Another notable feature is its 8.1 megapixel camera module. Using the Exmor R camera sensor, its f/2.4 lens allows better photography in low light condition. It can record 720p HD video, assisted with video stabilizer and the flash LED as video light.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc should be powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm CPU, although there is no mention of the CPU Processor detail in the press release.

Press Release

Xperia™ arc takes the stunning design language that Sony Ericsson has become known for to a new level. Super slim and light, Xperia™ arc is just 8.7mm at its thinnest part and has a extra wide 4.2” multi-touch screen. Created from premium materials and with a stunning arc body, this smartphone is sleek, strong and designed to fit perfectly in the user’s hand. The best of Sony technology is inside Xperia™ arc. The Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine delivers exceptional visual brilliance and a crystal clear image which enhances the overall entertainment experience. Furthermore, Sony’s award-winning Exmor R™ for mobile sensor with the f/2.4 lens enables the capture of high quality, bright pictures and HD videos even in low light. All pictures and videos can be shared in HD on your living room TV via the built in HDMI-connector.

Xperia™ arc will launch on the latest version of the Android™ platform providing access to Google Mobile Services and the myriad of applications available on the Android market. Xperia™ smartphones add best in class entertainment on top of smartphone fundamentals such as apps, maps, email and fast Internet to create the most entertaining smartphone experience.

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc – Key features

* Slim, lightweight and strong, with perfect ergonomics
* Extra wide 4.2” multi-touch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine to ensure ultimate multimedia and viewing experiences
* Sony Exmor R™ for mobile: for best-in-class low-light photography and video capture
* 8.1 megapixel camera and HD video recording capability
* Android Market™ – thousands of applications to keep you entertained

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc will be available globally in selected markets, including Japan, from Q1 in the colours Midnight Blue and Misty Silver.

Check out the Sony Ericsson Product Blog for more information: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc at a glance

Camera

* 8.1 megapixel camera
* Up to 2.46x smart zoom
* Aperture f/2.4
* Auto focus
* Face detection
* Flash/LED
* Geo tagging
* Image stabilizer
* Noise suppression
* Send to web
* Smile detection
* Sony Exmor R™ for mobile CMOS sensor
* Touch Focus
* Touch capture
* Video light
* Video recording, HD 720p

Music

* Album art
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Media player
* Music tones (MP3/AAC)
* PlayNow™ service*
* TrackID™ music recognition application
* * This service may not be available in every market

Web

* Bookmarks
* Google™ search
* NeoReader™ barcode scanner
* Pan & zoom
* Web browser (WebKit)

Communication

* Call list
* Conference calls
* Facebook™ application*
* Sony Ericsson Timescape™
* Speakerphone
* Vibrating alert
* * This service may not be available in every market

Messaging

* Conversations
* Email
* Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
* Instant messaging
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Sound recorder
* Text messaging (SMS)

Design

* Auto rotate
* Keyboards (onscreen, QWERTY)
* Picture wallpaper
* Reality display
* Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
* Touchscreen
* Wallpaper animation

Entertainment
* This service may not be available in every market

* 3D games
* Media browser
* Motion gaming
* Radio (FM)
* Video streaming
* Video viewing
* YouTube™ *

Organiser

* Android™ OS
* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Document readers
* Flight mode
* Infinite button
* Phone book

Connectivity

* 3.5 mm audio jack
* aGPS
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Google Maps™
* HDMI
* Modem
* DLNA
* USB mass storage
* USB support
* Wi-Fi™
* Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation *
* * This service may not be available in every market

Google™ services*
* These services may not be available in every market

* Android Market™ Client
* Gmail™
* Google Calendar™
* Google Gallery 3D™
* Google Latitude™
* Google Maps™ with Street View
* Google Media Uploader
* Google Music Player™
* Google Phone-top Search
* Google Search widget
* Google Sync™
* Google Talk™
* Google Voice Search
* Set-up Wizard
* YouTube™

Screen

* Sony Mobile Bravia Engine
* 16,777,216 colour TFT
* Capacitive multi-touch
* 4.2 inches
* 854 x 480 pixels (FWVGA)
* Shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant mineral glass

Accessories

* In-Box:
* Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc
* Battery (1500mAh)
* Stereo portable handsfree
* Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer
* User documentation

Facts

* Size: 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
* Weight: 117 grams
* Phone memory: Up to 512 MB
* Memory card support: up to 32 GB
* Memory card included: microSD™ 8 GB
* Operating system: Google™ Android 2.3
* Processor: 1 GHz Qualcomm

Availability and versions

* Networks
* UMTS HSPA 900, 2100
* GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
* UMTS HSPA 800, 850, 1900, 2100
* GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900

Colour

* Midnight Blue
* Misty Silver

Unlike the Xperia X10, the new Xperia Arc touch screen will support multitouch for better gaming control and pinch zooming. It should be launched with the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread when available.

