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Sony Ericsson Aspen, classic phone business, circulated on the Internet in January under the code name “Faith”, and today was officially announced by the Japanese-Swedish group. Aspen is based on Windows Mobile platform 6.5.3 and boasts the following facilities:

* 2.4-inch resistive touchscreen, 320 x 240 pixels
* Full-QWERTY Keyboard
* HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP
* GPS, A-GPS
* Camera 3.15 MP
* 100 MB internal memory, microSD slot, 4 GB card included
* Style navigation panels XPERIA
* 3.5 mm jack
* Stereo speakers
* Standby time: up to 25 days (stand-by), 10 o’clock (talk) 12 o’clock (audio)
* Dimensions: 117 x 60 x 12.5 mm
Weight: 130 grams

As usual us lately, Sony Ericsson has chosen to achieve environmentally friendly materials and Aspen’s smartphone has given up the printing paper for the manual in PDF format. Sony Ericsson Aspen will market globally from Q2 2010 in two color themes: Iconic Black and White Silver. The price has not yet been revealed.

For longer time to fill the big upgrade, Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft has also prepared a version. It is 6.5.3, version that has already been announced for some terminals. An example would be Sony Ericsson Aspen.

Among the novelties introduced by Windows Mobile 6.5.3 include:

* Support multitouch
* Complete interface optimized for touch control
* Zoom function
* Icons of stanby screen can be arranged by drag & drop
* The browser consumes less memory and loads pages faster
* The browser supports multitouch gestures he

Basically, the main novelty is to optimize 100% graphical interface, so no stylus is needed. It was expected to Windows Mobile 7 but we can not cry because it came early.