Last week Sony Ericsson announced to finally launch the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 later this month, and O2 Germany is also confirming said launch, so we should be seeing the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 quite soon.

The guys over at the::unwired got their mits on a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 although based on a pre-production model but the Windows Mobile ROM was circa September and is fairly close to what the final software should look like.

The Windows Mobile ROM is faster and switches portrait and landscape modes in what seems like milliseconds while the panel starts much faster than previously as well. This first build incorporates Opera Mobile 9.5, which Sony Ericsson decided to switch over to at the last minute for some reason.

There is a video of the X1 that can be viewed by following the source.

Source — the::unwired