the X1, further strengthens the overall Sony Ericsson brand and places us at the forefront of mobile convergence.”

“Our vision for the XPERIA™ X1 is to deliver a seamless blend of mobile Web communication and multimedia entertainment within a distinctive design,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, Head of Portfolio and Propositions, Sony Ericsson. “XPERIA™ is our promise to think foremost of user experience and to deliver the premium experience – anytime, anywhere, anything, with anyone.”

Sony Ericsson XPERIATM X1 – energised communication, the premium experience.

* Convergence of multimedia entertainment and mobile Web communication

* Unique arc slider with wide pitch easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard

* XPERIA™ panels - arrange as you want for easy access

* Enjoy multimedia entertainment on bright wide VGA display

* Windows Mobile® capabilities

XPERIA™ panel interface – experiences just the way you want them

Enjoy access to different experiences – Web, multimedia, applications – from your desktop. Navigate with the tip of your finger. Configure and have your XPERIA™ panels just the way you want them.

Multiple navigation – the choice is yours

XPERIA™ X1 lets you interact with your

phone in different ways. Touch, full QWERTY keyboard, 4-way key and optical joystick navigation. Switch seamlessly between operation modes.

Arc slider design – makes it stand out

The arc design gives a distinct and unique feel. Slide the screen upwards to reveal the wide pitch QWERTY keyboard. Ample distance between keys makes writing fast and easy.

Ultimate mobile experience – performance on the move

With Windows Mobile®, the highest data transfer rate (HSDPA/HSUPA) and WiFi™ support, you can enjoy your favourite entertainment and work efficiently on the move. Mobile access to everything that is important to you. aGPS gives you the freedom to explore the world. XPERIA™ X1 is a premium mobile experience.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA™ X1 will be available in selected markets from the second half of 2008.

Legal Information

1) Facts and features may vary depending on local variant.

2) Talk and standby times are affected by network preferences; type of SIM card, connected accessories and various activities e.g. games. Kit contents and color options may differ from market to market. The full range of accessories may not be available in every market.

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Microsoft, Windows, PowerPoint, Windows Media, Windows Mobile, Office, ActiveSync and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Bluetooth is a trademark or registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc.. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Subject to change without prior notice.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. The company serves the worldwide communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards, and it has R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and America. Sony Ericsson is the title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information, please visit [tautan dihapus]

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Sony Ericsson XPERIATM X1 – At a Glance

Camera

* Auto focus

* 3.2 megapixel camera

* Photo light

* Video recording

Music

* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)

* Media player

* Music tones

* PlayNow™

* Windows Media Player Mobile

* 3D games

* FM radio

* Java

* Video streaming

* Video viewing

Internet

* Internet Explorer® Mobile

* RSS feeds

Communication and Messaging

* Polyphonic ringtones

* Speakerphone

* Vibrating alert

* Video calling

* Email

* Picture messaging (MMS)

* Predictive text input

* Text messaging (SMS)

Design

* XPERIA™ panels

* Optical joystick navigation

* Navigation key

* Picture wallpaper

* Touch navigation

Organiser

* Alarm clock

* Calculator

* Calendar

* Document editors

* Document readers

* Flight mode

* Handwriting recognition

* Notes

* Phone book

* Tasks

* Touchscreen

Connectivity

* aGPS

* Bluetooth™ technology

* Modem

* Synchronization

* USB support

* WLAN

Windows® Mobile® Operating System

* Microsoft® Outlook Mobile: email, contacts, calendar, tasks

* Microsoft® Office Mobile: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

* Internet Explorer® Mobile

* Windows Media™ Player Mobile

* Windows Live™

* Exchange ActiveSync®

* Voice control

* Utility Applications: file explorer, calculator, pictures & video, notes

Facts and Figures

* Size: 110 x 53 x 16.7 mm

* Weight: 145 grams

Available colours

* Black

* Silver

* Main screen: 65,536 color TFT

* Resolution: 800 X 480 pixels

* Size: 3 inches

Memory

* Phone memory: up to 400 MB

* microSD™ memory card support

Availability and versions

Networks

* GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz

* UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

@Dora
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UIQ Technology will be holding a press conference Wednesday along with Sony Ericsson and Motorola. This will be regarding the UIQ platform and strategies.

