Sony Ericsson intros breakthrough 'XPERIA' Windows Mobile smartphone

From MWC 2008 comes news of something nobody foresaw; Sony Ericsson and Microsoft teaming up to build Windows Mobile smartphones.

A new SE flagship has emerged for 2008; the XPERIA X1. It features a 3" touchscreen; Windows Mobile 6 Professional with SE enhancements; a slide-out, arc tilting QWERTY keyboard; VGA display resolution; WiFi; HSDPA and GPS.

Control is through a 4-way D-Pad, a couple of soft keys and of course the generously-sized touchscreen. There is also a 3.2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, and that SE enhancement to Windows Mobile 6 is something called 'XPERIA panels'.

Sony Ericsson's official ad (below) shows in some detail the slick action of the slider and the XPERIA panels.