TamsPPC - the PocketPC Blog

Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile device got a disproportional amount of front line attention on TamsPPC so far – mostly because of rumors about schedule slips. The Sony Ericsson booth had a few non-working dummies(heavily guarded – no chance to reanimate it with a Mobile Device Charger).

Anyways, here are a few size comparison images:

One really great thing is that Sony Ericsson finally saw the light of day and included a MiniUSB port:

A booth attendant told me that the device will be priced “high but still affordable”, and that we should probably not expect it before November 2008. Hey, all they said was Q2 2008 – and November definitely is in Q2 2008:

In the end, the XPERIA X1 looks like a very nice device. If the price isn’t too outrageous and the custom UI isn’t too fucked up(anyone wondering about why the Treo 500v is 50€ cheaper than the Treo 500 in OTC sales??), I can see myself using this box as my main device when it drops….

A few days ago, a Motorola/Symbol executive told us about how falling prices for VGA screens motivate Symbol’s design department to eventually consider replacing its QVGA screens - not for the benefits of a higher resolution, but rather because of lower cost.

The folks at EngadgetMobile now report that users from a russian forum have found out that Asus did something similar with their P750 smartphone - while the device displays data in QVGA, it actually uses a VGA screen and uses pixel, doubling in order to achieve the desired, aka low, resolution.

Not much further information is available as of now - I have sent an inquiry to Asus’s Lars Schweden - let’s stay tuned!

HTC recently overhauled its HTC Advantage, giving it a new (worse) keyboard and 16GB of internal flash memory.

Anyways, the folks over at Pocketables.net performed a quick swipe of online retailers offering the device for preorders - and saw prices ranging from just $550 to a whooping $1300. Expansys UK asks 700 GPB pounds, while Clove sells it for “just” 595GBP.

Please rest assured that we will keep you posted as news emerge!