Sony-Ericsson X1 developer competition coming soon
By David Cushman at 28 October, 2008, 12:16 pm
The iPhone has Itunes, Android is offering developers an apps marketplace too.
That's all well and good for the software houses, for the companies, for the bigger guys.
Now Sony-Ericsson's X1 is entering the fray with a competition for individual developers - and it's one that'll showcase your work and land the winner an X1 of their own (worth a fare chunk of cash in itself).
If you're one such, here's an early heads-up. The site hosting the competition doesn't go live until November 14. But take it from me, it's coming (I know, because the company I work for is building it right now!). Drop me an email for details when it goes live.
In the meantime, get a lead by downloading the FREE Developer SDK.
Watch a video of how the phone and its touch panels works here.
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™ 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.
The X1's panel interface runs on Windows Mobile 6.1
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David Cushman
Isn’t Windows Mobile under strain? You would think that in order to compete with the iPhone, Blackberry Storm and G-Phone that Sony Ericsson would be looking to something other than the least fashionable of the mobile OSs.
Actually, maybe that’s Symbian…
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