In a video posted on YouTube is tested and reviewed the new Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8. It has a 3.0-inch display fits perfectly between the X10 display (4.0-inch) and the X10 mini (2.55-inch).Smartphone has a 600 MHz processor, much faster, the phone feels good to hold.

Now we have the user manual for Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 thanks to FCC on the internet.
The device, device was launched in June, packs a 3″ HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, 128 MB of internal memory, 600 MHz processor, and Android 1.6 with SE’s UX UI. The device has the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz 3G HSPA bands, which makes AT&T a likely landing spot for this little number. However, we’re starting to wonder how many mid-level Android devices can fit into AT&T’s smartphone portfolio.

Sony Ericsson just announced that they will be pushing out a firmware update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 during the coming few weeks. Before you get too excited, this is not the Android 2.1 update that you’re waiting for.

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro Pictures – The Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro is almost identical to the Vivaz but has some key differences. First of, it features a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard for the texting crowd out there and second, it has a 5-megapixel camera, as opposed to 8MP. Fortunately, it has kept its ability to shoot HD resolution videos.

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Inadvertently or perhaps intentionally, Nokia officials have overlooked some documents and a video clip related to a phone to be launched this year: Nokia X10. The video has been removed from YouTube, but photocopies of technical data remained.

Nokia X10 will be a slider QWERTY keyboard that will build on Symbian OS^3. We have an ARM processor at 600 MHz, 256 MB RAM, a 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16 GB or 32 GB storage space, 5 MP camera, HSDPA, Wi-Fi and A-GPS. In other words, about all you have to have a top phone.

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While Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC and others have announced several new models, Nokia has assisted passive to show at Mobile World Congress 2010. Quite bizarre, the Finns have not even come with a new phone. Instead they came with a promise: cheap smartphones.

Those from Nokia, by Lee Williams, head of the Symbian Foundation, I promise that will get the smartphone market, which will cost only 100 euros. These devices will run Symbian ^ 3.

More information was not made public. Only that will be more such terminals and will be released even this year.

Sony Ericsson has announced not just one, but three new phones to boost their current line-up. First off, we have two new iterations of the Xperia X10 – the X10 mini and X10 mini Pro.

They both come with a 2.55-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, 600MHz processor, WiFi Bluetooth, 3.5mm jack, UMTS HSPA connectivity, A-GPS and Google Maps, and Android 1.6 as its OS running in tandem with Timescape. The obvious difference between the two is the slide-out QWERTY keypad found on the X10 mini pro which should delight messaging aficionados out there.

The other new phone they introduced is the Vivaz Pro. Just like the X10 mini pro, this baby is a slightly modified version of its namesake, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, and also boasts of a QWERTY keypad tucked underneath its touchscreen display. With the exception of its less powerful yet still very capable 5.1-megapixel camera, its specs are almost identical with the Vivaz. It’ll ship with an 8GB microSD card, and will be available in black and white colored variations. The press release of the Vivaz Pro can be found here.

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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.