Sony Ericsson Unveils Firms First Windows Mobile

Mon, 11 Feb 2008

Sony Ericsson has announced plans to launch its first Windows mobile phone by the end of the year.

The new XPERIA X1 handset will be based on the Windows Mobile operating system, meaning that only Nokia remain as the sole top five mobile phone manufacturer not to offer Windows Mobile to its users.

The Finnish company does license Microsoft software for music and email, but not for the whole operating system .

Scott Horn, marketing manager of Microsoft's mobile business, said the company hopes to get Nokia’s approval to license the full system .

Sony Ericsson's stunning new Windows Mobile model - the XPERIA X1 – features a QWERTY-style keyboard, a 3-inch touch screen display and interface and Wi-Fi connectivity.

The giant mobile phone manufacturer has also unveiled six new handsets, including two additional touchscreen phones, a Walkman music phone with 8GB of memory and a dust-resistant camera phone .

The X1 handset will be available in selected markets from the second half of 2008, with Horn confident that the company can achieve its goal of at least 20 million smartphones sales with partners by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year (the end of June).

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