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Sony Ericsson Kurara getting April debut in UK?
Sony Ericsson's slightly lower-spec cousin to the Satio -- the so-called Kurara -- is now said to be on track for an April release in the UK, according to the too-familiar "sources close to the matter" (whom, after months of research, we now believe to all be cousins of Mr. Blurrycam). That would seem to line up the 8 megapixel, Symbian-based touchphone for a possible announcement at next month's Mobile World Congress, an event at which the company introduced the Satio one year prior -- perfect timing, no? It's likely that a UK release would be closely followed by launches in other European markets -- and Sony Ericsson's been making a habit recently of launching some of its hottest models through Sony's US SonyStyle store, too, so we might get some love all over the globe with this one. [Image via mobie-review, thanks ugotamesij]
Sony Ericsson U5i passes FCC muster, but what is it?
There's a new Sony Ericsson in town, and it's not the X10 for a change of pace -- this time, it's a mysterious device known simply as the "U5i." That certainly follows SE's classic naming convention, but what might give us the best clue is that the Satio is known as the U1 and the Aino as the U10 -- in other words, we're probably looking at a full-touch handset of some sort. Coincidentally, Cellpassion had previously dug up a user agent profile for a U5i, calling out a 640 x 360 display, 2 megapixel cam (what?), and Symbian -- so if those numbers pan out, we might not be looking at a "Satio killer," so to speak. Then again, we've also seen the U5 model number associated with that 8.1 megapixel Kurara, so it's anyone's guess what's really going on here until we see something official. At any rate, it's interesting to be distracted momentarily from the company's Android efforts; Symbian might have some life left in it after all, yeah?
