I just read a white paper on the Xperia X1. Here are some more features:

Google Maps pre-loaded with real-time traffic, directions, and GPS positioning.

YouTube support

FM radio

Media sharing via ActiveSync or WiFi

H.263 video recording at 24FPS. MPEG4 video recording at 30 FPS at VGA resolution.

Microsoft Office Mobile

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Man, that sounds like a robust PMP/phone/everything. The GPS is a real selling point for me.

It's aGPS. Unsure what that means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

"XPERIA™ X1 supports a GPS for satellite navigation. Several 3rd party applications can be used for
navigation and location based services. Google Maps will be pre-installed for getting the real-time traffic, driving directions, POI and GPS positioning. Phone can support the Turn by Turn driving client with map data."

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My next phone will definitely have a horizontal qwerty pad. Right now my top choice is the LG Env Voyager: http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/LG-Voyager-Preview-review-r_1863.html

or it's little brother, the Env 9900
http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/lg-env-vx-9900.aspx

My top requirements right now are that it can't run Windows of any sort.
Must have a decent battery life.
Horizontal Qwerty keypad.
Must be relatively cheap compared to an iPhone.

I might end up going with the 9900 because it's more of a phone/texting device than a full out palm pilot. Though the Voyager is so cool looking, I'm sceptical that it's going to be good on batteries and speed. I liked the Sidekicks for the simplicity of them. Custom OS, custom interface, fairly fast I heard. The Env seems like a clone of the sidekick.

Yours looks cool, I'm just afraid Windows will never be on a phone of mine again. I had too many problems with it before. Android maybe.

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Microsoft just bought Danger, the comp that makes the Sidekick.

Voyager looks cool.

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ugh, gps...just one more way for the man to track you. Looks pretty beastly, though. Nice find.

Hmm. I wonder if that's a good thing for Danger. Seems they had a pretty good thing going with the sidekick's UI which was one of the best mobile UI's in my opinion. That thing is just fun to use, too bad it's only for t-mobile (I think).

The 9900 doesn't have the sleekest interface, but if it's like any of LG's other mobile OSs it'll be low key and low resources. Kindof like the PalmOS used to be when they were first competing with Windows. Not sure how Palm runs now, but I'd bet it's more streamlined than Windows.

Before we had GPS phones I wrote a program that allowed you to hook up your GPS device and display all sorts of realtime GPS info through your Palm Pilot's larger screen. I didn't have a good mapping program or evdo, else I'd of been able to display the info over something like google maps (not even sure if it existed yet).

Can't wait until we start seeing Android phones. I'm curious to see how fast that runs.

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Speculation is that MS bought Danger so that they can develop UI's for Windows Mobile phone much like SonyEricsson is making the Panels UI for the X1.

Your GPS app seems cool.

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CNET thinks the Voyager owns the iPhone. My only gripe with the iPhone is that I hate things that are solely touchscreen (not to mention the jacked up price).

The perfect phone for me would be a Sidekick that runs on Verizon and that I'm not embarrassed to take out at work.

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Refurb 8 GB iPhones are $250 from AT&T now. Tempting.

Mike, I have the LG 9900, and I love it.

2MP camera with 320x240 video recording
MicroSD slot
MP3/WMA playback (with decent speakers that made me ditch my headphones)
QWERTY keypad that isn't cramped
GPS with Turn-by-Turn Navigation (that I don't use b/c it costs $$$)
A solid web browser (which I also don't use... $$$)
AIM/MSN/Yahoo IM
Bluetooth
Long Battery life (I go two or three days without plugging it in, and I use it constantly)
Beastly Vibration
Verizon's coverage

That's all I ever wanted in a phone, and I got it with the EnV. It's so cool to have a screen on that outside with a number pad. It's a full-featured phone in itself, but then you open it up and it feels like a little computer.

If you haven't had a chance to get a hold of one, you work right down the street from me, so just get in touch.

@Mintz, thanks. The info about the battery life is helpful. It's about what I expected it to be.

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WilldaBeast has a really cool phone... y'all should talk to him.
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The Xperia comes with two cameras. This means I'll be able to do video conferencing.

I was told that this phone is smaller than the iPhone but is a little thicker.

"There are two built-in cameras. The main camera is 3.2 megapixel AF and includes touch focus. A picture can be shared as a picture message or email with friends or family, or using any available transfer method, such as Bluetooth™. There is also a QCIF camera for video call located on the front."

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Will this be able to be used on Sprint networks? I'd really rather not change my phone number :). Also, have you seen anything about pricing?

DJ

@rapture holy cow that's awesome. I never thought of the videoconferencing. Seems like a sweet idea.

I do know the Voyager has it's camera set up where there's a screen and a camera facing in the same direction, but I don't know if they had the foresight to allow you to turn both on at the same time. That's something I definitely would upgrade to unlimited data to use.

Has anyone seen The website where you can stream video live from your phone? This is Kevin Rose showing off the inside of the Digg headquarters from his cell phone. BTW: He has a cubicle?!

Something interesting I found in Verizon that I had no idea about, you can subscribe to their TV service and get 8 channels I believe streamed to your phone, including Comedy Central and ESPN. very cool... though I'm not sure how much I'd use it.

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@Oculus: I applied for the qik beta a while back and still haven't heard anything. Still waiting.

@DJ: No pricing plan yet. Rumor is that it's coming to AT&T since there is an AT&T logo on one of the panels. I just checked and I've got 3G at my house so I'm OK with switching providers.

@DJ: You know what you can port your cell phone numbers to another cell or landline provider, right?

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On a side note, Sony became hard to beat in the cell phone market after they acquired Ericsson. LG and Samsung are good, as well. Motorola just seems a little behind the curve to me, esp. as far as durability and quality go. Cosmetically, they've obviously had a great run w/ a few models (i.e. the RAZR), but when I worked at Cingular several years ago, we had so many Motorola phones being brought back, and many DOAs. LG is the one that stood out the most on the opposite end of the spectrum. When we sold one of their phones, we rarely saw those get returned. They can take a beating and keep working. Sony Ericsson phones always seemed the most feature-rich and cutting edge, and very few DOAs. So based purely on a proven track-record, I'd take the Xperia over the iPhone any day.

I had the SE T68i for a while (still have it I guess). It was a solid phone.

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Here's a vid. Several more on YouTube.

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I had a friend in CA with the streaming TV service. Was pretty cool. That's the type of thing you can do with CDMA and 3G, but not traditional GSM.

"One panel that the Sony Ericsson folks were particularly proud of looked like a blank desktop save for a few colored fish and a digital clock. Tap and hold the screen and the fish flock to your finger; tap repeatedly and the fish scatter. If your battery's getting low, one of the fish starts to turn red, while another fish turns yellow if you miss a call. Cool."

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/16512/hands-on-with-sony-ericssons-xperia-x1-smartphone/

This phone has been dated for September 2008

This lines up with other rumors have have spread across the web about this phone.

Perfect. I'm prepared to stay with Verizon or switch to AT&T. I hope this doesn't come to TMobile, which doesn't even have 3G in Huntsville.

Thorough review with lots of pics: http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/exclusive-preview-24-hours-with-the-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1/

Also found this pic:

Was afraid this phone was going to be large. Looks like it's thicker than the iPhone but about the same size.

I sincerely doubt it will come to T-Mobile. It doesn't appeal to their primary consumer base (i.e. teenagers w/ Sidekicks).