[via SEMCBlog via Android Community]

Nokia C7 Specifications:

• Size:117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5 mm
• Weight (with battery): 130 g
• Display: 3.5-inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 640 x 360 pixels
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light detector
• BL-5K 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Built in WiFi, GPS
• Bluetooth 3.0
• Micro USB connector
• 2mm Charging connector
• 3.5 mm AV connector
• Internal memory: 8 GB
• MicroSD card slot
• GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• 8 megapixel camera, dual LED flash
• FM Radio Receiver

The smartphone for the design-conscious social networker, the Nokia C7, has started shipping to customers around the world. The second Nokia smartphone based on the new Symbian platform, the Nokia C7 follows hot on the heels of the company’s entertainment powerhouse, the Nokia N8.

The Nokia C7 combines stainless steel and glass in a sleek, full-touch design. The 3.5 inch AMOLED display is ideal for networking, with updates from Facebook and Twitter fed directly to the home screen, as well as one touch access to many popular email accounts including Ovi Mail, Yahoo!® Mail and Windows Live(TM) Hotmail. The Nokia C7 also opens up a world of apps, games, videos, and web and location-based services through the Ovi Store.

“The Nokia C7 is our second smartphone based on the new version of Symbian to hit the market,” says Jo Harlow, head of smartphones at Nokia. “Designed specifically with the style-conscious consumer in mind, the Nokia C7 also brings excellent social networking abilities, making it perfect for people who want to check-in and stay up to date.”

Following the release of this social-networking centric device, Nokia will be setting out to find the most active Facebook user from the more than 1.4 million fans on Nokia’s own global Facebook page. Nokia will then pick five finalists who will each be provided with a Nokia C7 to organize a party using various social networks. The fan who best captures their party through Facebook – generating the most coverage with updates and posts – will win a Nokia C7 for themselves and 20 of their friends.

The estimated retail price of the Nokia C7 is EUR 335 before applicable taxes or subsidies, with pricing and availability varying from region to region, operator to operator.

According to SlashGear, the Desire HD will be available next month in Europe. Check out SlashGear for more hands on later.

LONDON, Sept. 15 — HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today unveiled a new HTC Sense experience with the new HTC Desire HD™ and HTC Desire Z™ Android-based smartphones. The new HTC Sense experience continues HTC’s strong focus on the customer, placing people at the center by simply making its phones work in a more personal and natural way. HTC Sense introduces a number of key innovations including a series of connected services called HTCSense.com that enhance people’s mobile experience on HTC phones.

“We’re excited to be taking the HTC Sense experience beyond the phone to a whole new level with a series of connected HTC services we call HTCSense.com,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “Our customers will value the holistic approach we’re taking to enhance their mobile experience. This customer-first philosophy has resonated with people buying HTC phones and this drives us to continue introducing new innovative smartphones like the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z.”

“As a key Android partner and smartphone brand, HTC continues to bring new innovation to the platform,” said Andy Rubin, VP engineering at Google. “Android is about choice and the new HTC smartphones continue to provide customers with powerful choices and flexibility.”

HTC Sense
The new HTC Sense experience offers a variety of enhancements that improve how people capture, create, share and access multimedia content. With a newly created camera experience, people can record HD videos or capture and edit images with a variety of fun camera effects. With HTC Locations, a new differentiated online mapping experience, people have instant, on-demand mapping without download delays or incurring mobile roaming charges.
HTC Sense also includes a new integrated online e-reading experience utilizing a new e-book store powered by Kobo™ and a new, mobile-optimized e-reader that includes the ability to highlight, annotate and quickly search for definitions or translate unfamiliar terms.

HTCSense.com
With the new HTCSense.com service, people can simply manage their mobile phone experience from their HTC phone or personal computer. For example, people can easily locate a missing phone by triggering the handset to ring loudly, even if it is set to silent, or to flag its location on a map. If the phone’s been lost or stolen, users can remotely lock the phone, forward calls and texts to another phone, send a message to the phone to arrange its return or even remotely wipe all personal data from it. HTCSense.com makes it easy to setup a new HTC phone or access archived mobile content such as contacts, text messages and call history from a PC browser. People can also customize their phones with exclusive HTC content like wallpapers, HTC scenes, sounds or plug-ins.

