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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 discussion |
Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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From: London England
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Hi all,
Well I'm sad to report my X1 is back in it's box and reset and it's either going on E-Bay or back to VodaFone.
Now please don't misunderstand what is happening here there really is nothing wrong with it at all just a few things that i just can't get on with. The first is the really small size of text every where which i really found very annoying. I also wasn't that happy with IE or Opera and found them much slower and not as readable as on my Bold. I also was having real problems with downloading apps and getting them to install with the Microsoft Media centre to. The fact i couldn't get Seven to install so no push E-Mail was the final straw for me and i couldn't even download it via either of the browsers.
But on the whole the X1 is very fast and stable really no complaints at all on this Multimedia is also very good but I'm not sure if this is because it's Voda branded or not but certain apps access to the Web was pre configured and couldn't be changed to WiFi.
Again if you like WM and TS the X1 really is a great device it has excellent build quality and is small and light as said above the only real fault IMO and for me is the small size of all the text.
Marc
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the_mont
Joined: Oct 06, 2004
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Hi all,
Just got mine, does anyone know how (if possible) you can set the X1 to receive multiple contacts via Bluetooth?
I have two phones (one for work, one for play) with mutliple entries that I need to send to my X1. I can send multiple contacts from my P990 to an old w800 phone, so surely its possible with this? Or is it a Windows Mobile restriction, to only be able to send one contact at a time? Symbian come back, if not!
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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bob2k4
Joined: Dec 24, 2003
Posts: 98
From: Manchester UK
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This might be a strange question. But have SE removed the PlayNow service from the Xperia? I can't seam to find it anywhere on the handset, not any mention of it on the SE website. |
Klueless
Joined: Apr 21, 2007
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This X1 has me so tempted....A couple of questions for the early adopters, from a low post lurker:
How is the phone sensitivity? I've had mixed results with SE in the past, although my w810 was excellent in that regard.
Most opinions I 've read seem to indicate that the loudspeaker max volume is a little on the soft side...is that only for media playback, or during a call also?
Finally, will this EQ application
http://www.freewarepocketpc.n[....]load-htc-equalizer-v1-0-2.html
work on the Xperia?
Thanks a bunch! |
Nanu
Joined: Feb 18, 2006
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From: Warrington, UK
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So Marc in your honest opinion would you say the BlackBerry Bold is a better far superior device?
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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Marc, maybe its time you went to specsavers? fortunately I already wear glasses for reading so the text size isn't much of an issue, but I can still read the second largest font without my glasses if I squint a bit!
I did suspect you wouldn't get on with the X1 though...
@Klueless
The phone is very sensitive, just this morning I upset it with something I said 
No, sorry.. remember this is not a true SE and assuming your talking about call quality, its crystal clear.
volume during calls is fine, its just the media playback. next time I encode I am going to see if I can adjust the volume of the encoding to a higher level
not sure about that equaliser
@bob2k4, to implement play now on the X1 they would have had to write a whole new WM version, which they dont' appear to have done. perhaps it might come in a future firmware upgrade once they see the response to the X1 and realise its worth the effort?
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Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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From: London England
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@Koto
Not really sure what you mean by higher but the E90's screen really does seem much bigger which i suppose makes sense as it's 4" compared to the X1's 3" and 25% is a lot by any anyones standards.
They are both bright and clear and although the E90's is 800x352 to the X1's 800x480 it is virtually impossible to notice any difference and videos were both encoded at the same frame rate and bit rate just slightly different ratio's and looked great on both.
@Nanu
Well as I've said before one of the things i love about the Bold is the large choice of Fonts and font size and this really IMO makes a huge difference well at least it does for me. Video looks as good on the Bolds slightly smaller screen but the volume for both Music either through ear phones or the Bolds speakers is definitely louder and clearer same goes for watching Video and listening through the stereo speakers on the Bold.
The Bold is as fast and faster for certain things E-Mail is of course better implemented and the OS i found much easier to get to grips with i needed very few apps for the Bold basically just a good Alarm app and Google maps is all i needed to add. But as always what's best for me doesn't have to be for anyone else.
