According to a piece in the Financial Times, Hideki (Dick) Komiyama, president of Sony Ericsson says the Xperia X1 Windows Mobile Phone was "kind of an experiment."
The Xperia X1 failed to take off even though it's an impressive phone. The company is now hoping to release two new smartphones by the end of this year, and a third early in 2010. These smartphones will not all run Windows Mobile though. One will run Windows mobile, one will run Google's Android, and the other will run Nokia's Symbian OS.
WMExperts has an interesting view on what went wrong with the X1:
"As anyone who's used one knows, it's not that the Xperia X1 is a bad phone. It's just that it priced itself out of the game without bringing anything really groundbreaking. The panels interface is interesting, but it's just not enough to justify spending that much jing, especially today. Let's hope SE finds more of a middle ground (and U.S. carrier support) with its next try."
The Xperia X1 failed to take off even though it's an impressive phone. The company is now hoping to release two new smartphones by the end of this year, and a third early in 2010. These smartphones will not all run Windows Mobile though. One will run Windows mobile, one will run Google's Android, and the other will run Nokia's Symbian OS.
WMExperts has an interesting view on what went wrong with the X1:
"As anyone who's used one knows, it's not that the Xperia X1 is a bad phone. It's just that it priced itself out of the game without bringing anything really groundbreaking. The panels interface is interesting, but it's just not enough to justify spending that much jing, especially today. Let's hope SE finds more of a middle ground (and U.S. carrier support) with its next try."
