Long have we been waiting for a real Sony Ericsson Touch Screen phone. We must admit that the P990 and the likes were good Touch Screen Phones, but they lacked many features other phones in the same category. The XPERIA X1 has a full slide out QWERTY keyboard and a Touch screen. The XPERIA X1 runs Windows Mobile 6 operating system. It has a 3 inch TFT VGA (800 x 480) touchscreen display which has got 65,536 colors. The Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 is mainly focused on the multimedia and mobile web communication features.

The phone has a mere  400MB of on board memory which is expandable va the microSD slot. The XPERIA is a quad-band GSM/EDGE phone that supports almost all frequencies available in UK and the US.

Features 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

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

Communication and Messaging

• Polyphonic ringtones
• Speakerphone
• Vibrating alert
• Video calling
• Email
• Picture messaging (MMS)
• Predictive text input
• Text messaging (SMS)

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

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

Networks

• GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 900/1700/1900/2100 MHz
• UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

Here is a Commercial of the Sony XPERIA X1 Mobile phone.

The Phone may look cool. However there are a couple of things that might get in way of buyers considering XPERIA as their next phone:

1) It has a memory of 400 MB only.
2) It runs Windows Operating system. Please note here that this feature of Xperia will only bother the Microsoft Haters, which are quite few now on the Planet we call Earth.
The Phone was announced to ship in October 2008 but the shipping has been delayed till January 2009. There is no talk about the price yet, but it should be around $600-$800.

Gallery