@Masseur
Although I'm nearly 50 i still have 20/20 vision and I'm not saying i can't read the text just that it really is very small something i mentioned when i first saw the videos of the X1. I had changed the font to the largest every where i could and IMO it is still very small. It wasn't this small on my E90 and the Bold is in a different league as there really is a Font and size to suit i would imagine all. I liked the X1 but i just couldn't see it replacing my Bold and as i said little things i find annoying but hey that's just me and I'm old and fussy now.
Marc
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mobman
Joined: Sep 23, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Manchester UK
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@dogmann
thanks for you're honest review! cant wait to get hold of mine as the issues you have i doubt will bother me.
i'll probably find a whole host of different issues! |
fjcarlsson
Joined: Jan 29, 2008
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Is it possible to set menus to English in the Swedish version of X1? |
Creid
Joined: May 13, 2007
Posts: 160
From: UK
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LOL tssssss
I rang o2 three times today
1st - we have x1 only on £75 a month
2nd - out next monday
3rd - out this week
what a joke
4th, rang CPW and they had it but only silver (want black)
rang o2 stores - nothing
I have rang these every day for a month now- Happy days
On 2008-10-28 17:47:54, fjcarlsson wrote:
Is it possible to set menus to English in the Swedish version of X1?
on other se phones you could
if english pack isn't on phone then you maybe able to download from se
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mattiL
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
Posts: 120
From: Sweden
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@pmcg & Rodin69
On 2008-10-27 20:06:04, pmcg wrote:
2. Letter recogniser/transcriber missing in the swedish version.
Found this on page 20 of the English manual.
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Page 6 in swedish manual:
Använda handskriftsfunktioner
• Klicka på en inmatningsikon längst ned på skärmen i ett
program, klicka på och klicka sedan på en metod.
• Om du vill ha hjälp med att skriva tecken med hjälp av
Blocktolk, Bokstavstolk eller Transkribering, klickar du på
frågetecknet bredvid skrivområdet.
AND on same page:
Skriva information
Om du vill skriva text och tecken kan du använda:
• tangentbordet
• tangentbordet på skärmen
• handskriftsigenkänningsfunktioner som t.ex. Blocktolk,
Bokstavstolk eller Transkribering.
Använda tangentbordet
• Om du vill skriva gemena bokstäver trycker
Translation:
Using handwriting functions
- Click on the icon and select method of writing (short translation..)
- If you need help with ... Letter recogniser or Transcribing, click question mark.
And the second part goes on the same way.
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Now that indicates to me that letter recognition and transcriber is supposed to be there somewhere !
And I'm fairly sure I've seen these functions described on some SE web page. Will look into it... |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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On 2008-10-28 17:47:54, fjcarlsson wrote:
Is it possible to set menus to English in the Swedish version of X1?
no, windows mobile devices generally comes with only one language, to get another language you have to flash another firmware
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i-Citizen
Joined: Oct 26, 2008
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Hey guys, as you know I have been awaiting for my SILVER X1 since Sunday from Carphone Warehouse on orange 45pm 18 month contract, it finally arrived this afternoon via citylink, got to say for those who doubt CPW, i thought their service was wonderful  .
I have an n96 as well which came two weeks ago and didnt really have much attention from family members, mainly due to the reason it looks like an ordinary phone. But once my X1 was unboxed my family has been over it like a swarm, they love the uniqueness of the phone, the slide out keyboard looks modern, the silver makes it look like an expensive watch whereas if i had the black one it would look ordinary and bland.
and for the software itself my oh my, compare the wi-fi to n96, my x1 browses internet faster than my computer does (not really but u get the drift), so fluid and sexy, whereas the n96 was slow and always lost connection. theres no lag at all between the panels only when switching from landscape to portrait. i did think that because the slide out is so small i thought it was a fake :rolleyes: lol but its really nice compared to htc touch pro cos its smaller, what else erm ill have to play with it more after my dads stopped with the google maps lol, oh and its so easy to browse the net just touch and scroll compared to n96, oh please lol
for all the early adopters, have you updated your x1 via the sony ericsson website or is there no need?
also those who love their x1 please feel free to babble on like me, again i will show pics of the silver x1 to show how sexy it is compared to black. but whatever colour we got ITS AN X1 for heavens sake lol
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feco
Joined: Jul 03, 2004
Posts: 245
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why does the x1 uses sd instead of m2?
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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because its a windows mobile phone and thats standard for WM devices, especially from HTC
to use memory stick, SE (or HTC) would have had to develop windows mobile drivers
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