11:06 Talking about how Sony is changing.

11:08 The 3d train is on the track. Focus on cinema 3d.

4k digital projectors. Up to 1300 3d projectors in Regal Cinemas.

11:14 3d content coming to Sky in UK and Blu Ray disks. Expect more 3d on tv next year.

Moto Storm on PS3 is pretty hot. 3d changes the experience.

Now talking about video delivery on the Playstation Network. Lots of European partners.

11:19 PSN content coming to other devices – not just Playstation/PSP. Huh.

New global brand message. Make.Believe.

Contribute content to Sony. Connects designers and engineers.

Seriously not sure what it means. It’s weird. It will connect brands, services, and content.

11:25 Fujio Nishida now on stage. President of Sony Europe. He says people are watching less TV.

TV programming is for sit back watching. Much more enjoyable if online content could hit the tv. Bravia tvs with new Bravia Internet Video.

Triple HD tuners for satellite users.

Blu Ray players will have built in wifi.

11:30 Exmor chips better low light video and stills. WX1 and TX1 are the flagship cameras. Sweep panorama mode creates a stitched image in a second.

Party Shot device for parties.
Pans and zooms as guests pass by.

Now talking about Alpha DSLRs.

Planning Twilight Football games. Games played at twilight in multiple countries.

11:41 Now for Sony Xperia X2 with winmo 6.5.

Sony readers. We’ve already seen them. Meh.

Walkmen. OLED touchscreens. Wearable walkmen. Boring Sydney booring.

Now Vaio X series. Sony ultralight. 11 inch screen. All day battery. Released next year.

11:48 All done.

A group of tinkers have been hard at work getting the Panels interface from the Sony Xperia working on the HTC Touch HD. Progress is being made at a decent rate, as evidenced by a few YouTube videos that have been released.

Why do such a thing? Well, as one of the guys says, “I like the look of this front end alot better than the TF3D.” So, rather than complain about the user interface, they adapt their own. Good on them.

Head over to MobiltyToday as they examine, in gory detail, what they’re calling “The ultimate Windows Mobile phone anyone can ask for… ” My only question is this: what if I never asked for a WinMo phone from Sony Ericsson? What if I asked for the charm and power of a UIQ-powered P800, my first and favorite smartphone? What if asked for a logical addition to the S-E family instead of some weird HTC-designed monstrosity? What if I asked for some S-E phones on these shores? I’m happy they’re trying, but this ain’t the direction they should be taking if they want to hit the big time.

I was talking to some mobile guys in Stockholm and one mentioned that S-E was always doing well and now moved to WinMo while Motorola is betting on Android, which, in my opinion, is a smart move for low-end smartphone manufacturers. S-E, take a tip from Motorola: nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft but they did falter for being behind the times.

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 might almost be here. BGR has some shots of Best Buy’s internal stock showing a December 7th in-stock date and an unlocked selling price of $799. That’s a lot of coin, so we can only assume that it’ll be the greatest phone in the history of cellular telephony, right?

Not reading MobileCrunch yet? Why the heck not? While a MobileCrunch post or two might make the jump over to CrunchGear each day, there’s a ton of good stuff each day that you’ll only see on that side of the fence.

Here’s some stuff you may have missed on MobileCrunch today:

• Kingston 8GB SDHC Kit Giveaway: 2nd winner announced, but we’ve still got 3 more to come
• Motorola Q11 caught on camera
• Next Sony Ericsson Xperia handset probably won’t run Android
• Summizer v1.1 hits the App Store, price dropped
• LG Xenon QWERTY Slider and 8 megapixel LG KC780 details leaked
• Skyfire mobile browser now open to everybody
• Nokia 5800 XpressMusic promo shots spotted

Not reading MobileCrunch yet? Why the heck not? While a MobileCrunch post or two might make the jump over to CrunchGear each day, there’s a ton of good stuff each day that you’ll only see on that side of the fence.

Here’s some stuff you may have missed on MobileCrunch today:

• NetShare gone from the App Store for good
• BlackBerry Storm images leak out from Verizon employee briefing
• Tellme adds sports scores to its voice powered search service
• Enthusiasts bring TouchFLO 3D interface to a bunch of additional HTC handsets
• Sony Ericsson: Xperia brand “not tied” to Windows Mobile
• BlackBerry Storm prep papers show up at Verizon stores
• HTC Touch 3G product page spotted early, too
• AT&T set to roll out BlackBerry Bold in Week 4 of September?
• HTC Touch HD gets its product page a bit early
• Flutter: It’s MMS for the iPhone.. sort of.

In fact, they’ll even create a viral campaign based on a square-jawed man who can’t seem to remember where and who he is. I’m not quite sure what this has to do with a high-end phone that will probably spell the end of Sony Ericsson as a respected manufacturer of mid-range smartphones, but who are we to judge the instincts of highly paid marketing professionals tasked with convincing a jaded public that the X1 is still relevant.

via Pocket-lint via Eng

Johnny X is about a young man with amnesia desperately piecing together his identity. The webisodic thriller comprises of nine episodes, created to demonstrate the rich, immersive and experiential elements of the Xperia™ X1.

