Samsung is definitely upbeat about the presence of its Super AMOLED touchscreen in the Galaxy S (that also features the pacier Hummingbird processor) and this success story is making Sony restless in its labs. Sony has readied and unveiled a prototype of its pressure-sensitive tactile touchscreen which promises to take touch sensitivity a step ahead.

The prototype demoed was an LCD touchscreen with force sensing resistors and piezoelectric actuators those could sense how much pressure is being applied and vibrate the panel accordingly. It is a Cover-face like interface can shuffle icons faster when more pressure is applied and vice-versa.

The prototype was merely demoed and no one actually got a chance to lay their hands on it, but Sony did take care of the disappointment by announcing its commercialization plans.

Sony intends to make this technology usable for cellphones at the earliest despite the fact that the applied pressure technology is in the prototype stage.

[via: Engadget]

Engadget has published some pictures of the newly announced Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.

Sony Ericsson announced the new T715 slider mobile phone that will be available in Galaxy Silver and Rouge Pink. The slider features a 2.2-inch 240×320 LCD screen and a 3.2 Megapixel camera with 3.2x digital zoom, geotagging and video recording.

The T715 supports HSPA and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks and comes with built-in support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Google maps is also included. The slider has integrated media player and comes with Bluetooth stereo A2DP.

Other than 90MB internal memory, the T715 has a microSD card slot. It will be released in Q3.

Sony Ericsson is going to reveal a special edition of the W595.The new W595 Cosmopolitan Flower Edition is basically W595 in Cosmopolitan White colour plus red flowers on the front and back. The new W595 Cosmopolitan Flower Edition will be available in selected countries of Western Europe from March 2009.

Sony Ericsson W995 multimedia phone is now availabe.Have a larger than average 2.6-inch LCD, GPS mapping and Wi-Fi with DLNA support for sharing media on a local network. It also touts built-in stereo speakers, and comes bundled with an 8GB Memory Stick Micro card that holds a typical music library. The phone will appear in black, red and silver color options and ships sometime during the spring for specific markets. Network support will include both GSM/EDGE and HSPA-based 3G on the 850MHz band, guaranteeing a launch for the W995 on AT&T, Rogers, or both North American carriers.

Sony Ericsson W995 features:

• 2.6 inch scratch-resistant display
• Quad band GSM connectivity
• Dual band HSDPA connectivity (tri-band HSDPA for the North American version)
• 8MP autofocus camera with LED flash and smile shutter
• Wi-Fi
• A-GPS
• Accelerometer
• Walkman Player
• 3.5mm headset jack
• Bluetooth with A2DP
• YouTube player
• 8GB M2 card in the box

Au KDDI unveiled new Walkman Phone, the Xmini. Designed to enjoy music, our new Slide phone features 1.8-Inch LCD screen with a QVGA resolution (240×320), 4GB of built-in Memory, and touch sensor and is compatible with the au BOX allowing you to enjoy music and video content downloaded via your TV sets on your ‘au’ mobile phones.

Sony Ericsson “Kate” is latest Cyber-shot phone from Sony Ericsson, got model name C510.This phone will be available in 2 months.If you think, that specifications of C510 are very low, you can buy Filippa (stick-phone) or Frances (slider): both phones have 5-Mp camera with AF.  Kate and Filippa will be released before Frances. Here you can compare all three phones.

The Sony Ericsson Kate / C510 features:

• Cybershot UI 2.0
• 2.2″ QVGA display
• 3.2Mp camera with AF
• Smile Shutter
• Active lens cover
• 120 Mb built-in memory + M2 card slot
• Photo and video light
• Illuminated imaging shortcuts
• Face detection, BestPic™, Photo fix