Looks like our American cousins will be getting a nice Christmas package from Sony Ericsson in the form of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, as the Windows Mobile 6.1 Xperia X1 will be available in the United States in time for the holidays announced Sony Ericsson.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will be sold as unlocked via Sony Ericsson stores as well as authorised Sony retailers beginning as of November the 28th.
However, pre-orders of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 will be available via the Sony Style website as of the 13th of November and will command a price tag of $800.00.
Source – Sony Ericsson
I would not recommend getting until SONY Ericsson resolves the casing crack issues. This is true for my silver Xperia has develop crack today (10th April-2009). I bought it in February 2009. The crack is at the corner of battery near to the camera and the volume control button. I have brought it to the the attention of SONY Ericsson, service centre. And I hope that they would acknowledge it, and replace it with a new and different batch. My guess is that they are using a cheap plastic that would not be able to take the stress, thus crack. Couple the heat that has been generated by the battery, it will accelerate and reduce the lifetime of the plactic, ie reduce the allowable stress of the plastic. It seems that Sony Ericsson has decided not to use HTC anymore for the production of Xperia. I think there is quality issue on the Sony Ericsson Xperia models