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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 discussion |
McKinley
Joined: Feb 23, 2004
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On 2008-10-26 23:48:01, afhum wrote:
Wow, thanks Mizzle and masseur for ur attention  I actually have the W890 and I'm gonna switch to this real soon, so I'm just wondering if its really worth it cos music is the top priority for me, hehe. Is the bass as nice as the MegaBass?  Um, do you think that a firmware update would provide us more features, say, the equalizer? hehehe
I can't say I like CorePlayer that much but as long as music goes it will do the job fine, however I do prefer the including SE player over this.
Shame it doesn't handle WMA files. |
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Dogmann
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Hi Masseur,
Thanks for your response and no in the week i kept the TyTN i didn't try any cooked Rom's. I also don't like using equalizers on my devices either as these really are just trying to make up for poor quality in the hardware. The artist and recoding engineer spend plenty of time mixing the Music to sound the best it can and a decent quality recording shouldn't need boosting IMHO.
@Rodin69
Thanks for your response that's good to know as am looking at using the the on screen keyboard by using Reasco Pro Keyboard with my fingers.
Anyway have to go now as my X1 has just arrived and it's time to start exploring it, just going to put it on charge whilst i go for one of my walks of the day. Hope fully by late afternoon i will have my first reports.
Marc
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mobman
Joined: Sep 23, 2003
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@masseur
now that you've had the x1 for a while how would you say the internet browsing fairs against the iphone?
this could be the deciding factor for me as this is the main feature i'll be using.
still 50:50 for me... |
WhyBe
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On 2008-10-27 10:01:41, masseur wrote:
...however, I'm like you, I wont be using the X1 for much multimedia entertainment as its 1000% superior on the iphone
Interesting...can you elaborate on that? |
p9nineo
Joined: Jun 20, 2006
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On 2008-10-27 11:09:51, joel80 wrote:
On 2008-10-27 07:21:43, p9nineo wrote:
how about my qn?
X1 has remote desktop?
Yes.. works fine.. except all icons on your desktop of your PC is squeeced in at a 800x480 space.. and remain that way after disconnecting. So you have to re-arrange them. I solved this by making a new user on my PC that I use when i connect remotly. Then i have my "own" icons with the X1.
I have also got Wake On Lan to work.. hehe.. so I can wake my PC up from my phone if I forgot to start it.
edit: You have to download a remote desktop client for it to work.. but it's free.
//Joel
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it need a remote client to work? can the windows default remote desktop work on it? |
afhum
Joined: May 16, 2008
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May I highlight my previous question again? hehe
Is the bass by default as nice as the MegaBass?
Please, anyone? |
Killmaster9
Joined: Aug 27, 2007
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From: Karlshamn, Sweden
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On 2008-10-27 13:07:19, afhum wrote:
May I highlight my previous question again? hehe
Is the bass by default as nice as the MegaBass?
Please, anyone?
No. |
afhum
Joined: May 16, 2008
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On 2008-10-27 13:09:54, Killmaster9 wrote:
On 2008-10-27 13:07:19, afhum wrote:
May I highlight my previous question again? hehe
Is the bass by default as nice as the MegaBass?
Please, anyone?
No.
Whoa. Oh well.. Thanks. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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@mobman, I do prefer Opera over pocket IE but I'd still rather be browsing on the iPhone, mostly because of the larger screen I guess. even though there are much less pixels it just much easier on my eyes. I can read the iphone screen without my glasses but not the X1 unless I set a large font.
@WhyBe, well most of my multimedia entertainment comes from Itunes. Largely I watch video podcasts on my way to/from work that download automatically when I sync each morning. On Fridays, if I'm having a beer on the train home, which I sometimes do, then I watch a load of music videos. Again I think the better multimedia experience comes down to the viewing size of what I am watching and how easy it is on the eyes. I'm no game player, except for backgammon and chess, so I don't need fast moving graphics and so I make no comparison there.
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WhyBe
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Oh, OK. I thought maybe you were refering to the quality of the media software or included format support. |
masseur
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no, nothing so technical. just the end result enjoyment level I feel from watching the screen for 45 minutes at a time
as I make my own music videos from DVD's I have, I can choose the quality I want myself anyway, though that also depends on the device capabilities.
I use DVD Catalyst and for the iphone and for WM devices it has preset values which work very well for me
the video podcasts are almost always excellent. The only one I watch with lesser quality is the one that Steve Litchfield does for his phones show, but they're recorded on phones such as N93 so I wouldn't neccessarily expect them to be top quality that Cnet and others can produce
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anonymuser
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I've no experience of the X1, and have only had my Iphone for a few days, but certainly the multimedia experience on the Iphone is many, many leagues ahead of anything my old WM-powered Tytn II was capable of. The screen seems to be the perfect balance of size, ratio, colour and pixel density - and of course it's 100% glass capacative, so you're not peering through layers of plastic on a resistive touchscreen.
I'm not much of a gamer either but I do like a good flight sim, so I've installed X-Plane 9 on the Iphone and it's nothing short of amazing. Effortless 3D graphics, very immersive with the accelermotor used for the controls (the whole phone becomes your stick, tilt it forward to go into a dive, pulll back to pull back, etc). It's very hard to believe that anything based on WM can match it, to be honest, certainly nothing I've seen.
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AbuBasim
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On 2008-10-27 13:32:01, masseur wrote:
The only one I watch with lesser quality is the one that Steve Litchfield does for his phones show, but they're recorded on phones such as N93 so I wouldn't neccessarily expect them to be top quality that Cnet and others can produce
If Steve reads this, he will block the IP address you're coming from. 
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Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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Hi all,
Well OK so i have no had my X1 for a few hours and here are my thoughts so far.
Build quality really is excellent great materials and tactile feel the other thing is the X1 is small no i mean really small it's about the same size as a Nokia N73. Now the screen although 3" wide is really not very high when in Landscape mode and that's how i am using it the majority of the time. If i am honest it feels and seems much smaller than the E90's and although slightly longer than the Bolds not as deep. But it really is bright crisp and clear although i always leave my screens on full settings and don't worry about the hit on battery.
The first thin i have tested is an Episode of Dexter and the Simpsons both converted to 800x480 MP4 and they look great with good sound via the headphones. I also transferred Dare by the Gorillaz to the memory an this also sound good although i find i need to listen at nearly full volume so it could be louder perhaps.
Now that it has performed so well in these two fields i will continue to load the additional software, sync it with Outlook and set up my WiFi but not till later as i need to sleep now.
But so far so good and i would have to say without a doubt so far this is easily the best SE smartphone i have used.
Marc
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SE-Naz
Joined: Dec 23, 2003
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Cheers for the update...
Also keen to know what you think of the speed of the handset???
Cheers
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