"Sony Ericsson releasing a Windows Mobile device. Who'd have thought it? That said, Palm releasing a Windows Mobile device, who'd have thought it? Nokia rele - oh, wait, we haven't had that one yet have we... All joking aside, the mobile world positively rocked in February 2008 when Sony Ericsson announced the Xperia X1 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The project had been kept tightly under wraps (for once) and therefore came as something of a shock even to those 'in the know'.The move by SE to release a Windows Mobile device can be seen as a move to target the enterprise sector, a sector where Windows Mobile generally excels yet the consumer-centric SE brand is yet to make a big impact. Add to this the fact that SE have only a limited presence in the USA (a market in which the X1 has great potential for success) and it's clear that the X1 is an important release for the company." Read more here: