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A couple of months back, I wrote about the newly introduced Sony Ericcson XPERIA. Sony Ericcson is making the rounds again but with more details than it was offering at the 2008 Mobile World Congress. To refresh, the XPERIA is a full-keyboard slider with a touch interface designed to compete with the Nokia E90.

The XPERIA will run Windows Mobile 6.1, a first for Sony Ericcson. The touch screen user interface supports 65K colours, and is divided into “panels” which the user can re-arrange to suit his or her tastes.

According to Sony Ericcson, applications can be built around the panels, but SE’s keeping a lid on exactly what applications will come loaded and who might be developing additional panels for the device. The company also indicates that the XPERIA will be out in the last half of 2008, which is earlier than predicted at the MWC in February.

When it hits the store shelves, the XPERIA will have a 3.2 megapixel camera with a 3x digital zoom, autofocus and a picture light, along with video recording capabilities. The camera will support video calling and polyphonic ring tones.

You’ll find aGPS, USB support and mass storage, Bluetooth stereo and connectivity support, Windows Media Player Mobile, SMS, MMS and a touchscreen with optical joystick navigation. You’ll have Internet connectivity for browsing, email, and RSS feed information, along with what looks to be the standard productivity applications load: calendar, clock, phone book, document readers and editors, calculator, to-do lists and a note pad. The phone is also rumoured to support handwriting recognition.

More when it hits the streets!