Xperia X1 on sale September 30--but not for all

Sony Ericsson did two things today. First, a teaser site went live with the title "Who is Johnny X?" On it is a countdown timer to September 15 when the company will host a Webcast demonstration of the Xperia X1. This also marks the beginning of its episodic thriller about a young man with amnesia, Johnny X--a marketing effort that seems somewhat interesting.

And just a few moments ago, the company also sent out a press release to tell everyone that the much anticipated Windows Mobile 6.1 PDA-phone will go on sale in the UK, Germany and Sweden on September 30. It will then start selling in many other regions including Asia Pacific throughout Q4. That's the same period we've been hearing all this time, but at least now we know Sony Ericsson will have to churn out a final commercial product by October.

Mail for Exchange out-of-the-box for Eseries and Nseries

It's one of those times when we wonder, why didn't this happen sooner. Well, it's better late than never. Nokia has announced today that Mail for Exchange will be available out-of-the-box for future Eseries and Nseries models. Previously, it was available via the Download folder on the handsets. According to the Finnish company, a total of 43 S60 3rd Edition devices currently support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, which represents about 80 million users at large. Surely, someone out there must be happy.

Opera joins Symbian Foundation

Browser developer Opera Software has signed up with the Symbian Foundation, a Nokia-led consortium that was set up in June to turn the Symbian mobile operating system into an open-source platform.

The addition of Opera to the Symbian Foundation roster was announced on Tuesday, along with the involvement of companies such as Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corp., Ixonos, KTF, Sharp, and TapRoot Systems. UIQ is also listed as a new member, despite the fact that the open-source Symbian will effectively subsume the UIQ and Series 60 platforms--both of which are already based on Symbian.

"Symbian was one of the first companies to support Opera's vision of how the Web one day would be available on any device," Opera Chief Executive Jon von Tetzchner said in Tuesday's statement. "Today, that vision is becoming reality. We look forward to the opportunity to join the foundation and help drive the ongoing evolution of the leading mobile operating system."
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Mac support to come for Nokia's Ovi

We've just come out of a Q&A session with some of the Nokia folks behind Ovi and here are some key takeaways about the Finnish phone maker's Internet service. The Ovi Suite will eventually replace the current PC Suite client, though it wasn't mentioned exactly when. Software support for Mac "will be released at some time in future". Again, no mention of the timeframe.

Right now, Ovi is able to sync Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes, but not email, although the team is looking to (possibly) include that in future upgrades. It is also working on developing its asset on Downloads by leveraging on its base of S60 developers. App Store on Nokia devices, anyone?

You can get more details about Ovi here.

Fixes coming for iPhone 3G

Though iPod news dominated Tuesday's Apple's "Let's Rock" event in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs did spill a bit of iPhone news. Jobs said coming this Friday, Apple will release the anticipated 2.1 software update. What will it bring? Well... Jobs didn't really say, except that is a "big update" that would fix "lots of bugs".

The pesky bugs should be no surprise to current iPhone 3G owners as they've been widely reported since the handset launched two months ago. Specifically, the fix should bring fewer dropped calls, battery life improvements, no crashes with applications and faster backups.

If the software update does what Jobs promises, there's no question that it will be welcomed warmly. The ongoing issues have proved to be a thorn in the side of many iPhone 3G owners, but Apple was relatively slow in acknowledging the problems.
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