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Filed under: HTC, T-Mobile, Accessories, Android

It’s not plan to somehow magically conjure a jack where there’s currently nothing more than a sad-looking ExtUSB port, but new G1 buyers can take some solace in the knowledge that they’ll be able to plug in, turn it up, and tune out right out of the box. We’ve received official word from HTC that 3.5mm headphone adapters for the ExtUSB port are at this time being bundled with the phone, meaning you won’t be stuck with that janky (no, seriously, it’s insanely terrible) headset with the special connector that you get free of charge; after all, when we’re blasting the Jonas Brothers at full tilt, we need the kind of fidelity that only high-end earbuds can provide. What, you got a problem with that?

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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

If you’re looking for pictures from every conceivable angle of Sony Ericsson’s first foray into the danger-fraught tar pit that is Windows Mobile, well, in this place you go. In fact, Smape goes so far as to take a look at Bot. the black and metallic versions of the X1 (but don’t get to attached to the metallic one just yet, seeing how it might have gotten the axe in some markets), noting that they’re assembled exceptionally well and exude a premium look that’s rarely seen in the WinMo realm. Unfortunately, they’ve dinged the keyboard for the same crappy feel observed elsewhere, something we’re all hoping gets fixed by the time it hits production in a couple months’ time. With that wild panel interface, you might expect some pretty miserable performance when you have the thing going at full tilt; fortunately, though, Smape reports that lags occur “only occasionally,” which is better than “frequently” or “continuously” as far as we’re concerned. Camera performance is said to be better than the Touch Pro’s, though Bot. HTC and Sony Ericsson (via HTC, ironically) still have plenty of time to tweak that via a well-placed firmware update or two. At any rate, we’re definitely looking forward to seeing this thing finally materialize so the Touch Pros and X1s of the world can start duking it out in those rough, dog-eat-dog professional trenches of the world.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

If you’re looking for pictures from every conceivable angle of Sony Ericsson’s first foray into the danger-fraught tar pit that is Windows Mobile, well, in this place you go. In fact, Smape goes so far as to take a look at Bot. the black and metallic versions of the X1 (but don’t get to attached to the metallic one just yet, seeing how it might have gotten the axe in some markets), noting that they’re assembled exceptionally well and exude a premium look that’s rarely seen in the WinMo realm. Unfortunately, they’ve dinged the keyboard for the same crappy feel observed elsewhere, something we’re all hoping gets fixed by the time it hits production in a couple months’ time. With that wild panel interface, you might expect some pretty miserable performance when you have the thing going at full tilt; fortunately, though, Smape reports that lags occur “only occasionally,” which is better than “frequently” or “continuously” as far as we’re concerned. Camera performance is said to be better than the Touch Pro’s, though Bot. HTC and Sony Ericsson (via HTC, ironically) still have plenty of time to tweak that via a well-placed firmware update or two. At any rate, we’re definitely looking forward to seeing this thing finally materialize so the Touch Pros and X1s of the world can start duking it out in those rough, dog-eat-dog professional trenches of the world.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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