Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-largest cellphone maker, and Microsoft have stareted to cooperate in making smartphones, with the first Sony Ericsson handset based on the Windows Mobile operating system on sale by the end of the year. This deal means all the world's top handset makers apart from Nokia, which is #1 with a 40% market share, will now have Windows Mobile versions. The Sony Ericsson model, named the "X1," will be a slider phone with a typewriter-style qwerty keyboard and touch screen. The marketing manager of Microsoft's mobile business, Scott Horn, told Reuters he was confident of reaching the company's goal of selling at least 20 million smartphones with partners by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year at the end of June.
"We'd love them to do it," said Microsoft's Horn about Nokia. "We have a very good relationship with them. I think our hope is that at some point they say: 'Why not just license the whole thing?'"
"We'd love them to do it," said Microsoft's Horn about Nokia. "We have a very good relationship with them. I think our hope is that at some point they say: 'Why not just license the whole thing?'"
Check out http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/ for more info
Microsoft software has always had Apple totally beat, but Sony has come closest to matching the hadrware coolness. If Sony did it right, they could beat the iphone (coolness factor) in the pda-phone market... but I fear this brick does not cut it... Perhaps the pics are misleading.
Last edited by evo_spook on 11 Feb 2008 - 00:42
Microsoft produced MS-DOS to screw Digital Research out of a contract with IBM. There were no clones at the time. As a matter of fact, MS-DOS didn't exist when Bill Gates sold it to IBM. They bought in-development from some computer shop and tweaked it up.
Only thing I hate about Windows Mobile OS is it's limitation on 65K color screen..! I know Sony has great mobile displays but the OS kills the fun.
Only thing I hate about Windows Mobile OS is it's limitation on 65K color screen..! I know Sony has great mobile displays but the OS kills the fun.
It's funny, cause only a few years ago the 65k color screens were a major selling point! There was an article on MSDN from a developer explaining why they only do 65k, but I don't remember much about it.
That is one nice looking phone! Hopefully it's the start of widespread acceptance of Windows Mobile.
http://www.gsmarena.com/mitac_mio_8390-590.php
"Display Type TFT, 256k colors"
http://www.gsmarena.com/mitac_mio_8390-590.php
"Display Type TFT, 256k colors"
What I read and I may be confused with a different colour depth but I'm guessing by the post above it is 256k.
nokia samsung moto does.
That said, I think it looks nice and hope more phones of this formfactor arrive.
BOTH rock solid. The tilt on the other hand is SLOW as molasses switching screen rotations.
I'm going back to Sony when this is released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay7RMHcUuGQ
http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/?lc=en&cc=US
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