Isaiah's Tech

This Sony Ericsson was once just a concept and we found out last week that the handset that was codenamed "Kiki" is now the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness. For this basic phone - feature-wise - it seems to be priced at 530 UK pounds ($885 USD). It's expected to hit the UK in November of this year, so it'll be here for Christmas.

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Remember the Sony Ericsson Kiki handset? Well, Sony decided to show it off again at IFA this year. Instead of showing off the XPERIA X3, they decided to show off this handset. They will be launching it as the XPERIA Pureness. The details on this handset are scarce, but we do know that the display is transparent. I don't know whether this will prove to be a good or bad thing. Maybe this phone will be legal to use while driving, since you can text and pay attention to your driving at the same time - I mean, if you're good enough.

This handset will be available in November 2009 and they've mentioned that this is "a work of art rather than technology." I'm going to guess that means it will be expensive - kind of like a luxury handset. Underneath the video is Engadget's hands-on photo of the XPERIA Pureness.



[Engadget, Unwired View, GSM Arena]
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness Hands-On: Engadget

Sony Ericsson didn't stop with the new "Rachael" XPERIA. A new leak (above) shows off an awkward looking Sony Ericsson "Kiki" handset. According to Engadget, "the screen is made of glass, with am image seemingly rear-projected onto it (teleprompter style), while the keys are, um, scarce. Mobil was able to offer few hints as to how this works or what it all does, and it seems like it falls far short of the functionality of a feature phone." Kind of weird looking, but hit up this Mobil link for more information. It seems kind of weird...

[Engadget]