The storyline follows Johnny X on his mission to rediscover his identity. As he finds out more about his lost life in a race against time, he updates his Xperia™ X1 with new content to piece together his personality and identity, reflecting how the phone can be personalized to suit users’ individual lifestyle and needs. Will Johnny X find out who he really is before it’s too late?

“Producing the Johnny X thriller has given us an engaging platform to demonstrate all the capabilities and features a user can experience with the Xperia™ X1 phone,” said Lennard Hoornik, Head of Marketing at Sony Ericsson. “The panel interface is a perfect way to reflect your personality and can be tailored and changed to suit your exact needs at any given time. No two Xperia™ X1 will ever have the same combination of panels on the phone; we are all individuals and deserve to have a phone that reflects that. ”

Over a three week period, one new episode of Johnny X will be posted online at www.sonyericsson.com/Johnnyx every Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting on Monday, September 22. Check out the trailer for the series at www.whoisjohnny-x.com

Not reading MobileCrunch yet? Why the heck not? While a MobileCrunch post or two make the jump over to CrunchGear each day, there’s a ton of good stuff each day that you’ll only see on that side of the fence.

Here’s some stuff you may have missed on MobileCrunch today:

• Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi now plays friendly with (some) Sony Ericsson UIQ phones
• Qik adds support for HTC devices, SE XPERIA X1
• Shadow II details leaked
• BlackBerry Storm delayed 3-4 weeks for technical certification?

I was about to eat some fiber today but I basically cleaned myself out after reading about the Xperia X1 SDK that enables programmers to add panels to their X1 and be “be spoilt for choice” in the ability to add and remove those panels at will. If you recall, the X1 runs Windows Mobile and has panels. These panels are ways of looking at information – you could have a gaming panel, a To Do panel, and a panel reminding you that the X1 is a hunk of garbage – all accessible from one easy-to-access place. When can you get the X1? Probably never because S-E can’t seem to get it’s head around selling phones in the US. Now you see why I’m so excited, right?

So there you have it: the extent of Sony-Ericsson’s ingenuity. Adding panels to Windows Mobile 6.1. If I wanted panels I’d hire a contractor.

Sony Ericsson Xperia(TM) X1 panel interface puts the user at the heart of the mobile experience

New Sony Ericsson Software Developers Kit (SDK) brings the Xperia(TM) X1 eco-system to life by offering mobile users choice and customisation
London, UK – 3 September 2008- Sony Ericsson today published its Software Developer Kit (SDK) for Xperia(TM) X1 and invited developers and content creators to capitalize on the opportunities offered by developing mobile content for the phone. Whether it is music, photography, email or instant messaging, gaming, social networking or video applications, developers can now create a host of unique multi-media entertainment and content for the Xperia(TM) X1 for consumers to enjoy.

Xperia(TM) X1 brings a totally new experience to mobile phone users by introducing nine easy-to-use, interactive panels which sit on the touch screen interface of the phone.

Developers can use the Windows Mobile SDK, free of charge, to produce a wide variety of panels to meet the consumer’s demand for a rich, individualised multimedia experience on their phone. Users of the Xperia(TM) X1 will be spoilt for choice as they personalize their handset with panel applications to suit their mood and lifestyle. Whether it is a search engine, advanced calendar or social networking application, music or film catalogue, sports or news related content, the panels enable you to access any information – quickly and directly – with a simple tap on the 3″ super high resolution touch screen.

“Sony Ericsson is committed to providing its customers with rich, open content environment to make their mobile experience more enjoyable and entertaining,” said Rikko Sakaguchi , CVP and Head of Creation and Development at Sony Ericsson. “Making the Windows Mobile SDK available for free to developers and mobile content creators will accelerate the development of new panels and applications for the Xperia(TM) X1, offering consumer choice and personalisation.
The Xperia(TM) X1 will offer the richest mobile user experience, putting the world at the fingertips of the user.”

Entertain yourself:
Customise your Xperia(TM) X1 panels so you are a touch away from your favourite content – music, film, TV, sports
Or, be the envy of your friends by watching TV or film clips in DVD quality on the three-inch high resolution touch-widescreen
Get picture happy on the 3.2 megapixel camera and show the images in crystal clear clarity on the 800 X 480 pixels screen
Access the latest 3D mobile games by simply touching a favourite gaming panel you have selected
Make your personal life a little easier:
Access all your contacts and calendar entries wherever you are, as the Xperia(TM) X1 can automatically sync with your PC making sure you never miss a birthday, anniversary or meeting
Search or book a holiday in your lunch hour by going online via a travel panel
Add your local supermarket website and do your weekly food shop in just a few taps on the bus on the way home
Read the latest restaurants reviews, look up cinema listings, call a friend or reply to personal email on the move using the full QWERTY keyboard
Find that bar, restaurant or hotel using Assisted GPS and Goggle Maps(TM) for mobile when you’re on vacation or a business trip
Work on the move:
Windows Mobile(TM) 6.1 makes working on the move easier with easy access to work emails and Microsoft® Office Mobile applications, such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Always stay up-to-date with colleagues and important appointments by syncing the handset to Microsoft Outlook on your work PC

“The X1’s panels are a simple but immersive way of interacting with content, services and applications that will delight and engage consumers,” said Todd Peters, corporate vice president, Mobile Communications Marketing Group, Microsoft Corp. “Sony Ericsson’s X1 is a fantastic demonstration of how to harness the power of Windows Mobile to connect people to the things they care about most.”

