14 DAY TRIAL // For those who have been impatiently awaiting the first clone of Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 to appear, that moment has come. Like Chuck Norris, the flourishing Chinese copycatting industry does not sleep and it has delivered a new masterpiece called SongLive X1.
Unlike other clones, which reproduce even the tiniest details of the original handsets they want to be like, SongLive X1 is not a full copy of the Sony Ericsson flagship handset. Still, the resemblance is striking, both when you look at the new handset's front case and at its back one.
While the real X1 is a Windows Mobile smartphone, the SongLive X1 is a mobile TV handset that doesn't seem to have an Operating System (or at least none that I know of).
Besides mobile TV capabilities, the features of the fake X1 are said to include: dual SIM capabilities, Music and Video players, FM radio, Bluetooth, USB, expandable memory (up to 4GB) and a 5 Megapixel camera, positioned on the back of the phone in the same manner that Sony Ericsson positioned the 3.15 Megapixel camera of Xperia X1. There's also a half of Sony Ericsson's logo on the back, plus a "TV Mobile" inscription that looks like T-Mobile's logo.
Although the SongLive handset does not have an arc slide design, its full QWERTY keyboard is also ? la Xperia, save for the enter and the TAB keys.
Apparently, the SongLive X1 can be found across China for retail prices of around 1,000 yuan, which means only $145 or slightly over 90 Euros. Therefore, if you're in need of an Xperia X1 and want to get it sooner than it hits the market (sometime in September), you can try this other X1. Maybe you'll actually like it, although there are little chances for that to happen.
