Nokia X6, X3 phones pioneer new Xseries line

The once rumored Nokia Xseries is now official as Nokia has just announced two devices to spearheead this new range of phones: the Nokia X6 and the X3.

The Nokia X6 is their latest full-touchscreen device that features 3.2-inch display, Carl Zeiss equiiped 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, TV-out, on-device video editing tools, 32GB memory, and an astounding 35 hours music playback battery life. Unlike their previous touchscreen phones such as the 5800XM and 5530XM, the Nokia X6 is definitely much slimmer measuring a mere 0.55-inches thin. It's due in Q4 with a price of 459 Euros (around $652) excluding tax and subsidies.

Sony Ericsson Unveil XPERIA X2

Well the wait is finally over, Sony Erricsson have finally announced the much leaked X2. It's the successor to last year's X1 and is again sporting WinMo, this time the 6.5 variety. The new smartphone retains the sme basic design as the X1 with a pull out keyboard and of course the EXPERIA panels interface, which has seen a bit of a revamp with some new panels added. The customer service side of things stays the same with a very high level of service included in the purcashe prie. There is a dedicated XPERIA technical tem to help customer and customers whose handsets breakdown abroad will receive a replacement device.

spec-wise the X2 is a step up from the X1 with the following Features:

* 3.2" high resolution touchscreen

* 8.1 MegaPixel camera

* GSM/EDGE quadband

* HSPA tri-band

* Bluetooth with A2DP support

* WiFi

* A-GPS

* Microsoft Mobile Office

* Exchange Support

Availability will be in select markets to being with, starting next quarter.

Nokia N900: AT&T/Rogers Announcement Imminent?

It's been a while since the world has been as excited about a Nokia product as they are about N900. The fact that it runs on the Maemo 5OS instead of Nokia's old (lackluster) standby, Symbian, is reason enough alone to be giddy. We know this phone will be hitting the T-Mobile network this October and, if Boy Genius is correct, it'll be hitting the AT&T and Rogers wireless networks in fairly short order.

They have what is (reportedly) an email from a Nokia emplyee to a customer. In the email, the employee seems to confirm a WCDMA comatible version of the N900. Here's the relevant text: "Regarding the network bands, you are correct - we anounced a WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz bands. We have not made an annoucements regarding an 850/1900/2100 MHz band device. An announcement will be forthcoming."

'Forthcoming' sound very imminent in that context. Please keep in mind that the realease of 850/1900/2100 MHz band N900s is still totally unconfirmed. This rumor has no independent verification and the email could very well be a fabrication. It's also entirely possbile that a customer service employee at Nokia was just talking out of his ass. If this rumor is valid, we will see an annoucement from Nokia very soon.