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Here are some Sony Ericsson K770 unboxing pics of both the sandy beige and purple version.

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Here are some more great shots of the iPhone clone with haptic feedback and a flush touchscreen.

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Asustek Computer is expected to begin volume production of the v1520 smartphone for Vodafone this month, according to sources in the Taiwan handset industry.

The Windows Mobile-based smartphone will run on a Marvel PXA 270 platform and it supports GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 3.5-inch display and a 2-megapixel built-in camera, the sources revealed.

The production of the v1520 is an extension of the collaboration of the two companies that began at the end of 2006 when Asustek landed v1210 smartphone orders from Vodafone, the sources indicated. Read the rest of this entry »

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It is now being sold fully unlocked and fully functional with Chinese support. All this just for about 570$ US.

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It’s taken them 10 years but Nokia boffins have finally perfected a ‘touch feedback’ touchscreen. Don’t be fooled by simple vibrational imitations folks, this is the real McCoy – you press a key on the screen, and it clicks under your finger with exactly the same sort of fingertip feedback as if you’d pressed a conventional keyboard key. Roope Takala, Senior Program Manager at Nokia’s research labs gave me a demo of the technology in Finland the other day on a hacked N770 Internet tablet.

“The basic technology is not that difficult,” he explained, “We inserted two small piezo sensor pads under the screen and engineered in a 0.1mm movement in the screen itself. What’s taken the time has been fine tuning the movement and response to mimic exactly the sensation of pressing a real key.” Read the rest of this entry »

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