The Mobile Web Tablet

Who would have thought it was possible to make Windows Mobile look sexy? Well, it does and I’m happy to say it’s Sony Ericsson that pulls it off with the launch of the XPERIA X1.

Some quick thoughts:

- I wonder what the deal looks like between SEMC and Microsoft. Microsoft and Ericsson has worked together before, but that collaboration failed. Some say it was because of the way Microsoft wanted to control everything. Of course, Microsoft probably sees it differently. Either way: they couldn’t work together.

- We’re now starting to see the impact of the iPhone on the way the user interface of a modern phone is designed. Much more playful and friendly.

- The main competitor to the X1 is not the iPhone but the Nokia E90, a Symbian based smartphone with a slider Qwerty-keyboard and large screen. I think the X1 looks much better, but it remains to see how the software works in practice.

- What happens to that other platform? Does anyone care?

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Just finished updating my Nokia N800 from OS2007 to OS2008. What an improvement! The GUI is starting to take shape and find an identity if its own. The bundled applications are very good, for example the map application. Seems like the browser is a bit more stable as well.

So, how am I using the N800? Well, actually I use it mostly at home. The Sony Ericsson P1, together with Opera Mini, Google Mail and the built in web browser is a much better mobile solution. Why? It’s smaller, and more importantly: it can be used one handed.

Using the scroll wheel and changing the right side button to launch the task manager makes the P1 a very quick to navigate mobile device. I wish the N800 had a one-hand-mode…

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