The Last Windows?
Windows Mobile has had its fair share of usage in the Sony mobile phone line up; and while there is yet to be an official announcement, it seems like major mobile company Sony has finally decided to stop supporting this operating system. This comes as to no surprise to many as the Windows Mobile operating system is not known to be incredibly useful. In fact, a lot of mobile devices might be better without it.
The one true advantage of the Windows Mobile operating system is that it sports the Office Mobile series of applications. For now, Sony is still using the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system for their newest XPERIA X2. Whether this will still continue to later models remains to be seen, though it is unlikely.
The New Sony Panel System
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 is sporting a new panel system interface and from the initial screenshots, it looks pretty stylish. While this may not be as revolutionary as the Sony cross media bar (better known as the XMB), it still looks good and seems quite promising in theory. In detail the panel interface is a series of 14 3D square panels that are dedicated to different functions, press one and you activate it. This can be expanded with 16 more downloadable panels as well. Again, this is no XMB, but it does seem more promising than having to use the Windows Mobile operating system. This interface is complemented by a touch screen display and a slide out full QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard looks nice and seems easy to hold. Hopefully the keys will still have that responsive feel.
Still, Sony is not going to get any brownie points for this new interface when they already have the XMB. Why they have yet to release it on a mobile device is a curious thing since the Playstation Portable and other Sony products benefit greatly from it. Also, one major thing that Sony has yet to address is the synching of their mobile devices to the Vaio home computer systems and with the Playstation 3. Sony mobile phones would greatly benefit from Remote Play access to media, along with many other connectivity features.
Sony’s Smart Phone Specs
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 seems like it will be loaded with some pretty impressive features. The processor is being marked as ‘faster’, but compared to what? We can only assume for now that it is faster than the previous XPERIA, but beyond that is anyone’s guess. The actual specs of the mobile have yet to be confirmed, but so far this is what it is shaping up to be. First is that it packs a whooping 8 mega pixel camera, a generous 3.5” inch OLED touch screen display, GPS, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 512MB of ram, and an upgradeable Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system.
Did we mention that it also has a slide out QWERTY keyboard? This phone is definitely something to look forward to. With all the excellent features promised and there is still time for them to further improve on it, this may as well be the last and most powerful mobile to carry the Windows Mobile.
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