[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icbicb:
Hi,

I`m new to this forums , but I find it quite impressive.

First of all, Im here to ask for an advice, any help would be quite appreciated.

Im looking to buy new phone and my decision is either xperia x1 or nokia n97.

I believe everyone here will tell me that x1 is the way to go for its customisability , but I would like to say what are my needs and maybe it will be easier to help me with the decision.

Right now I have sony ericsson P910 , pretty old smartphone with symbian OS (7.0 ??) , and I managed to find some software for it which I use, and thats the exactly software I would like to continue to use on my new phone, and some new ones.

I intend to be online almost at all times , to administrate some sites, meaning need fast good browser, irc program, msn, remote desktop also, maybe some ftp client as well, and all of that to be active at all times.

Also some blacklisting call manager (maybe now every newer phone has it ?), pdf reader, office package, but thats not a priority.

I must say Im somewhat concerned about reported slowness of x1, but I see there are some custom roms that may be better, but reading these forums its seems to me they are like toys to try and delete if not good, and to tell u the truth I dont have so much time to do flashing of the phone always.

I also read that x1 has more ram memory and faster processor than n97, but then again maybe symbian doesn`t need so much resources ?

so priorities for me are fast system, reliable without much crashing and bugs, and to be able to run all of those software I need.

so here are the questions:

1. Symbian or winmob ( consider the software that I need , remote desktop for example, also speed and resources) ?

2. winmo 6.1 or winmo 6.5 for x1? which is faster in the cleanest form without additional software ?

3. Is it best to go for official sony firmware update R3 or to go for some custom lite ver. rom, if I want only the cleanest and basic rom ? Meaning the speed and reliability ? if some custom rom then which one ?

4. which custom full rom has been reported to be the fastest and with the least bugs ?

5. I must say I would like to use winmo6.5 only cause finger friendly capabilities. If I read correctly there is not and will never be winmo 6.5 officially from sony, so in that case I will have to use some custom rom , so I need suggestion on the fastest and least bugs 6.5 custom rom

And the last thing is the availability and the price:

I can get new x1 for ~320 Euros and that n97 used but in good condition for no less then 400-450 Euros .

Actually i hold that n97 is my hands and is very good and x1 I only saw at pictures.

And btw qwerty keyboard is very important for me so if anyone knows which one has better keyboard pls let me know.

Camera has not any importance to me.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated, Im sorry if some of my questions were already written before, but I wanted to present my situation and to get the best out of it, so once again sorry and your help is very much appreciated.

Cheers,

Srle

P.S. that n97 has version 10 and I read that ver 12 is the newest one, and Im not even sure how to upgrade to the latest one, is it also flashing the device or something other ?