Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

No wonder X1 was rapidly thrown out of the market. I would like to be very fair so you can judge it. Before you start reading it: Do not buy it or sign a contract for it. $0 is expensive
1. The touch screen is not as resonsive as other devices. Even though is manufactured by HTC. I guess Sony or Ericsson asked for the wrong specs. It is 1/3 of BB Storm II
2. Screen is not flashed with the frame. Therefore, it is difficult to operate the far right icons and bars on the touch screen. As a result you must use the stylus.
3. Keypad is badly designed. You will not be able to type properly. You will discover this within the first two minutes of use
4. Windows icons on trhe phone are extremely small. then use if stylus is a must which defeats the purpose of touch screen.
5. I like the Tri-band for data.
6. Telenav is not available. The "Wayfinder seems nice but not accurate or up todate"

Last year, X1 was one of the most coveted devices in the market. the pictures in the Rogers website looked wonderful and the capabilities appeared to be awesome. It is a bubble like the US housing:
1. Screen
- It is not flash so using your finger on the right/ left panels is very difficult. use of the stylus is a must and that takes away the appeal of a touch phone.
- As it is a Windows Mobile device, the menus are very tiny. Hopefully, you have thin finger tips.
- The screen is responsive though, in the places where you can touch it.
- Screen becomes smaller than my HTC diamond.
- Resolution is high but you have to press on the screen to bring it up. in normal mode, it appears as if one have not taken the protective plastic off.
2. Connectivity
Wi-fi: It does not support N- routers. b/g only. you may not be able to use it at home. (Especially when browing stream media)
Bluetooth: Cannot recognise Jawbone and others.
Do not Buy. not even $0 for a dreaded three year contract

Looking back at Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 we think there's one major question to answer. Now, no need to get defensive - the X1 sure is impressive. It goes even further to outperform its main rival - the HTC Touch Pro - in a number of areas and even offers slightly larger display and higher resolution.

However since the QWERTY keyboard is one of the key selling point and the Touch Pro has such great advantage there the choice between the two is really hard. And with the two month advantage that the HTC had we are quite confident that most users have already sealed a deal.

Still the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is a really good device, the purchase of which you are unlikely to regret. It is unable to solve all the usability issues of the underlying Windows OS but if modding and tweaking is your thing, you can achieve quite good results.

And the thumb-optimized X-Panels are quite a treat adding the essential fun element to the XPERIA user experience. We wouldn't by any means strongly recommend the X1 to non-Windows fans but they might still check it out - steps in the right direction are being taken.

Read original review at GSMArena.