Sony Late To The Kegger with Xperia X1 Contest

October 30, 2008 in Handsets, Sony Ericsson

Perhaps a commenter at the Boy Genius Report put it best:

“god dammit sony! i was excited about this phone for so long, but now you’re like the guy that shows up to the kegger at 4 am ready to start a beer pong tourney! where the bleep were you 6 hours (read months) ago!”

So true… so true… with the iPhone App Contest and Android Developer Challenge 1 behind us, Sony Ericsson decided to wow the market with the change to win millions of dollars an Xperia X1. The contest is based on the Xperia’s use of “panels” which is a core (and proprietary) functionality of the Xperia. Whoever can make best creative and efficient use of the panels will win!

I don’t see many devs jumping over to work on this with such lucrative opportunities in the other markets. In fact, this contest would be better left uncontested. This just accentuates the fact that SE is dropping the ball on a phone that could have been a powerhouse but now will likely have to settle for mediocrity.

[Via BGR]

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