HTC Desire HD
HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3″ LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS virtual sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor. The HTC Desire HD enables 720p HD video recording and includes an 8-megapixel camera with dual-flash. Building on the unibody heritage of the HTC Legend, the HTC Desire HD is sculpted from a block of solid aluminum and exudes the air of quality and strength that HTC has come to be known for. It also includes the new HTC Fast Boot that enables people to quickly make a call or check emails by shortening the time taken to complete the power-up sequence.

HTC Desire Z
For people constantly on the go, HTC Desire Z makes it quick and easy to stay connected with friends on Facebook and Twitter or with colleagues and customers at work. HTC Desire Z features a unique ‘pop hinge’ that opens to reveal a QWERTY keyboard for fast, convenient typing. HTC Desire Z’s keyboard also includes a variety of keyboard shortcuts and two customizable keys for providing instant access to common functions without the need to open menus. HTC Desire Z also includes 720p HD video recording and a 5-megapixel camera with automatic flash. It is the first phone to utilize the new 800MHz Qualcomm 7230 processor for improved performance and battery life and also includes HTC Fast Boot.

Availability
The new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z will be broadly available through mobile operators and retailers across major European and Asian markets from October 2010 with the HTC Desire Z shipping in North America later this year.

In the video, you’ll see the reactivity of the screen and I have to admitted it’s pretty fast at responding. The device also eye catching for most of us. The QWERTY keyboard sure is unique. Rather than sliding to the side it slides up. Check out the video and more information at SlashGear.com. Don’t miss out at this one.

[via SlashGear]

The device will boast with a 1GHz processor. There are no other specific information on the handset. As I have already mention, the handset has not yet been name. It still a mystery for most of us regarding the handset. We will stay put and try our best to keep up with this handset.

[via BGR]

The Desire HD might also come with 8 megapixel camera module, has dual flash LED and able to capture 720p video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

[via Android Community / Engadget]

“User-generated content, especially video, is exploding on the web,” said Lennard Hoornik, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson. “With Sony Ericsson Vivaz, we have created a mobile phone that makes it easy to catch life in high quality video and upload that self expression onto the web to share with the world. Sony Ericsson Vivaz offers beauty inside and out with an open and intuitive user experience allowing consumers to capture, view and share their lives and spontaneity in HD quality.”

Sony Ericsson Vivaz

• 8.1 megapixel camera
• auto focus (photos), continuous auto focus (video), face detection (photos), geo tagging, image stabiliser, photo light, smile detection
• Video recording (720p HD recording)
• FM radio
• Java
• A-GPS
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Bluetooth
• Micro USB connector
• Wi-Fi
• 3.2 inches 16.9 nHD wide touch screen (640 x 360 pixels)
• Size: 107 x 521.7 x 12.5 mm
• Weight: 97 grams
• Phone memory: Up to 75 MB
• microSD card slot
• Operating system: Symbian S60 5th edition
• Processor: 720MHz
• Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 13 hrs
• Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 430 hrs
• Talk time UMTS: Up to 5 hrs 20 min
• Standby time UMTS: Up to 440 hrs
• Video call time: Up to 2 hrs 30 min

The MotoROI also includes an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash. The camera model is able to do 720p HD video recording and includes easy panorama, face detection, multi-shot (6 shots in a row), face filter, red eye reduction and camera shake prevention. Other than a built in Terrestrial DMB receiver to watch digital TV channel, the smartphone’s HDMI connector will allow you to play your media content with your TV for better viewing.

other features includes:

• 3.5mm ear jack: Listen to music through connecting your favorite head phones
• Storage up to 8GB3 and Micro SD support up to 32GB
• Unique docking station: Enjoy movies by setting the phone on the docking station designed exclusively for the MOTOROI™, or use the phone as table clock or digital frame
• Pinch to zoom in and out lets you enlarge or reduce the size of web pages with ease
• MOTOROI offers five distinct text-input methods, including a 3X4 keypad, full QWERTY, half QWERTY, hand writing and writing pad
• Optical Character Recognition: Optical dictionary that translates immediately through quick scanning, business card reader which recognizes contact information on business cards and automatically stores information to your phonebook; and document reader which easily scrap books or articles to your phone as text files

The MOTOROI by Motorola will be available at SK Telecom retailers throughout Korea beginning in early February.