Sony Ericsson confirms no official Windows Mobile 6.5 update for the Xperia X1

November 18, 2009 | By Surur

Smashing earlier rumours that suggested an official Windows Mobile 6.5 update for the Xperia X1 will be coming, Sony Ericsson has confirmed the contrary to CNet Asia.

Some owners may be rightfully upset by this, as the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has been one of the more expensive handsets of recent times, and while ROM’s are available on XDA-Developers they are not blessed with official updated drivers, meaning they would have issues not present in an official release.

The device joins other premium devices such as the HTC Touch HD in not getting updates to the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS.

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Tagged sony ericsson xperia x1, windows mobile 6.5

http://cichy3000.blogspot.com cichy3000

Hmmm… X1 is too slow for 6.5 … Xda Cooked 6.5 Roms are slow… 6.1 is much faster in my opinion, for me no official upgrade has no meaning…

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5401995 Christopher Hippolyte

That's b/c the ROMs aren't cooked with official drivers. So even though the X1 has the same processor and RAM as the Touch Pro2/Diamond 2/ and X2 it is slow….

netboy

Sony X1 cant handle 6.5! so why would you want it. it just slow the phone down!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5401995 Christopher Hippolyte

If tthe X1 can't handle 6.5, then the Touch Pro2, Diamond2, and X2 shouldn't be able to either… what are you talking about?

http://intensedebate.com/people/mohsen7x8 mighty

No! the X1 isn't inferior to diamond2 and touchpro2 and there's no hardware shortcoming making it slow or incapable for winmo 6.5.
cooky

I have 6.5 on my X1 with an unofficial ROM and the phone is actually faster than with the stock rom 6.1 from SE. If you don't have an X1 then please do not write comments just to make your HTC TP2 look important
netboy

sorry, i just put my Sony X1 in drawer as backup phone. i using Acer neotouch S200 with 1G cpu! now, that is fast! haha
cooky

hmmm and yet again you are turning the attention on you and your new mobile phone whilst the news article on here has nothing to do with either.

netboy

and i stand by my statement that wn6.5 runs slow on sony x1! i using Acer neotouch with 1G cpu, u can feel the slowness in X1! just like you think DSL is fast, until u tried cable internet, then you will know dsl is slow. and just like your think sitting on your honda/toyota is comfortable until u seat on a mercedes S class. then u will know what is comfortable. haha. know what i saying?. u think your x1 on 6.5 is fast, just like those that think dsl is fast. haha.

naqsho_bandia

hey netboy…… you are very arrogant … and uneducated …. watch what you say that .. because arrogance will ruin your life …

http://intensedebate.com/people/Lennard Lennard

this is why MSFT needs to put out the minium chasis real fast and have the ODMs conform to them so would be much easier to send out updates to the OS themselves and not wait for the manufacturers to do so. (maybe I'm thinking over the top here)
http://www.zoombits.de/geschenke-gadgets/ferngesteuerte-gadgets geschenke für männer

I have read in this blog that the device joins other premium devices such as the HTC Touch HD in not getting updates to the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS. Can anyone give me brief details about this? Please post this.
Mads

I am running a ported HTC touch pro 2 rom on my x1 and runs fine!