Wednesday from 13-15.00

Kita lihat nanti di acara di atas.

antara ini dan p5 buat gantiin handphone p1 gw ahaha...baru liat gw winmobile lembut banget gerakan interfacenya, keren2x
soal p5 statusnya gimana sekarang, apa diatas x1 atau dibawahnya??

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rizkiumar said:

tombol kaya' prism, qwerty geser kaya' tytn, bentuk panjang kaya' samsung,

SE cuma LOGO-nya doang, tidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkk. . . . . . . . . . .

I'll miss SE butterfly keyboard, I'll Miss SE

bukannya qwerty geser kaya dopod? btw, model arc slider di X1 ini blm pernah ada deh kayaknya di pda yg lain?? cmiiw.

hmm, masih ada yg cukup mengganjal tentang X1 ini :

1. Wi-Fi nya masih class b seperti pendahulu2nya kah?
2. aGPS itu maksudnya kayak gimana ya? ada yg bisa bantu jelasin gak? agak2 bingung dengan GPS pada umumnya.
3. Zoom digital kameranya hanya 3x, nanggung betul..
4. Apa windows media player mobilenya masih bisa di set equalizer MegaBass?? sebagai trademarknya SE untuk multimedia

Sebenernya setuju sama rizkiumar. Keypad kyk Prism, desain panjang dgn qwerty slide kyk Samsung F700. Ke-Sony Ericsson-annya agak pudar. Sebenernya ga jelek sama sekali, malah bagus. Tapi terlalu "hefty".... bukan... terlalu "heavyweight" dari segi fitur. Belom lagi OS WM6. Not for me, I'll go with the multimedia ones....

menunya bakal kayak gimana tro??
seperti PDA kebanyakan yah!?

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Heats said:
Belum support fourth-G (4G) ya? hehe...

Maksudnya bro? WiMax?
Masih kejauhan kali....masuk tahap implementasi aja belom ini teknologi, apalagi dioperasikan oleh operator. Dikasih HSUPA aja udah lebih dari cukup tuh bro.
Vendor lain udah ada yang ngerilis HP HSUPA belom ya?
Dari tadi ga ada yang nyinggung kelebihan XPERIA yang satu ini.

kok layarnya cuma segini yah ?? 65K colors

CKckckc.. masih ada aja ya mempertanyakan kenapa layarnya 65K.... bener2 males baca dari awal heheeh..

Namanya keren yah... SE-X1 alias SEX1 alias SEXI dan emang SEXY!! hehehe

Jadi mikir, P5 nanti feature sama ndak ya. moga2 aja sama persis atau di atasnya, tapi pake Symbian dan tetep model candybar (thumboard), or at least sliding ke bawah (bukan samping), karena kalo pake thumboard kan tetep bisa pake satu tangan..hehehe..

Kira2 apa aja feature masa kini (dan the near future) yg ketinggalan ndak masuk di SEX1?

nunggu keluar dulu
nunggu review baru beli :P
jgn tertipu bentuknya n speknya yang keren

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AndreecarteR said:
nunggu keluar dulu
nunggu review baru beli :P
jgn tertipu bentuknya n speknya yang keren

Barangnya aja belom ada gimana bisa ketipu?
Yang ada baru spek sama foto, ya itu aja yang dibahas.

paling akhir taon baru masuk sini....

Mudah2an.. bisa beli...mari ikut kampanyekan... ayo ke bank... nabung buat beli Xperia...

keren banget yah..
wifi nya B ajag atau udag B/G ni??

hmmmm.....X1 ya.... P1 kykx bkl turun harga nich ^^

kalo dibandingin ma N96 yg mw keluar ntar gimana?mantap2 nich hp jaman sekarang

Ya udah di summary aja lagi deh beberapa hal yang gw tahu tentang di SEXI ini :

OS : Windows Mobile 6
Karena OS-nya menggunakan Windows Mobile maka interface-nya akan sama saja dengan smartphone lain yang menggunakan OS yang sama. Tapi, seperti kebanyakan PDA Phone/Pocket PC lain yang merupakan OEM dari HTC (termasuk juga X1 ini), maka akan ada customized interface/software/menu pada produk ini yang sifatnya ciri khas dari pemegang merk. Yang pernah make Pocket PC dari berbagai merk mungkin tahu.

