Hands on With the Sony Ericsson Xperia

After all of the hype and dummy phone’s everyone has seen in the news, Dieter Bohn of WMExperts finally got some time to poke and prod the Xperia at CTIA.

According to Dieter, the phone’s hardware is “simply top notch” and boasts snappy performance and features that can only be truly appreciated in person. He goes on to say that the Xperia is less wide than the Blackjack II and that it “feels remarkably thin for all the power they’ve got under the hood.”.

The phone touts a clean, sharp and bright 800 x 480 wide screen display that makes its signature Panel system run smooth and crisp. More information about the Panel system revealed that there are preset panels similar Mac OS Leopard Spaces that allow you to make apps and even web pages there own panels.

Along with its impressive display, the Xperia also has a 3.2 megapixel camera with Autofocus that allows additional features like moving the autofocus box into the viewfinder eliminating the need to center the image in the camera.

The phone is slated to be released at the second half of this year despite rumors that it would be delayed until 2009. Sony Ericsson has not released the carrier(s) it intends to release the Xperia to but since it is a GSM phone, we can expect that it will come out for T-Mobile & AT&T. The XPERIA supports 3G in UMTS/HSDPA and HSUPA (faster than HSDPA and in early deployment here in the US by AT&T)

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