Vodafone nabbing Sony Ericsson X2 in November, Samsung Corby as 'Genio'

Vodafone UK never seems to have a shortage of exciting new models in the pipeline; right now they've got no fewer than eight biggies listed on their Coming Soon page, and while we wouldn't necessarily categorize every last one as "exciting," there are a couple doozies in there. Besides the HTC Tattoo that we mentioned earlier, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 is following on a month later in November holding down Windows Mobile 6.5 with its positively mind-bending customized home screen. Also notable is the Samsung "Genio," known globally as the recently-announced Corby -- Samsung intended it as an entry-level full-touch phone for the younger crowd, and to that end, Voda looks to be selling it on prepaid. It's gotta be a tough call deciding what to buy next for subscribers, but if you ask us, that's a positively awesome problem to have.

[Via CoolSmartPhone]

[sockatume Posted Sep 23rd 2009 7:50AM]

Even the sim-free Corby is renamed the Genio in the UK. Probably because over here Corby is a brand of trouser press, symbolic of all things stuffy and boring:

http://www.john-corby.com/

[circuslife Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:10AM]

Not that most of you here will be interested, but Samsung Corby phones are now out in the Philippines are selling for really LOW prices - surprisingly so. Read the story here:

Samsung Corby Pro (the one with touchcreen, qwerty and wifi)

http://www.techpinas.com/2009/12/samsung-corby-pro-b5310-will-it-reach.html

Samsung Corby TXT phones:

http://www.techpinas.com/2009/12/samsung-corby-txt-b3210-will-it-reach.html

Kudos to Samsung, really!

These are incredibly solid releases! :)