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No Plans for Windows Mobile 6.5 on Xperia X1

Straight from Sony Ericsson’s Contact Center for Australia: Unfortunately there are no plans to release Windows Mobile 6.5 for the Xperia X1 at this stage. However the X2 is planned to be released in Q1 (quarter1) of 2010 with WM 6.5 pre-loaded. You know you’ve gone and got the wrong phone when you have to null your [...]

HTC Sense coming to Windows Mobile

HTC have announced the Sense UI used in Android will be coming to Windows Mobile so get ready to switch between Manila, Sense and Windows Mobile default user interface! 3 epic choices! According to this recent HTC press announcement… [...] all new HTC devices moving forward” will get the new system, which integrates Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and [...]

Quadronica games gets arcade touch on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

SPB Quads is the new arcade game from SPB Software that runs sweet on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 in which one has to put together all his/her pattern-finding skills to score. There are two modes – a time-limited mode and an endless, “strategic” mode – in the game, my favourite is time-limited as you have [...]

Silvermoon for Windows Mobile developers

Silvermoon is rocking the WinMo news world seeing its first public light allowing developers to take advantage of  transitions, alphablending and other effects like the iPhone within their applications. Silvermoon is being developed on a Sony Ericsson X1 phone! This is the first beta release of Silvermoon, a collection of windows mobile compact framework 2.0 controls [...]

TouchFlo 3D with integrated Twitter

The latest Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM’s leaking out from HTC with TouchFlo 3D (Manila 2.5) baked in are popping up with an integrated Twitter tab, similar to SenseUI. Check out my favourite Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 ROM, ITJE’s Touch-IT Leo 6 ROM or NRGZ28′s customised EnergyROM.

Touch-IT Leo 4 for Xperia Announced

True to his word, XDA Developer turned exclusive HTCPedia.com publisher, itje, has released the 4th edition to the Touch-IT LEO series for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Under the hood Touch-IT Leo 4 (latest version 4.2) is running Windows Mobile 6.5 and a modded HTC Manila 2.5 – with landscape support and experimental “gSpot” sensor-rotation support [...]

Hard Resetting the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

If you’ve corrupted your stock Xperia ROM and want to recover or have installed a custom ROM and the publisher requires that you hard reset your Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 prior to using it here is how you do it… Turn off your Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Remove the battery and replace it back in Press and hold [...]

Mobile Wi-Fi Router in HTC Comm. Manager

Massive cheers in order for AssassinsLamen’s effort integrating HTC’s Mobile Wi-Fi Router into the latest HTC Comm. Manager! Good news is the suite AL packed works great on Xperia’s Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 and includes: HTC Bluetooth Wizard HTC Wifi Sharing Utility HTC Phone and Pin Utility HTC Wifi Wizard HTC Communications Manager HTC Scroll DLL …the bad news is it’s a [...]

QR Reader for Windows Mobile

QuickMark have released a great 1D/2D barcode scanner for the Xperia X1 that supports standard barcodes as well as QR codes! It uses the built-in camera of the Sony Ericsson  Xperia X1 to detect barcodes and then auto-focuses the picture until it can read the barcode. It works a treat!

More Windows Mobile Marketplace pricing details

As the official launch of Windows Mobile’s much anticipated – almost to desperation – Marketplace nears Microsoft’s Loke Uei indicated their goal was to raise the minimum sale price cap by keeping low-quality applications out of the Marketplace. But as Modaco summed up the announcement, the Marketplace has its first challenge of attracting Windows Mobile developers [...]