The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, a much-awaited Windows Mobile phone, is launching in the US the day after Thanksgiving - but only through Sony's own sonystyle.com store, and for $799.99

We've been following the Xperia since it was first announced in February (article, video tour). It's even more customized than HTC's Windows Mobile phones, with its own SDK so developers can write the 'panels' that make up the Xperia's unique, nine-paned interface. Future models might not even run Windows Mobile, we learned a few months ago.

The current Xperia has a 3-inch, 800x480 touch screen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a slide-out keyboard. It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and works on T-Mobile's EDGE network and AT&T's and foreign 3G networks. Find out more at the device's flashy official site.(www.gearlog.com)