I’ve had my eye on this phone, the Sony XPERIA X1, for over a month now… To think that over a year ago, I didn’t think I’d want all the cool features that I have on my Sidekick 3.

I use my phone a lot. I use it to take pictures when I don’t have my digital camera. I use it to browse the Internet (that in itself provides cumulative hours of distraction by checking e-mail, Facebook, news, and Flickr). I used to use it constantly for instant messaging, but I’ve recently cut back on that to put my time to more productive use. I use it to listen to my mp3s all the time. I use it to hold plenty of notes and information that I need on the fly (contacts, dates, wireless network keys, urls, personal information, etc). Yep… my phone is more of a mobile device than it is a phone.

I had thought about getting an Iphone… but I’ve been really reluctant to get it. It looks really nice, but I think what kept me from buying one was its lack of a QWERTY keyboard. I need that thing. Bad. I am not a single-handed texter. And I have no intention of becoming one. The touch interface keyboard on the Iphone looks nice, but I prefer the physical one.

The XPERIA X1 has a QWERTY keyboard… PLUS a touch UI. I would love to have that. And it runs on Windows Mobile. Not too sure if that’s a good thing or not since I haven’t had much experience with it… but I’m sure that I’ll have way more capabilities with that than my Sidekick (like getting my e-mail directly via POP rather than having it forward to my T-mobile account). And it has a sort of ‘flip’ on it to reveal the keyboard, which is more of a personal preference than anything. So yeah… I’m really excited about this phone, er, mobile device.

Tags: Gadget, Phone, Sony, X1, XPERIA