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Why the personal
touch matters
Sony XPERIA X1
The most eagerly anticipated Windows
mobile; Sony has hit perfection in form
with the new XPERIA X1.
The XPERIAs 3” screen takes up the en-
tire front panel and has extremely high
fidelity. The frame and the battery cover
are made from stainless steel, so no fin-
ger prints can spoil this shiny beauty.
The body is made from solid plastic and
chrome.
The phone does have its short comings,
its user interface needs quite a bit of
rework. The touch screen is not nearly
as responsive and the full QWERTY key-
board is quite hard getting used to. It has
a mediocre camera, and it doesn’t sup-
port flash (but you still access YouTube
through its streaming media ability).
Nevertheless the XPERIA is the best
Windows Mobile yet. It is far ahead of
its many competitors.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
It’s not the first time Nokia has dabbled
around with touch-screen, but this time,
they seem to be quite serious about it.
The phone is unobtrusively placed as
a mid range phone with XpressMusic
branding, and it is hoping to carry with
it some of that S60-touchscreen weight.
The phone comes with a 8gb memory,
and a microUSB cable to use for your
data connections and a TV-out cable
that normally ships only with the high
end N Series model. The touchscreen
needs protection and it ships with a
carrying case. The case is rubber plas-
tic and seems durable enough. Another
nice surprise is the desk stand which ac-
cording to Nokia will also be included in
every retail package. It is provided with
an eyelet to attach the stylus. We all
know, there’s no substitute for our very
own thumb but we’re yet to see about
that with Nokia 5800.