Sony Ericsson introduces its first PDA phone, XPERIA X1, running the Windows Mboile 6 OS. 3G/HSDPA enabled Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is a slider phone with 3-inch LCD touchscreen. Sony Ericsson itself is positioning Xperia X1 is a “game changing device” that that will take convergence to new levels. The company is avoiding use of the term “smart phone”, according Suzanne Cross, head product marketing manager for Sony Ericsson North America.

One commentator hailed Xperia X1 as the new reference in terms of productivity and entertainment, and “the most exciting Windows Mobile phone since the Blackjack 2.” Another observed that X1’s “luscious aluminum shell” and “amazingly sharp display” would “put Apple’s [iPhone] to shame.”