Sony Ericsson reported its first quarterly profit since 2008. Reporting a profit of 21 million euro for Q1 2010, Sony Ericsson surely hopes this represents the end of a dismal year which saw them lose 293 million euro in the first quarter of ‘09.
But the boost in profits is really just the silver lining, as it all comes from reorganized business activity and other cost savings and not from greater sales. In fact, SE reported a 38% drop in units shipped (10.5 million vs. 14.5 million in Q1 09) and a 23% drop in sales, but noted a 31% gross margin, up almost 400% since Q1 09.
Sony Ericsson has steadily lost market share over the past year as smartphones became the hottest selling phones. While initially praised for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, SE’s follow-up, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2, was a bit of a disappointment. Sony Ericsson is just launching the new SE Xperia X10 running Android, as well as a Symbian-based device called Vivaz, but who knows if this diversification will result in more handset sales.
Herg, a developer at XDA, has ported Sony’s X1 Panels over to the HTC Touch Pro2. There is also a link for additional Panels you can download, but it doesn’t look like many work just yet (no Facebook, no Skype, but yes to Windows Live). Check out the download links here at mobilitydigest if you want to give it a whirl, and please report back with your thoughts!
Here is another app from XDA called PPC Configurator that allows you to tweak your Windows Phone without having to hack through the registry. Man, these guys are helpful!
PPC Configurator features:
SIP Configurator which allows you to select which of the on screen keyboards are active and shown in the list to choose the SIP from.
SMS Configurator allows you to easily switch between threaded and classic text message display, as well as enable or disable the SMS Sent Notification.
SIM Contact Configurator for enabling or disabling the ability to show Contacts from SIM card.
Calendar Configurator for enabling Lunar Calendar.
Lock Configurator for enabling Auto Lock on the device.
Very useful, especially the SIP Configurator – somehow my Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 always switches over to the symbol pad when I’m not looking…
Users who cherish their Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will probably bristle when I say that I was never really blown away by the Panel experience on the X1. That said, if you’re using them you probably find the Spb Mobile Shell panel among the most useful.
Well, time to add some variety to your panels with this new Spb Mobile Shell panel for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Simply download the files, unzip them into \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell directory of your device. Next, tap the Settings icon, click Customize Menu, and enable “My Menu.” You’ll need to restart for the changes to take effect.
Resco’s Photo Viewer v.6 is a must-have on all of my Windows Mobile devices, right back to my PPC 6700, so it was with an ear-to-ear grin that I saw Resco had released a beta version of their soon-to-be-released version 7. I had spotted a few spy shots of the alpha version and it looked good, but I am just tickled pink with the beta copy I just installed on my Xperia X1.
A beautiful, easy-to-use new UI makes the app totally finger-friendly, which was the only drawback to version 6 and earlier. Add simple integration with Facebook, Twitter and other online networks and it looks like the perfect image viewer for Windows Mobile. It surely beats anything else for WinMo, and is arguably the best image viewer I’ve seen on any platform!
Rumours abound that Sony Ericsson might make the SE Xperia X2 their last Windows Mobile device.
A tweet by Eldar Murtazin, who runs mobile-review.com, low sales forecasts (on the X1 and X2?) are causing them to re-think their commitment to the Windows Mobile platform. The SE Xperia X3 “Rachael” has already been confirmed to be an Android device, but the upcoming X2 is launching with Windows Mobile 6.5.
Most people doubt Windows Mobile 6.5 will stop the steady market share slide Microsoft is experiencing, so let’s hope Windows Mobile 7 does the trick.
Engadget has a hands-on video and opinion piece on the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. SE officially announced a Q4 launch of this revamp of the successful X1 (which I’m currently sporting, courtesy of Rogers), and based on what I’ve seen around the web it looks like a solid, Windows Mobile 6.5-equipped replacement, with a very high-end 8-megapixel camera.
