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It seems that there have been a few leaks of what might be a brand new XPERIA device from Sony Ericsson. While there is no definite announcement that it will be part of the XPERIA series, the device is indeed using the basic phone form factor of the set –particularly, the XPERIA X10. This new device is reported to be a mid-sized phone.

This announcement is not really surprising as Sony Ericsson skipped the size from the large 4 inch touch screen of the X10 to the tiny 2.3 inch screens on the X10 Minis. According to the rumors, the new handset will have a medium sized screen, approximately 3.3 inches. This medium sized XPERIA has been dubbed Shakira and from the looks of it, we will be getting another variation of the X10 Mini.

Looking back, the XPERIA series of smart phones did not always seem so promising. Sony Ericsson started with a couple of Windows Mobile handsets that basically placed the XPERIA series on the bottom end of people’s wish lists. The switch to the Android operating system with the XPERIA X10 came as a big twist –one that had many Google fans excited as it was the very first 1GHz Snapdragon handset that would be using the famous open source mobile platform.

Adding more to their Android smart phone line up, Sony Ericsson announced a couple more devices (which are also out now), the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro smart phones have proven to be very impressive handsets despite being on the mid range of hardware specs. The X10 Mini Pro is getting plenty of fans thanks to its slide out QWERTY keyboard.

For now, the Shakira is still in the rumor bin and until Sony Ericsson makes a formal announcement of the device, it can still be a fake handset that people are passing around images of.

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