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HelpThere are a fair few rumours doing the rounds on the tubes right now that Sony Ericsson may be set to unveil another Android handset at MWC in addition to Robyn. Apparently this new Android handset, Abelin, will resemble a Blackberry, in as much as it is supposed to have a physical QWERTY keyboard at any rate. Other details are predictably sketchy at this stage, but the current talk is of a 5 MP camera and of it being part of the XPERIA range with some even bandying around a designation of ‘X9′. To be honest it sounds remarkably similar to Faith, the WinMo QWERTY handset that was leaked the other week. Could they be the same handset and someone just got the OS mixed up? Possibly, but then Faith only has a 3 MP camera and the specs list for that is a lot more developed than what we are hearing for Abelin. MWC can’t come fast enough!
[via pointgphone.com & others]
For your information, Jan Farjh, VP of Ericson Research, wrote an essay about connection and connectivity in the next ten years (http://www.futureagenda.org/?cat=19). He argues that the number of mobile internet users at the end of 2010 (roughly 1bn) will surpass the number of fix internet users. By 2011, the number of mobile broadband connection will be between 4 and 5 bn, and by 2020, he predicts around 50 billion devices worlwide connected to the interweb !!! Wireless technology is set to connect single-use devices in the future. Mobile phone are becoming more like a central, multipurpose remote control.Your comments are welcome !