Sony Ericsson has refreshed its Walkman line of cell phones once again with the Yendo, which is the first full touch Walkman device from the company. We were quite surprised to see that Yendo also has one of the largest arrays of color options ever presented by the company, including Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, White and Yellow. Wow. Here is a gallery of all the different colors.

Yendo features a 2.6 inch screen (262k colors, 320×240) and has design characteristics similar to the XPERIA X10 Mini, including the innovative four corner touch UI. The four corner touch UI in Yendo allows you to access Walkman player, contacts, keypad and more with just one touch. We were surprised to see Sony Ericsson admit the Yendo has a 720MHz processor, but unfortunately that much power is perplexing as it runs a proprietary OS that primarily supports Java applications. We’re going to double check to make sure this is accurate, as there was also mention of a lesser power ARM processor within.

Music lovers will enjoy the MicroSD slot to hold your music collection, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack and software features such as Touch TrackID, MediaGo and the PlayNow service. You can even set MP3 and AAC ringtones, or listen to your music over Bluetooth stereo (A2DP). Social media aficionados can easily access their friends with the pre-loaded Facebook, Twitter, and Orkut applications. Unfortunately, the camera is rather lackluster at only 2 megapixels with 4x digital zoom, but that is pretty much to be expected for a dedicated music phone. Expect this phone to arrive in most markets around the third quarter of 2010.

Here is a hands-on video of the Yendo we found on YouTube, courtesy of Mobique.com.

You thought the Samsung Wave 2 was the successor to the Wave, didn't you? Us too - but it's not, the Samsung S8530 Wave II is the real deal. The screen has grown to 3.7-inches and all the great features have been preserved. And we thought only Nokia's naming scheme was a mess.
The Samsung S8500 Wave was an impressive phone - the first SuperAMOLED we had seen had quite an impression on us and the other features were very high too. The next two Bada phones were aiming for a wider market with mid-range features, so understandably they didn't live up to their predecessor.
The Samsung S8530 Wave II brings Bada OS back to the high-end - a 3.7" screen WVGA screen, but Samsung made the switch to "Super Clear LCD".
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini X10 offers the full functionality of an Android phone in a very portable sleek design. Entering a whole new level of portability, Xperia Mini X10 introduces functionality that belies its size. Although some might find the ultra-small design doubtful when it comes to its promised performance, it proves itself a worthy contender compared to full-sized Android Phones.
Specifications
Size: 83 x 50 x 16 mm
Phone memory: Up to 128MB
Processor: 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227
Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 4 hours
Standby time: GSM/GPRS: Up to 285hrs
Talk time UMTS: Up to 3.5 hours
Standby time: UMTS: Up to 360 hrs

                                                                          Design

The Xperia Mini X10’s is simplicity personified. Three buttons grace its face: menu, home and back. The power button that doubles as the lock key sits on the top edge. There are also quick-access buttons on its right side for the volume and camera controls. The glossy finish contrasts with the buttons, making it easy to find. At the bottom edge lies the USB connector port for charging and computer syncing. It is covered by a tiny rubber flap that serves as protection against dust build-up and unnecessary wear or damage to the port. Right beside it is the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Like its predecessor, the Xperia Mini X10 kept the curved design of the back plate. This enables the Android phone to sit naturally in the palm of your hand. Surprisingly though, unlike any other Android phone, the battery cannot be taken out. It is designed to be fixed on the board. The only thing that can be taken out when you open the back cover is your SIM card. Replacing it would warrant an expertise on tinkering with the phone itself. OR if you’re not that confident, you will have to take it to a technician if the battery fails.
At first, you may miss the heft of a regular Android phone. But the 16 mm-thick Xperia Mini X10’s dainty appearance shouldn’t fool you. It may feel a bit delicate in an average male’s hand but it fully makes up for it in killer after killer of features. The offered vivacious colors of black, pearl, white, lime, pink, red and silver add more gives it more energy and feistiness.
Although just like a credit card in size, it can’t fit in your wallet. However, the smallest wardrobe pocket can accommodate this spritely gadget. Although owing it a spot in your not so secure pocket can prove to be a mistake especially if you forget that it’s supposed to be in there somewhere. Even the bulkier iPad and iPhone gets lost if not secured properly.

Interface

 

Although inspired by its bigger relative, the Xperia X10, the Xperia Mini gets a revamped home screen. There are now scrollable and customizable widgets in its home screen. It can accommodate up to twenty widgets at the same time. Users can now personalize favorite shortcuts at each edge of the 2.5 screen. If that still limits you in some way, pushing the Home button or scrolling down while on the widget screen displays more shortcuts.
With Android 2.2 (Froyo) already out in the market, Xperia Mini leaves some doubt with its utilizing of only the Android 1.6 version. Clearly a later version, don’t let that put a damper on your Android experience. As an Android platform, it still can accommodate installable applications from the Android Market. Just the same as the updated one, albeit running on a much lesser version of the platform. You can customize it all you want.
The multi-delete option comes with a thumbnail view and you can tick items as you go. This not so tedious feature allows you to select and manage your phone content in a not so tedious manner. Knowing exactly what you might be deleting or moving is a feature worthy of applause.
The multi-touch screen also comes with auto-rotate allowing you to easily shift from landscape to portrait mode breezily. Left-handed people might have to re-orient and take a little time with getting the hang of a right-handed person’s device.

