Sony Ericsson has officially announced the Xperia X10 which will be available in Q1 2010. Check out this video for a quick view of the device near the end and all looks good judging by the interface on show. The only stumbling block may be that better may arrive in the meantime. Timescape is a new feature which sounds a little like webOS- “manages all your communication with one person in one place. Browse through your conversations the bright way to check out your Facebook™, Twitter™, photos, emails, and texts all in one go.” and the Android interface appears to be heavily tweaked in a similar fashion to what HTC is doing with the Hero and Tattoo.
Twitter and Peek have got together to launch the TwitterPeek which is a co-branded device aimed squarely at mobile tweeters. It is retailing through Amazon from $99 with 6 months service included and it wouldn’t surprise me if this became a surprise Christmas hit. One trick pony devices which are well priced tend to find a market the rest of us consider to be poor value for money. You can even send Santa a tweet this year and let him know what you want for Christmas. I’ll have an X10, Bold 9700 and a TwitterPeek please…
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is now live on the Rogers website and is retailing for $299.99 on a 3 year plan- phew! This is the device which should resolve the issues in most of the other BlackBerry smartphones and without doubt looks like the best RIM product yet.
The HTC HD2 is shaping up to be a monster in the Windows Mobile world and we are only days away from its release. Clove is offering it on pre-order, but you need to be quick because many have already got their orders in. T-Mobile UK will launch it on 9th November and O2 will be releasing it, but no date yet.
GameSalad has launched its $99 iPhone game publishing service. It will be interesting to see how successful this venture is, but somehow I suspect it will only add to the raft of tosh already on the app store. Don’t get me wrong- the app store has more than its fair share of excellent titles, but are we really going to see quality games come out of this idea?
Opera Mobile 10 Beta is now available to download to your Symbian smartphone. Opera is continuing to push the boundaries of mobile internet despite immense competition from the big boys and this version is looking very good indeed.
I like the TwitterPeek idea. All Twitter needs to do is include a service that does not fall over every other day!