Sony Ericsson Xmini now available

Sony Ericsson have released their latest Walkman-branded handset in Japan - the Xmini. Unusually for a Japanese handset, this one isn't filled to the brim, with high-end features. Rather, the device's specs are rather basic, for a handset to be available, in Japan only, on the KDDI network.



It's available in a range of colours, including white, green, and black. As you'd expect from a Walkman handset, the Xmini features dedicated music playing keys, situated below the device's display.

Tech specs are as follows:

1. Connectivity: CMDA
2. Display: 1.8", QVGA resolution
3. Memory: 4 GB internal
4. Extras: Bluetooth
5. Weight:75 grams
6. Dimensions: 75 x 44 x 18 mm

Another Dual Sim handset from Samsung

Dual Sim handsets aren't all that common in Europe - only three are currently available - two of those are from Samsung. Today, they've added another Dual Sim handset to their portfolio - the S9502. Though, this isn't just some cheap plastic handset with Dual Sim functionality, coming in at approximately $1000, the key reason being the material's it's constructed of.




The luxury S9502, with a rhodium-plated body, will be resistant to many kinds of potential damages. It's known that it'll be available in Russia first, but, no official date, or price have been confirmed by Samsung.

Technical specifications go as follows:

1. Connectivity: GSM, and EDGE
2. Display: OLED technology, showing up to 262,144 colours
3. Camera: 5MP, with autofocus
4. Memory: 1GB internal, Micro SD expansion slot
5. Extras: Bluetooth

Nokia touchscreen N-Series handset coming sooner than expected

It's been known that Nokia are not only working on the 5800 Tube touchscreen handset, but, a high-end N-Series touchscreen device as well, for quite some time now. At an event, held a few days ago, held in New Delhi, India, Nokia said that they are indeed working on several touchscreen handsets, including an N-Series handset, sporting a touchscreen, to no-one's surprise.



The surprise is that the high-end touchscreen N-Series handset will be announced very shortly, and is said to be available to buy, from early next year, just a short while after the 5800 Tube hits the market. Confirming these speculations, Devinder Kishore, director marketing, Nokia India at an event in New Delhi said "We will have lot of touchscreen phones coming up, including an N-series device very soon"

Samsung i7110's specs

We already have some articles on the upcoming Samsung i7110 smartphone in our source. In a word, it’s a Symbian S60-based device housed in a candybar-style casing, whose major trump is a so-called “virtual mouse pointer” – it allows the user to control a mouse pointer on the phone’s screen with the help of the navigation pad (much like the setup found in the Samsung i780 Windows Mobile smartphone). However it’s the first time we could get our hands on a detailed spec sheet of the phone. Reportedly, the i7110 will be launched at Symbian Smartphone Show that will take place on October 21-22 in London.



Spec sheet of the Samsung i7110:

1. 3G (HSDPA), GSM/EDGE connectivity
2. OS: Symbian 9.3 S60 (Feature Pack 2?)
3. QVGA OLED-display capable of up to 262K colors
4. 5 Mpix camera with autofocus and LED flash
5. FM-radio with RDS functionality
6. GPS-receiver
7. 80 Mb of internal memory
8. microSDHC memory card slot
9. Dimensions – 118x52x13 mm

LG KP500: cheapest touchscreen handset yet

Another touchscreen handset has appeared from LG - the KP500. This handset is the cheapest handset, to sport a touchscreen available on the market. Naturally, to achieve this, the handset, spec-wise, isn't top of the range, as can be seen below. Once again, LG has not officially announced the confirmed specs for the handset - but, expect them to soon, as the handset should be released in Europe, next month.



The specs of LG KP500:

1. Connectivity: Quad-band GSM, EDGE, and GPRS
2. Display: 3" touchscreen, 320 x 400 pixels, supports up to 262 thousand colours
3. Camera: 3 MP
4. Memory: 46 MB internal, Micro SD card slot
5. Extras: Stylus, on-screen keyboard, FM Radio, built-in motion sensor, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity
6. Battery: 900 mAh
7. Dimensions: 106.5×55.4×11.9 mm
8. Weight: 89 grams

Nokia 5800 Tube launch

It seems Nokia is now all set to roll out their first touchscreen-based phone ever – the much-hyped and anticipated, the 5800 Tube. Actually, there is literally nothing that we don’t know about already. We even had the privilege of savoring lots of spy pics of this S60-based device and even some live footage in movies.



Nokia 5800 Tube specifications:

1. 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 16 Million colors
2. 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
3. Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio
3G UMTS/HSDPA
4. Bluetooth 2.0
5. WiFi
6. GPS
7. 3.5mm headphone jack
8. TV-out port
9. 140MB on-board storage
10.111 x 52 x 14.5 mm
11.104g

All in all, the Tube doesn’t appear to be a marvel in the way of specs, and its major attractions are a huge 640x360 pixel touch-friendly display and a customized version of S60.

New photos of Nokia E61i smartphone

In the Internet you can come across the photos of a new Nokia smartphone. It is supposed to be the very Nokia E61i, which is about to be launched. According to the rumors, this is a version of the business smartphone E61, but equipped with the camera.



Taking into account the FCC approval of the E65 smartphone and frequent info leakage, the release of the new business series models by Nokia is approaching.