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Exactly...]]>Sep 3rd 2008 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
I see what you did there...the problem is imate simply resell HTC devices. Which run WinMo, an entirely un-touch-friendly interface.

YOu cant deny that Apple have been the first company to push touch technlogy further than it has ever gone in the last few years. Windows had stagnated...now innovation is being pushed. I just hate that people refuse to accept that Apple actually did something RIGHT. If you hate a product because its crap fair enough, but when you hate a product when its great, youve got issues.

Just as a note, i own a HTC Touch Cruise.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
They also try and show off using 3D animations with the panels. It looks cheap. To this day, nobody has cared about Flip3D. They seem to be trying to copy that most undesirable of "features".]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Choice and competition is great, but seriously, just get an iPhone and call it a day. Even with it's annoying lack of proper MMS, It is years ahead of any other smartphone .]]>Sep 3rd 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Im sorry it had to be said. Now i will open the flood gates to all the irrational Apple haters that simply hate Apple because they are Apple.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Im sorry it had to be said. Now i will open the flood gates to all the irrational Apple lovers that simply hate imate because they are imate.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UjU0rtavE]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Its just a shame your wrong. imate simply resell HTC devices, they didnt innovate anything, they rebadge and resell others innovations.

Winmo and Palm got the ball rolling, but Apple has perfected the touch friendly interface. Its sad when people hate a good product simply because its Apple. Give respect where respect is due i say.

FYI, i own a HTC Touch Cruise. I covered up WInMo with Winterface tho :-P]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4919.html

So Saad is not technically wrong (as usual).]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Haha, you're too funny, man. You seem to have confused taking a me-too Windows Mobile device and removing its keyboard with real innovation. I own an HTC Touch and believe me, there ain't a single thing innovative about it. Give Apple credit where its due - they innovated the UI and made it something that is easy (or even a joy) to use with just your fingers. THAT is true touchscreen innovation - not this maddening BS where I can use WinMo with "touch" 30% of the time but have to pull out the stylus the other 70%. WinMo sucks and so does the i-mate. No wonder they're out of business.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Apple just made if work for a mobile device. Now I know WinMo does have its many faults. Microsoft decided WinMo was meant to use a stylus since most phones running WinMo have ridiculously small screens, and the icons are parts of the UI are too small to manipulate otherwise. It's nice to see HTC and Sony attempt a better fix up of WinMo.

I give Apple credit for changing the cellphone industry all right. But it's not like they were the only company or person thinking how the cellphone could be perfect you know? I was thinking along the sames lines of the concept and wishing cellphones could be different. But I'd never buy the iPhone, because I find Apple far too locked-down, and hate managing through iTunes. That's why I'm really hoping WM7 is Microsoft's own game changer.

You don't need to look further than Microsoft Surface, touch-enabled Windows Vista, InkSeine, and a few other things to see that Microsoft's already been committed to making touch input a more present technology. ]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
I'm not sure if they're technically out of business but no one buys their overpriced products and last I heard they were on the verge of bankruptcy.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Check out the video at 1:47]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
But at least Panels will be able to live on when WM7 comes out, since its simply an extension to the user interface, as opposed to a full replacement like TouchFlow.

At least making these panels doesn't seem like a difficult thing to do. A developer can slap one together and distribute it with x1 software packages. I'm sure with a few iterations of the X1, this will catch on. Sony just has to stick with this device, and make a few derivatives of it.

But this seems very proprietary. I don't see it being released to the general WM public for a while. Its a very nice task manager, but it seems destined to be used in WM7, since it does nothing to fix the 6.1 interface. I guess that's reassuring for me since this is my phone of choice.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
No, it needs to sell as well as the iPhone & iPod Touch to have the same clout for 3rd party software. There is a potentially huge difference there.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
What Sony Ericsson should do is develop their own OS.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Just look at their mobile phone O/S... slow as hell.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
The keyboard looks minuture on the screen, much more of a mess than it looked in original pictures]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/And he has a dreamy voice.
Bollywood's version of James Earl Jones.
Bollywood's Vader?]]>Sep 3rd 2008 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 5th 2008 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
Imate rebadges HTC devices, it never makes nor builds them.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
HTC should also release an SDK for develoeprs to add/modify tabs within the TouchFLO 3D interface. ]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
I think it's too late.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/Sep 3rd 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/sony-ericsson-releases-sdk-for-xperia-x1-panel-interface/
When people say that Iphone is more of a toy and WinMo has more business oriented functions......this I can agree on.

We will see what X1 has to bring, but I am sure its nothing major...just another WinMo phone.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:18AM