                                                                 Communication

Just like any other smartphone of today, the Xperia Mini X10 comes with the usual features like SMS, MMS and Email capabilities. What is worth noting is the Infinite Button. Users can now choose to follow their contact’s Twitter and Facebook messages with just a click of a button. The built-in Timescape application manages all incoming messages. Navigating through that barrage of information might get a bit confusing at first, though. More so if you have subscribed to multiple tweets from your contacts.
Sadly, you might have to download another email client. Only one email account is allowed with the default email manager. Those who have multiple accounts have to go through the rigors of setting up one account at a time and accessing them. With another email client, you might be able to manage them simultaneously.
Anyway, the Xperia Mini X10 cannot be said to be designed for lengthy emails. It does not come with a full QWERTY keyboard. Instead it uses a T9 keyboard. So you have to tap and tap away on the touchscreen to compose your messages. But that must be the most logical approach to that. After all, using a full QWERTY keyboard on the 2.55 screen will surely be a challenge for those who don’t have small hands.
Entertainment
It comes with a 2GB microSD card that can be upgraded to 16 GB. Enough storage to house the various media you can accumulate while using the built-in 5.0 megapixel camera and more than enough for your music player and video player.

That nicely corroborates with the rumors we've been hearing lately of SuperAMOLED display shortages, which were supposed to ultimately lead to the end of manufacturing of the original Wave. Samsung prefers to keep their SuperAMOLED manufacturing lines busy with phones such as their Galaxy S and their upcoming WP7-based Samsung Omnia 7.
The original Wave was was among the first phones with Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi b/g/n. The Samsung S8530 Wave II has those too. It's also got the same 1GHz CPU, 5MP camera with LED flash and 720p video capture.
The guys over at the German website teltarif.de already had the chance to spend some time with the Samsung S8530 Wave II and compare it to the original Wave.
It turns out that the Wave II runs the Bada OS v1.2, which adds a few small upgrades, including Over-the-Air updates support and a Swype-like text-input method by Nuance called T9 Trace. By the way, a leaked Bada 1.2 firmware shows that the new features (plus improved performance) are already on their way to the owners of the original Wave.

Introduced recently in 2010, ZTE X990 Mobile Phone has already beenzte x990 mobile phone ZTE X990 Mobile Phone  tagged ‘desirable’. For those techno lovers who love to keep a track of every updates, X990 is the phone for you. Smart in appearance in block form, the device is comfortable to handle. Weighing 90 grams with battery, the unit is white in colour and is 107.0 x 61.0 x 12.0 mm in its dimensions. With graphical display in TFT resistive touchscreen, it has a rich 262K colour screen of 320 x 240 pixels. The display area is not very large but kept compact at 2.50 inches. Designed with convenience as priority though, it has QWERTY keyboard.
A 5Mb shared memory with microSD, up to 8GB features practically unlimited entries and call records with Photocall. Its networking supports include 2G-GSM 900 / GSM 1800, GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, WAP, USB, and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP. It supports WAP 2.0/xHTML and HTML browser. You can send and receive SMS, MMS, E mail, and instant message with the device and it also features Windows Live Messenger.

 

This ZTE mobile phone comes with speakerphone facility. The device has vibration alerts provided apart from polyphonic ringtones, MP3 ringtones, and ringtone profiles. With its built-in 2 MP camera of 1600×1200 pixels you can shoot video apart from ultra clear picture shots. Part from the above specified, the phone has various other functions and features that include Java MIDP 2.0, Games (changeable), Clock, Alarm, Calculator, Calendar, Voice memo, and T9. It also features Stereo FM radio with RDS, MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player, MP4/H.264/H.263 player, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer), and Organizer. The phone supports Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional.

The ZTE X990 White Mobile Phone comes with standard Li-Ion battery that supports the device for 480 hours stand-by time and 8 hours for talk time.

Advanced mobile phone can be considered as a perfect alternate for PC and it comes really handy when you got wireless technology with it. ZTE F951 Mobile Phone is a latest model mobile phone with advanced technology support and future-rich design. It measures 108 x 55.5 x 12.6 mm with 100g weight.
This superior model mobile phone works in 3G as well as in 2G. Supported network bands are GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100.
Built-in 3.2-inch wide display of the phone offers 240 x 400 pixels native panel resolution and accelerometer sensor installed in the system adds more power to this touch sensitive display.
This speakerphone supports mp3 tunes for call alerts and you can also set the phone in vibration mode for alerts without commotion.
Internal memory allows space for phonebook entries, photo call and call record in the device. You can expand its supported memory with micro SD card up to 8GB.
32 – 48 kbps GPRS, 236.8 kbps EDGE, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and USB port are allowed in this super model for sooth data shar8ing with the external devices.
5MP still/video camera integrated on the back panel off the device offers 2592 x 194 pixels display resolution to captured images and it has auto focusing capability. A secondary camera is also provided for user convenience.
For fast internet browsing, this latest model handset contains WAP 2.0/xHTML net browsers. It is very easy to send SMS, multi media messages and Email from this superior model mobile phone.
You can use this innovative mobile phone as a smart navigation system with A-GPS facility enabled. This smart mobile hand set features mobile TV, A/V player, MIDP 2.0 Java and games for more fun. It also incorporates organizer/voice memo for enhanced service facility.
Standard rechargeable Li-Ion battery equipped in this marvellous widget provides better power backup with single charging. ZTE F951 Black Mobile Phone comes in trendy ultra sleek body designs and widget is announced to launch in 2010.

