Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
Smartphones general public know a fair amount of success. The phenomenon is probably partly to the credit of the first phone Apple. Although the iPhone is technologically flawed, it has an innovative interface that gives it a status still in hand. In fact, all competitors try to imitate him with varying degrees of success.
Sony Ericsson has proposed early smartphones that were primarily intended for professionals if only by their price and their complex interface. From the outset, the manufacturer has relied on the Symbian operating system developed by a consortium that included among others Nokia, Motorola and Psion. Thus, the Xperia X1 marks a turning point because it is the first Sony Ericsson smartphone that works with Windows Mobile.
Features
- Networks: Quad-band, 3G +, EDGE, GPRS
- Dimensions / Weight: 110.5 x 52.6 x 17 mm, 145 g
- Display: 800 x 480 pixels, 65 000 colors
- Resolution photo: 3.15 Mpixels
- Play MP3, AAC, MPEG-4, FM radio tuner with RDS
- Connections: WiFi 802.11 b / g, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), USB 2.0
- Memory: 400 MB MicroSD card reader
Spoiled for choice
Rather narrow, the Xperia X1 Sony Ericsson is however particularly long and thick. The fault sliding keyboard that has nevertheless the advantage of being much more convenient than the simple touch screen to enter text. For the moment, only the Prada Phone by LG and HTC Touch Pro combines touch screen and full keyboard. The keys are small but enter text with the tip of the index should not pose problems even for those of you who have big fingers.
The finish is very careful with shell mixing plastic and brushed metal. Unlike its competitors, the Xperia X1 is not the impasse on the buttons far away. There are no fewer than nine, just below the screen. On the installment will find the right button volume control and the shutter of the camera while the standard USB port takes place on the stage left. So another break with the other phones of the mark, and you will not have to carry the cable to copy the content or to recharge the phone battery. On top is the on / off, the stylus and a standard headphone jack.
The button in the middle of the navigation pad cache also touch a mouse to navigate through menus without the touchscreen.
Finally, in addition to the main camera on the back, which is accompanied by a flash, a second sensor frontage is integrated. It is intended for video calls.
Open your eyes
At first glance, the touch screen Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is not particularly impressive in its size. Indeed, the hull is long and buttons below integrated reduce even more the available space. The screen that can measure three inches compared to 3.2 inches of Addict Player Samsung and 3.5 inches of the iPhone. At the outset, we said that the phone drive fingers may not be a really easy. However, we must turn the Xperia X1 to discover its hidden.
Indeed, resolution of 800 x 480 pixels is downright impressive. The pictures are detailed and texts are of great finesse. Of course, an accelerometer is integrated and the display automatically switches to landscape mode depending on the angle of the phone. Still, we sometimes had difficulty validating the action of fingertip (or rather the finger given the size of some menus on Windows Mobile). In other words, Lawrence, our favorite guinea pig fingers boots, will not for one second without stylus.
The end of an era
Until now, Sony Ericsson smartphones worked exclusively with the Symbian operating system. With the Xperia X1, the manufacturer change its tune by choosing Windows Mobile not without adding his small home interface. It takes the form of vignettes that are reminiscent Widgets, which is displayed side by side or in the form of cards stacked that scrolls. It's very nice and all benefited greatly from the high resolution to display extensive information on the screen. Still, it is really too small and it will often use the stylus for most applications. It was better for a general public.
In fact, we must keep in mind that Windows Mobile was not originally designed for use on his finger. In addition, the Xperia X1 suffers greatly from the current competition. Indeed, water has flowed under the bridge since its announcement at the show in Barcelona in February. Thus, for example HTC retouched CoverFlow interface and Samsung does not rest with the player who can Addict out of the pen. It is also the case with the LG Renoir, where the menu always as effective Viewty. The latter, like the iPhone also has the advantage of being really affordable for the novice to be quickly lost in the menus under Windows Mobile that could be described as downright gas plant.
What about the responsiveness of Xperia X1? As its use nevertheless was very brief, Sony Ericsson we have removed virtually hands, we found some really annoying slowdowns. The fault once again to the operating system from Microsoft, whatever you say, is too greedy for resources. Yet, Sony Ericsson has not skimped equipping the Xperia X1 a Qualcomm MSM7200 processor running at 528 MHz, it said. It must sometimes wait several seconds to display a menu or to close it.
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