Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Once again we see a Windows Mobile device that has no automatic settings for BPL users, so you’ll have to manually configure your GPRS/EDGE settings if you’re a BPL subscriber. Activating and deactivating connections is a cinch from the Comm. Manager menu. Access to Windows Live, Streaming Media, Internet sharing options and Messenger are also present.

Camera
The Xperia’s 3.2 megapixel camera has quite a few settings to choose from including a ‘Widescreen’ setting. One issue is that access to these settings could have been made a lot easier like in the Cybershot series. Features included are White-balance settings, a few scene modes, Burst mode and a self timer. The problem with the camera seemed to be focus. It took unnecessarily long trying to focus on anything either in well lit or normal conditions. If you’re looking at a ‘Kodak moment’ style image forget it. The moment will be long gone before you can capture it.

Images taken during brightly lit conditions tend to have a lot of artifact and similar colors that blend into each other. I kept the camera focused and on a timer so as to avoid jerky movements and I was expecting a lot more from that. In native resolution the images are not too sharp.

Macro images were a problem because of the handset’s inability to stabilize and focus on the subject. But when it does, after a while, the reproductions are not bad all.