The Phone Arena has a great breakdown of the new phone and a lot of nice pics, if you’re looking for more info.
A fellow on the XDA forums has reportedly found a full-on Xperia X1 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM. This is making many wonder aloud whether Sony may release an official ROM and make it available to X1 users. Others think it would lessen the appetite for their upcoming Xperia X2, which launches in October with 6.5.
Are you in the market for a new Windows Mobile phone? Well the good folks over at Mobile Tech Review have just posted up a very detailed and lengthy video review of the new Sony Xperia X1. They are “very impressed” with this WinMo device:
The hardware is impeccable, the panels are both fascinating and useful, and of course there’s no carrier bloatware! Though other phones offer many of the same features, somehow the Xperia X1 has that special sauce where the whole is greater than just the sum of its features. It’s fun, it’s cool and it offers very good entertainment possibilities while also being a very good business device thanks to Windows Mobile, the hardware keyboard and push email. The Xperia is perfect for power users and those who like something new and different (courtesy of panels), and it’s priced at the high end where mostly power users tread. If you’re just looking for an affordable Windows Mobile touch screen phone with a single user interface, the Xperia isn’t for you.
Uh oh, Xperia hopefuls! Best Buy has just changed their online listing from “Pre-Order” to “Coming Soon” and Sony Style is showing the estimated shipping date as January 12, 2009.
For those of you hoping to have this device in time to find it in a finely decorated box under your Christmas tree, you’ll have to wait a bit longer, I’m afraid. Even those who have pre-ordered through Best Buy are reporting of sad, sad emails about stock delays.
Now, I’ve seen some great fake phones. And I’ve seen some not-so-great ones. But man, this one stinks. It’s operating system is jumbled looking, but I guess it’s supposed to look like the Xperia X1… I guess.
Whoah ho ho! Looks like the old saying is true – it’s not the size of the device that matters…
The above video puts the HTC Touch Pro (640×480) up against the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 (800×480) in a web browsing contest and guess who won? Watch the video to see for yourself!
The good folks over at XDA-Developers have created a hack that brings full TouchFLO 3D capabilities to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1! TouchFLO 3D on the Xperia means a more finger-friendly UI, YouTube usability and a ton of other awesome enhancements.
If you’re an Xperia user, I suggest heading over to the XDA-Developers thread now and downloading this for yourself!
This video from pocketnow shows off some of the cool software on the new HTC Touch HD. And, since the HTC Touch HD doesn’t have a hardware keyboard, be sure to check out the part of the video that takes a look at how usable the on-screen keyboard is — looks great!
This device seems very similar to many of the new Touch devices from HTC and actually runs the same version of TouchFLO 3D as the Samsung XPERIA X1.
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Sony Ericsson reported its first quarterly profit since 2008. Reporting a profit of 21 million euro for Q1 2010, Sony Ericsson surely hopes this represents the end of a dismal year which saw them lose 293 million euro in the first quarter of ‘09. 
Herg, a developer at XDA, has ported Sony’s X1 Panels over to the HTC Touch Pro2. There is also a link for additional Panels you can download, but it doesn’t look like many work just yet (no Facebook, no Skype, but yes to Windows Live). Check out the download links 
Here is another app from XDA called PPC Configurator that allows you to tweak your Windows Phone without having to hack through the registry. Man, these guys are helpful!
Users who cherish their Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will probably bristle when I say that I was never really blown away by the Panel experience on the X1. That said, if you’re using them you probably find the Spb Mobile Shell panel among the most useful.
Resco’s Photo Viewer v.6 is a must-have on all of my Windows Mobile devices, right back to my PPC 6700, so it was with an ear-to-ear grin that I saw Resco had released a beta version of their soon-to-be-released version 7. I had spotted a few spy shots of the alpha version and it looked good, but I am just tickled pink with the beta copy I just installed on my Xperia X1.
Rumours abound that Sony Ericsson might make the SE Xperia X2 their last Windows Mobile device.
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