Beberapa kelebihan Venus dibanding mobile phone/smartphone atau PDA phone lain :
* Unique arc slider design
* XPERIA™ panels --> salah satu pembeda dengan yang lain yang sama2 menggunakan Windows Mobile
* Wide VGA Display
* Optical joystick Navigation
* Network nya sungguh lengkap (yang ditebalin adalah hal baru dan pertama ada) :
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
- UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz
- Slim (kurang dari 17 mm, lebih tipis dari P1)

Tambahan :
Untuk yang bertanya kenapa layarnya hanya 65 ribu warna, jawabannya adalah karena Windows Mobile hanya support sampai maksimum 65 ribu warna saja.

*** Ini udah yang keberapa kali ya gw nulis kaya gini? ***

Mantap kallii...
Yang gue seneng... Item...
Seandai nya dapat ku pinang untuk mendampingi m600...

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Tambahan :
Untuk yang bertanya kenapa layarnya hanya 65 ribu warna, jawabannya adalah karena Windows Mobile hanya support sampai maksimum 65 ribu warna saja.

*** Ini udah yang keberapa kali ya gw nulis kaya gini? ***

lumayan sering bro..... lumayan sering.....

yang sabar aja deh...

@ryolasta
Sabar kok bro.

Info tambahan.

Kelebihan lain dari XPERIA™ X1 :
- Record Video dengan resolusi VGA @30fps
- Audio port : Jack 3.5 mm
- Charger port : microUSB
- External memory card : microSD

Info tentang Processor dari PC Magazine :

The X1's specs include, basically, everything. Quad-band EDGE plus quad-band HSDPA 7.2 with HSUPA? Check. Wi-Fi and GPS? Check. A 3.2-megapixel camera with DVD quality video playback and capture? Check. FM radio, Bluetooth stereo, and GPS? You bet. It's all powered by a 520-MHz ARM11 processor running Windows Mobile 6. In short, this thing screams.

Info tentang A-GPS dari Wikipedia :

Assisted GPS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GPS is a satellite based positioning system. Assisted GPS, or A-GPS was introduced to enhance performance. The development of A-GPS was accelerated by the U.S. FCC's E911 mandate requiring the position of a cell phone to be available to emergency call dispatchers. [1]

Conventional GPS then had difficulty providing reliable positions in poor signal conditions. For example when surrounded by tall buildings (as a result of multipath), or when the satellite signals are weakened by being indoors or under trees. Some newer receivers fare better.

In addition, when first turned on in these conditions, some non-A-GPS units may not be able to download the almanac and ephemeris information from the GPS satellites, rendering them unable to function until a clear signal can be received continuously for up to one minute.

An A-GPS receiver can address these problems in several ways, using an Assistance Server:
* The Assistance Server can locate the phone roughly by what cell site it is connected to on the cellular network.
* The Assistance Server has a good satellite signal, and lots of computation power, so it can compare fragmentary signals relayed to it by cell phones, with the satellite signal it receives directly, and then inform the cell phone or emergency services of the cell phone's position.
* It can supply orbital data for the GPS satellites to the cell phone, enabling the cell phone to lock to the satellites when it otherwise could not, and autonomously calculate its position.
* It can have better knowledge of ionospheric conditions and other errors affecting the GPS signal than the cell phone alone, enabling more precise calculation of position. (See also Wide Area Augmentation System)

Some A-GPS solutions require an active connection to a cell phone (or other data) network to function, in others [2] [3] it simply makes positioning faster and more accurate, but is not required.

As an additional benefit, it can reduce both the amount of CPU and programming required for a GPS Phone by offloading most of the work onto the assistance server. (This is not a large amount for a basic GPS - many early GPSs ran on 386/16 or similar hardware).

High Sensitivity GPS is an allied technology, that addresses some of the same issues in a way that does not require additional infrastructure. It notably cannot provide instant fixes when the phone has been off for some time, that some forms of A-GPS can.