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Hands-on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 @ CTIA Fall 2009

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 7:04 PM

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Sony Ericsson didn’t have a CTIA booth this go around, so they sent their Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 with the “Windows Phone” booth to keep things interesting. There was no way I wasn’t going to get my hands all over the X2′s improved arc-slider and 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen. The X1 launched Sony Ericsson’s high-end XPERIA brand with high-end style last year, leaving some big shoes for the X2 to fill. We just had to find out if it did.

Changed from the X1 days is the touchscreen. The Xperia X2 boasts a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen that’s flush mounted. No more recessed resistive nonsense here. The arc-sliding keyboard is more comfortable and feels less cramped than the X1′s. And, of course, there’s the 8.1-megapixel camera tucked into the curvy shell.

The Panel UI still allows you to change your homescreen to fit your changing needs and moods. There are new Panels available too: a kind of cheesy Sim City-esque Sony Ericsson panel, new Windows Mobile 6.5 panels and more. The new Slide View feature takes center stage in the X2′s interface, serving up an inspired shortcut menu design that makes it easy to hop around oft-used phone features like missed calls, messages and  panels.

We’ll let the video and photo gallery do the rest of the talking.

Quick look at the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 from IntoMobile.

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • $e@lblaighter

    Hi Will, correct your mistake, the phone has 3.2 inch screen, mot 3.5 inch. You can check this on the SE’s website. :)

  • QT

    I also believe it’s a resistive and not capacitive screen?

  • mohamad

    thank u 4 good pics