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Review summary: This Windows Mobile phone boasts an exquisite physical design and a unique user interface, but it carries too high a price tag.

Pros: Beautiful industrial design, Innovative user interface, Clear call quality, Good camera

Cons: Very expensive, X Panels slow to load, Paltry amount of X Panel add-ins, Lackluster keyboard

Verdict: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 uses Outlook Mobile. We set up our Gmail account in less than a minute, thanks to Windows Mobile 6.1's ability to search for preconfigured settings over the Internet. Our work e-mail account took less than 2 minutes to set ...

Review summary: The handset we've been waiting for. The handset that now disappoints us.

Verdict: X1 came about a week later to our country, although we’ve been highly expecting it, we really did. We’ve been waiting for it so eagerly that we tried to acquire it from any possible source, and so we managed to get two of them within two days, I ...

Review summary: Many people out there, myself included, are getting pretty excited about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Unfortunately, the $800 price tag is a little out of reach. ..

Verdict: Many people out there, myself included, are getting pretty excited about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Unfortunately, the $800 price tag is a little out of reach. In hopes of attracting this target demographic, it seems that Sony Ericsson is indeed ...

Review summary: The Gadget: The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is the new flagship smartphone for the electronics giant. Packing the new "Panels" interface, a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G data and 800x480 touchscreen in a full metal body, is the Xperia X1 poised to challenge ...

Verdict: On the software side, the big sell for the Xperia are its custom panel interfaces, which range from different types of homescreens, a media player interface, and even a Google-oriented screen. While selected, these panels serve as the default screen ...

Review summary: Our long-awaited Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 review finally tackles the high-resolution, panels-flipping, Windows Mobile super-phone. Does it live up to the hype?

Pros: Great screen. Fast networking. Excellent multimedia experience, from the menus to the players. Great traveling companion, even abroad.

Cons: Panels interface leaves us wanting much, much more. Lacks robust messaging options. Hardware design lacking.