Nokia Life Tools, the service which gives consumers in small towns and rural areas the ability to get a range of livelihood and life-improvement services on their mobile phones, will launch in Indonesia in early December 2009. Nokia also announced five new affordable and easy-to-use mobile phones which will support Nokia Life Tools, and these cell phones will also be available globally. With affordability and ease of use as the cornerstones of solutions for emerging markets, the new Nokia 1280 mobile phone supports Nokia Life Tools, and brings all the features that consumers around the world have come to expect.

Manufacturers seem so Android-minded these days, that they actually get in each other's way simply because of their eagerness. One after the other, they all seem to have adopted the Google Android OS, which means we can soon expect a big stack of new Android phones. Some information was already floating around the Internet about Dell joining in on the Android race, and the most recent rumor indeed seems to indicate an imminent release of one or more Dell Android phones. The name is still ambiguous, although most likely, a Dell Streak Android mobile phone will become available on the U.S. market in combination with AT&T, and a Dell Mini 3iX on the Brazilian market.

Sony-Ericsson unveils the XPERIA X10, the first cell phone in a family of phones to deliver a consistent user experience where communication truly becomes entertainment. Building on Sony Ericsson’s entertainment heritage and combining rich graphics with intelligence capabilities, the Sony-Ericsson XPERIA X10 mobile phone introduces a new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time continuously introducing new features and capabilities. The new Sony-Ericsson XPERIA X10 is the first mobile phone to truly humanise the way people interact with their cell phones.

The interest in Motorola DROID is quite big, which is a real boost for the beleaguered Motorola, especially considering the fact the brand has trouble keeping its head above water. To keep things 'transparent', the DROID phone will also be released under a different name. For example; Vodafone and O2 in Germany offer the Motorola MILESTONE, which is indeed a DROID clone. The Motorola MILESTONE is an Android 2.0-based slider phone which is supposed to lift the Mobile Internet experience to an entirely new level. This all sounds great, although we're yet to find out whether this is actually the case in practice, too. However, the Motorola MILESTONE specifications sure look good.

HTC is about to launch a new Google Android-based mobile phone. These days, it seems more of a rule than an exception to leak information; this time about the HTC Droid Eris. At this moment, it seems that the HTC Eris will be launched onto the US market under this name exclusively by Verizon, however, we will not be surprised if we soon come across this HTC Android phone in other regions too. The HTC Android Eris does not run on Android 2.0, but will be introduced with version 1.5 and will be standard bundled with an 8GB microSD memory card. As a possible release date, 6 November has been mentioned.

Best Buy Mobile will pre-sell the highly anticipated Verizon Motorola DROID smartphone beginning today. The new Motorola DROID phone will land in stores November 6. The Motorola DROID is the first Verizon Smartphone running on Google’s innovative Android operating platform. Customers who purchase the Verizon smartphone at Best Buy Mobile can avoid the hassle of mail-in rebates with instant savings applied at the point of purchase. The Motorola DROID Verizon Smartphone will retail for $199.99 with two-year activation.

Verizon Wireless and Motorola unveil the Motorola Droid, the first smartphone powered by Android 2.0. Motorola Droid features the brainpower and breakneck speed of a modern smartphone, designed to outperform where other smartphones fall short. High-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, customizable large screen, access to thousands of Android applications and hundreds of widgets and the best 3G mobile network in the country: Motorola Droid smartphone arrives on November 6 2009.

Research In Motion announce the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers many high-end communications and multimedia features in a compact and highly refined design that will appeal to both men and women and for both professional and personal use. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone offers top-of-the-line performance, functionality and features with support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world, a next-generation (624 MHz) processor, 256 MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi, a 3.2MP camera and a sharp, dazzling display.

Has Sony-Ericsson become completely careless, or is it an new intentional strategy to leak product information? If the leaking carries on like this, there simply won't be any mobile phones left to introduce during the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona. As of this year, Sony-Ericsson no longer uses names like Cybershot or Walkman; instead more exotic names pop up, such as Satio. We have now come across the Sony Ericsson Kurara, which is supposedly a Symbian S60 5th generation OS Smartphone. At this time, the Sony Ericsson Kurara specifications are still scarce, although it's expected to be a full-touch Sony-Ericsson Symbian phone featuring a large display and an 8 Megapixel camera.

I am appalled, I can't find a better word to express myself. What's the use of press spokesmen, press events and all sorts of seemingly official introductions, when the information itself is left loose on the Internet? Take for example the Sony Ericsson Xperia 3, a phone based on the Google Android OS. Officially, the Sony Ericsson Android Smartphone does not yet even exist, however, several pictures of the Xperia 3 can already be found, including several phone specifications. Sony Ericsson just doesn't seem capable of keeping product information away from the Net, while at the same time, journalists are expected to keep their mouths shut because of an NDA. Who's the fool here?