Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/29/sony_delays_xperia_x1/
Sony Ericsson delays Windows phone to Jan 09
So says SE website...
29th August 2008 00:02 GMT
Has Sony Ericsson's eagerly awaited Windows Mobile smartphone, the Xperia X1, been delayed? The company's own website says it has.
A trip to the Sony Ericsson "official e-shop" and its Coming Soon section shows the X1 listed with a release timeframe of "January". Unless the handset's development has gone very much awry, that has to mean January 2009. It appears after phones stated as launching in October 2008.
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X1: now down for a January debut
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Clicking on the X1's link reveals the phone is down as: "Expected launch: To be announced."
The X1 was announced (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/11/mwc_sony_ericsson_announce_xperia_x1/) in February this year. At the time, Sony Ericsson said it would ship in the second half of 2008.
A month later, in March, an entry on another part of the company's website was found to indicate the launch had slipped (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/03/sony_ericsson_xperia_x1_launch_delayed/) to February 2009, though Sony Ericsson quickly claimed that this was a mistake (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/04/sony_ericsson_denies_xperia_x1_delay/).
Recently, retailer Expansys indicated the handset would debut early in October for £590 SIM-free, and the company told Register Hardware it had received demo units - a sign of a release coming sooner rather than later.
The latest sighting on SE's site casts that conclusion into doubt.
Thanks to reader Michael for the tip.