SonyEricsson Xperia X1

I was having coffee at 1Utama last weekend when I saw a couple sitting next to us flicking through their new handphone. From the box I know it's a SE handphone. And when the girl came over to browse through some magazines, I finally saw the model. It's the new Xperia X1 from SE. So finally it's out. Curiosity got the best of me and I asked the girl who is now standing next to me, how much did they bought for the phone. She told me it's RM3199. But they got a special discount as they are the first 50 people queuing up for the phone. Wow~! That expensive. Last Saturday was the offical launching day for the smart phone.

So what is packed inside this 145g baby? It's HSDPA, TFT screen with 65K color (quite outdated). 800x480 resolution 3in screen. Full QWERTY keyboard with optical keypad. Built in 400MB of internal memory, 256MB RAM and 512MB storage memory. Running on Qualcomm MSM7200 528MHz processor. Standard Class 10 GPS, built in WiFi, bluetooth and USB connectivity. Running on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. The camera is 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels with auto focus. Stand by up to 833 hour (or they claimed) and 10 hour talk time.

It's their answer to Apple's iPhone and Blackberry Smart Phone. But I guess SE still has some distance to go to match both of the giant in smart phone. Blackberry Bold came out but problem with the battery life caused some of the consumers to hold their guns. iPhone haven't officially launch in Malaysia so not much to be said unless you're ready to fork out RM3+++ for a cracked unit from our neighbour. iPhone is running on independent OS while Blackberry on Symbian which is both more stable compared to the SE which is running on Windows Mobile. Although it's the brand new 6.1 version but still it's Windows based and you know what happens to your Windows in the office now, don't you. So the OS that they choose for the X1 is still quite disappointing although they did make up with a lot of customizable shortcuts and icons. Will it give both iPhone and Blackberry a run for their money? We will see. (Rating: 7.5 out of 10.0)