Xperia(TM) X1
The Xperia(TM) X1 is the first product under Sony Ericsson’s new premium sub-brand Xperia(TM). Designed to meet consumers’ needs for a converged entertainment and mobile web communication experience, the Xperia(TM) X1 is an extremely stylish handset, with a striking arc-slider design, encased in real stainless steel, supported by a powerful panel multimedia ecosystem.

The Xperia(TM) X1 can be personalised through its nine panel user interface to suit the user’s moods and lifestyle. Users can access content quickly and directly through the touch screen, easily switching between applications by touching one of the unique customisable panels.

Sony Ericsson Xperia(TM) X1 – A new era in mobile convergence
Unique arc slider with 3.0″ WVGA display and finger touch navigation
Customisable panels
Wide pitch easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard
Four way navigation keys and optical joy stick for stressless browsing
3.2 megapixel camera
DVD quality video and 3D Gaming capabilities
Windows Mobile® capabilities such as Microsoft® Outlook Mobile, Internet Explorer® Mobile and Microsoft® Office Mobile: World, Excel, Powerpoint

Distribution information
The Sony Ericsson SDK for Windows Mobile(TM) 6.1 will be made available for easy download on the Sony Ericsson Developer World website: www.sonyericsson.com/developer.

Oh, that’s unfortunate. I’ve been eyeing this device since it was announced and have always thought the keyboard looked phenomenal. BGR is reporting, however, that the keyboard on the XPERIA X1 device is a “major flaw” – that’d definitely be a deal-breaker for more than a few people, myself included.

Not to say that this keyboard is absolutely terrible, but it’s one of the worst. Think Sony UX computer, for those of you that have one or have used one. The sliding mechanism comes right on top of the keys, and thus, the keys don’t travel a lot when pressed. They give little to no feedback despite having a cool triangular design.

Aside from the keyboard, everything else appears to be pretty delightful. The 800×480 screen would make surfing the web and watching movies on this thing much more palatable. The device that BGR got ahold of is only a pre-production unit, so “the software runs a little slow,” but the XPERIA still seems to perform admirably and should only improve with the final version. I don’t suppose that Sony-Ericsson is going to revamp the keyboard before the rumored September launch, though.

WARNING: Do not ingest self-tanner.

I haven’t seen a BengalBoy post in almost a year and for a minute I had all but forgotten about our soft-core brother from another Best Buy who gets brand new, unreleased phones and then makes strange women hold them in bikinis. Lucky for us, BB got himself the Sony Ericsson X1, the phone we call “Lipstick on a Pig” for it’s melding of high fashion styling and cool form factor with Windows Mobile 6.

What does BB have to say?

Ummmm, I’m finally realizing my dream…..(no,,,, not the dream your thinking…… ) from over 5 years ago when I first got the Sony Ericsson P800 and then out-grew the kindergarden capable Symbian Operating System for my first Windows Pocket PC Operating System device, the iMate Pocket PC phone. What if I could have it all??? The all metal construction of my beloved Nokia 8890 cell phone, the bluetooth and construction quality of my Sony Ericsson P800/900 device, the hardware, processor, and memory of the iMate, coupled with the power of its Windows Mobile operating system??? Well, fuck, its been a long god-damn time……. …… but today….. it finally arrived!!

It has been a long god-damn time, son. Looking forward to seeing more of your signature crazy with a little jubbly thrown in… because it’s there.

“We’re still on track to announce Android-powered phones this year. Some of our partners are publicly stating that they plan to ship Android phones in the fourth quarter.”

I doubt it will be too little, but it may be too late. After all, the Diamond is out, new iPhone will (I don’t know if you heard this) be arriving next week by all estimates, followed shortly I’m sure by the Xperia, Ocean 2, and maybe even something from NVIDIA, for the love of god.

I’m rooting for you, Google, but if you want to get ahead in this game, you have to release a half-baked product and then revise it — like everyone else.

This video has been making the rounds that shows something similar to the S-E X1 along with another unnamed device that seems to be able to all sorts of good things including live chat a la iChat. While I’m down on the Xperia line so far — the X1 was a gimmick as egregious as the original HTC Touch — I’m willing to give S-E the benefit of the doubt and hope to god they start selling something here in the U.S.