Xperia X1

antodeco

Hey all,
So after some pondering I finally got my X1 yesterday. Have been playing around with it for less than 24 hours, but so far so good. Ive managed to crash it once, but thats cause I was running multiple programs at the same time. My e65 did the same. Windows Mobile 6.1, whilst not the best operating system, is doing the job so far. Ive customised it a fair amount, and installed a good few apps on it. I like the whole "panel" idea. Screen could be a bit bigger, but again, its around twice the overall size of my e65's screen. So after 24 hours Im enjoying the handset.

Pros
QWERTY keyboard.
Great Browser
Personalisation of the whole menu system
Endless functions available

Cons
Speakers are fairly shite for playing music.
Alot of the apps available, cannot be downloaded in Ireland :mad:
Delays in removing popups (but with tweaking software, have this removed)
Start up is a little bit slow


Ill post up more as I use it. If ye want to ask me anything about it, ask away!

Oafley Jones

antodeco wrote: »

Hey all,
So after some pondering I finally got my X1 yesterday. Have been playing around with it for less than 24 hours, but so far so good. Ive managed to crash it once, but thats cause I was running multiple programs at the same time. My e65 did the same. Windows Mobile 6.1, whilst not the best operating system, is doing the job so far. Ive customised it a fair amount, and installed a good few apps on it. I like the whole "panel" idea. Screen could be a bit bigger, but again, its around twice the overall size of my e65's screen. So after 24 hours Im enjoying the handset.

Pros
QWERTY keyboard.
Great Browser
Personalisation of the whole menu system
Endless functions available

Cons
Speakers are fairly shite for playing music.
Alot of the apps available, cannot be downloaded in Ireland :mad:
Delays in removing popups (but with tweaking software, have this removed)
Start up is a little bit slow


Ill post up more as I use it. If ye want to ask me anything about it, ask away!

Congrats. Where'd you get it and what's the production week?

antodeco

Got it for €370 from the north (ebay is a great friend )

Still tweaking it at the moment. Getting SDK developer to completely tweak it and personalise it. Enjoying it so far!

kaimera

I read the reviews and the phone is a little slow/unresponsive?

how would it compare to the n95 for eg?

I do the look of the x1 and was really tempted but the delays in getting it out and the less than stellar reviews put me off

bare in mind I dont use the phone for music [mp3 player works fine!] and the camera is rarely used.

art

New ROM available for that phone apparently, might give some improvements:

http://www.mobilehornet.com/archives/2084

antodeco

I think I have newest ROM. Connected it up anyway, and it said I did!

I downloaded an Advanced Configuration Tools app to it, and tweaked some of the settings. Removed some of the pop-ups, which used to hang the phone for 2 or 3 settings. Im still overloading it every now and again, but I have been doing alot of app installations so may have caused it. Im still loving the device, getting addicted to it. Have it setup with blackberry and ota calendar sync. New panel put on today, which gives it a more "phone like" menu system. Ive done a huge amount of browsing and downloaded on it, plus on messenger a fair amount. Hasnt as such let me down, but the battery life is fairly muck (1 day out of the charge, but I do have it connected to the internet for around 10 hours of the day). Im still messing around with it, but so far so good. Plus the fact I got it for a lot less that RRP, I cant complain

EDIT: Dont have the latest ROM. Battery too low to update it at the min, shall do it later! Thanks

mkennedy

antodeco wrote: »

Hey all,
So after some pondering I finally got my X1 yesterday. Have been playing around with it for less than 24 hours, but so far so good. Ive managed to crash it once, but thats cause I was running multiple programs at the same time. My e65 did the same. Windows Mobile 6.1, whilst not the best operating system, is doing the job so far. Ive customised it a fair amount, and installed a good few apps on it. I like the whole "panel" idea. Screen could be a bit bigger, but again, its around twice the overall size of my e65's screen. So after 24 hours Im enjoying the handset.

Pros
QWERTY keyboard.
Great Browser
Personalisation of the whole menu system
Endless functions available

Cons
Speakers are fairly shite for playing music.
Alot of the apps available, cannot be downloaded in Ireland :mad:
Delays in removing popups (but with tweaking software, have this removed)
Start up is a little bit slow


Ill post up more as I use it. If ye want to ask me anything about it, ask away!

What do you mean by "a lot of the apps are not downloadable in Ireland."

I thought WM apps were available anywhere.

Rsaeire

I've been using my X1 for the past few weeks and love it. I'm using a custom rom and a lot of applications available from XDA Developers which has made the experience more enjoyable than using the default rom. I’ve only experienced a few crashes over this time, but this is more so down to certain applications than the handset itself.

For the poster above who mentioned lacklustre reviews, I would say that the handset is great for those who are aware of what using a Windows Mobile handset entails i.e. customisation, and is one of the best, if not the best, handsets I’ve had the pleasure to own.

Oafley Jones

Have any of the owners seen any of the problems relating to build quality?

mp3guy

antodeco wrote: »

Speakers are fairly shite for playing music.

Just on this, it's a phone, not a sound system.

antodeco

mp3guy wrote: »

Just on this, it's a phone, not a sound system.

Of course, but im comparison to my K810, E65, N95 its no where near. i used to play youtube vids on them but I cant really on the X1 without headphones.

kaimera

have you tried the wm 6.5 beta2 rom?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475541

kaimera

scratch that - WM 6.5 announced today.

I assume the x1 can be flashed to it?

Rsaeire

kaimera wrote: »

scratch that - WM 6.5 announced today.

I assume the x1 can be flashed to it?

According to Microsoft, no handset currently on the market will be eligible for an official upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5. The only devices I've heard that will officially support Windows Mobile 6.5 will be the HTC Touch Diamond 2 and the HTC Touch Pro 2.

Rsaeire

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Have any of the owners seen any of the problems relating to build quality?

I've had no issues with regard to build quality, however, you should read this site for issues some users have experienced with the styles sillo. The stylus silo on my silver X1i is completely fine, but I hardly ever use the stylus so take from that what you will.

mobius42

Microsoft are insisting that all devices with WM 6.5 have a physical windows key on them. So, I wouldn't expect this to officially come to any older Winmo phone.