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Windows phone kiosks in the malls? That's not something you see every day. Apparently this is part of the Verizon Windows Phone Tour, so it's a limited engagement at best. That's a shame because I'm sure we've all walked into the mobile phone network stores and seen the non-working dummy Windows Mobile phones, or the battery dead/broken phones...in a lot of stores, Windows Mobile isn't even given a chance to win the customer. If Microsoft wants Windows phones to do better than in the past, they need to start to take charge of showing the customers what the phones can do.

At 1:00 PM (GMT +1), Sony Ericsson will be offering a live, in-depth demonstration of the Xperia X1 which, as you know, is set to be released in waves over the coming months. Following the demo, there'll be a live Q&A session, so unearth those X1-related questions you've been harbouring and prepare to put them to the team.

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Your eyes aren't deceiving you. Indeed, that's e.aspx">Live Mesh for Windows Mobile running on a Palm Treo Pro. And there's word coming out of Tech.Ed Australia (where the aforementioned was demoed) that it will soon be available for public consumption. Any Live Mesh users here looking forward to this?