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Now this little beauty is a sight for sore eyes! It’s the Nokia X9 – or rather, some leaked pics of the Nokia X9, which hasn’t exactly been confirmed by Nokia, but which certainly looks like the real deal.

Nokia’s X-Series range of phones currently comprises the Nokia X3 and X6, and as the letter implies, is all about the Xperience (yeh, I know, it sucks, and is a little too close to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia range!)

What this means is that you get a phone that’s focused primarily on entertainment. You can therefore expect a strong set of multimedia features and social network features aplenty.

Fortunately, we’ve got hold of some X9 specs, and it looks like it certainly won’t disappoint.

More details and pictures of the Nokia X9 after the jump.

The Nokia C5 has just been announced by Nokia, heralding the dawn of a new age in mobile phones, and a new range to go with it – the C-Series.

At first glance, the C5 doesn’t seem like it’s the dawn of anything particularly exciting. Its features are average, with a 3.2 megapixel camera, aGPS, 2.2″ display, Symbian S60 and Ovi Maps.

So far so dull.

What is new, though, is that the C5 is a budget phone – just 135 Euros unlocked will get you all that, plus a range of social media apps as well.

It’s therefore the first time that high-end features such as Symbian S60, GPS and social media apps have reached their way to the lower reaches of the mobile phone food chain, pushing the functionality of budget phones up to the levels of Nokia’s N-Series just a few short years ago.

Hmmm, that certainly seems like the dawn of something!

More details and pictures of the Nokia C5 after the jump.

A Nokia insider has managed to smuggle out a video showing details of the forthcoming Noia X10, a new unannounced phone that wil be the first to feature Nokia’s new Symbian^3 OS.

Nokia were surprisingly quiet during MWC 2010 – in fact, disappointingly so – and so any hint of a new mobile phone from the company is being welcomed with open arms by a Nokia fan base desperate to see some innovation from the Finnish company to take on the multitude of superphones that were launched in Barcelona last week.

Alas, the new X10 may not be that phone. See the video after the jump to see what I mean.

Nokia don’t do CES (or MWC this year – not sure if they’re going to any tech event, actually, other than their own!), so it’s nice to see a new Nokia phone pic amongst all the CES stories.

This one is of the Nokia Mystic, but mystically, it’s only a leaked pic, and even more mystically still, from Vietnam of all places!

Although it’s blurred, it’s not that blurred that you can’t see it, and it’s definitely not a Photoshop job. It looks bloody awful, though, particularly after all the superphones we’ve seen in the past few weeks.

Hopefully this is either a phone that we’ll never see in Europe and destined only for markets such as Vietnam (no offence, people of Vietnam, it just looks pants!), or else it’s an old prototype that somehow found its way to distant shores!

[Source: Engadget]

I didn’t think I’d be writing a Nokia X6 review so soon after its announcement, but Nokia have obviously been working furiously to get their flagship music phone out in the shops in double quick time!

Is the Nokia X6 worth buying though? Is it a better music phone than other music phones on the market, and how good is it compared to other Nokia phones?

Read our full Nokia X6 review after the jump to find out!

Finally tonight, a last post featuring…yet another Nokia phone! Honestly, I think these guys are trying to make sleep deprived. I’m sure they’re releasing phones faster than I can write about them!

The phone in question is the Nokia 7705 Twist, a cheap phone (just $99) that actually looks like a lot of fun. Not only has it got a neat form factor, with a twist out QWERTY keyboard, it’s also designed to be social, showing your texts in a nice threaded style, and letting you publish your status updates to blogs and various social networks.

I don’t think it’s hugely over-featured, but then it is cheap, and it should make a good present for a young’un somewhere (as long it’s not too uncool for them!).

Seems to be available only in the US at the moment, on Verizon’s network.

You can find more details from Nokia’s press release.

Right, I’m finally off to bed – Nokia, please don’t release any more phones until I wake up!

As promised, here’s my hands-on Nokia N900 review. Is it as good as the specs suggest it should be? Is Nokia’s new Internet Tablet that thinks it’s a phone actually better than the N97, the smartphone that’s not all that smart?

Yes to both is the exciting answer – but there is a twist in the tail.

Read on for the complete Nokia N900 review to find out why.

I think it must be the time of year when Nokia wakes up – fresh from its recent X-Series and N900 phones, it’s now released a promo video for a new super-luxury phone. Called the Nokia Erdos, the new designer phone is the latest in Nokia’s 88xx range that typically cost an arm, a leg and several, yet don’t tend to do all that much.

Apparently, the thinking behind such phones is that billionaires (the preferred customer of the luxury phone) are so concerned with buying a phone that’s super-exclusive (i.e. so expensive that no-one else can afford to buy it), they don’t actually care what features the phone has. Accordingly, the Nokia Erdos is basically a dressed-up Nokia N95 with a super-sexy polished aluminium case, and an astronomical price tag that makes sure the phone remains super-exclusive.

Am I being too harsh? Well, check out the video after the jump.

I’ve just returned from the OneDotZero even in London, where I was able to get my grubby hands on the Nokia N900 in the flesh, and also had some time with the N900’s project manager, Jussi Makinen.

During an extensive Q&A, an open and honest Makinen revealed that the N900 will be the first mobile to feature Mozilla Firefox, which will be available on the device by the end of year. Nokia’s Ovi is also coming soon to the N900, providing the same level of app support as Symbian-based smartphones such as the N97 currently enjoy.

Full details, pictures and more revelations after the jump!

I’m on a train on my way to London courtesy of Nokia to see the new Nokia N900 for myself :) The Nokia N900 is a Maemo-based smartphone that was announced very recently, and which looks superb.

I’ll be getting a hands-on demo of the N900 later today, together with a day’s worth of events, workshops and presentations by Nokia on their N900 and future strategy. Should be fun!

I’ll be writing posts throughout the day and will have a full hands-on review of the N900 later on today. For live updates, follow me on Twitter.