Personal navigation started off as an add-on for a PDA, but it was only when the standalone versions began to offer a more dependable experience that the idea took off with mainstream consumers. So it's perhaps surprising to see that attention seems to be veering back in the opposite direction, although this time towards smartphones. You can even get Google Maps Navigation for free on an Android phone. For those who don't want to compromise on capabilities and stability, however, Garmin has partnered with Asus to create a more deliberate blend of smartphone and standalone, called the nuvifone M10.
The M10 is based on Windows Mobile 6.5.3, and looks at first glance like a relatively standard touchscreen smartphone. It's neither tubby nor super-slim, and has a 5-megapixel camera on the back but no flash. However, the sat-nav abilities become evident right from the home screen. Beneath the grid of nine app icons, two of the three static icons provide access to sat-nav functions. Strangely, the other one is the Call button, which takes you to the regular phone features, but there's already a permanent button for this beneath the touchscreen, so it seems rather superfluous.

The first sat-nav button is called Search, and leads to a familiar array of destination-finding options. You can look up an address by postcode or by drilling down from city to street and house number. But it's also possible to search for keywords across all towns in your currently chosen country. Alternatively, there's a traditional Points of Interest (POI) database, which is divided into categories and can be used to search near your current location, your current road, your destination if you have a route set, or any town or point on the map. Like the address database, you can search by keyword as well as across all the aforementioned locations, but not an entire country.
If the regular POI database doesn't have what you're after, Google Local Search is also available. Results do extend across an entire country in this case, and are listed in order of relevance rather than just closeness. You will of course need an active mobile data connection or Wi-Fi to use Google Local Search. Another mobile data-enabled Search option is the link to the Panoramio photo-sharing website, which lists photos by proximity to your current location. It's not something you would use that often, but could be fun. A more prosaic smartphone-enabled facility is the connection to the phone's stored contacts, which can be searched for a destination. You can save any destinations you find as the Home location or to the list of Favourites. But even if you don't, you'll discover them in the Recent Finds section.

The LG Opyimus Chic is the latest handset to be offered by LG, and the phone is a good blend of features and specifications. It has been now announced at the IFA in Berlin, and the LG Optimus Chic is the entry level handset from LG. The LG Optimus Chic is actually the LG E720, which has received a stage name now. Another phone of the Optimus brand from LG is the LG Optimus One  which is also going to be accompanied by the Android 2.2 OS, like the LG Optimus Chic.
The LG Optimus Chic is quite a powerful device in terms of specifications and facets which accompany it. Being featured with support for both 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 2100 networking capabilities, the LG Optimus Chic handset is to be accompanied by the Android 2.2 operating system, that is the Froyo. This is rather appealing to all the Android lovers. The phone is accompanied by the dimensions 107 x 60.5 mm, and is being provided with a TFT capacitive touchscreen which is 3.2 inch in size and supports a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. Also being provided with an Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation of User Interface, the LG Optimus Chic is to be powered by the Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz Processor.

In terms of multimedia facets, the LG Optimus Chic scores wel with the provision for a 5 MP camera which shall provide for the support of image resolution of up to 2592 x 1944 pixels and is also provided with auto-focus. The phone shall enable video recording and is provided with a video player capable of playing formats as H.264/ MP4/ H.263/ WMV. But one of the limitations of the handset is that being a high-end device, it does not provide for video calling feature. The phone is also supported by an audio player capable of supporting formats as WAV/ MP3/ WMA/ eAAC+, and even a 3.5 mm audio jack.

The LG Optimus Chic is also to be providing memory support in the form of micro SD card support. The phone also scores well in the field of Data and Internet connectivity, and supports GPRS 32 – 48 kbps, Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), Bluetooth A2DP with v2.1, 3G HSDPA, a microUSB port, an HTML browser, push mail support, EDGE 236.8 kbps, Class 10, WLAN support in the form of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, and GPS with A-GPS, QuickGPS, Geotagging support.

Other interesting and appealing facets and attributes of the LG Optimus Chic include Facebook, Twitter, Bebo integration, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Organizer, Voice memo, and T9. The phone is Java 2.0, MIDP enabled, and features with stereo FM Radio. The phone provides messaging features in the form of MMS, SMS (threaded view), IM, and supports downloadable games as well. The phone is to be available in the hue of black.