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Microsoft Project Pink has been hot on everyone lips since we first heard about it last year, now some good news is finally out of the wood works and we can hold our heads high to the sky as the release date draws close. Project Pink phones are looking more like Micorsoft's own version of the Sidekick seeing as they are targeted at snuffy teenagers and look all lady like, and the fact Micorsoft bought Danger, the guys who came up with the first Sidekick back in the day.

Since Project Pink phones are messaging and teenager centric handsets, you most won't find Windows Phone Series 7 OS on them, I'm thinking a whole new, or Windows Mobile 6.5+ which seems more fitting in my eyes and would keep the price down at a bare minimum. Now let's get down to what really matters here, the first set of Project Pink handsets are set for an April 20th launch, and guess which Network is chosen to do the bidding? Big bad boys in red Verizon Wireless.

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The Guardian Project is an initiative that wants to develop secure smartphones and Android has been chosen to power them. Such a Guardian Android smartphone would offer you an anonymous browser, encrypted email, secure voice calls and data syncs.

That means of course that such a phone would bind Android OS with some custom firmware that would make all of the above possible. Once the security measures have been implemented you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a regular Android-running smartphone and the Guardian Android smartphone. The best part is that you wouldn't require any special smartphone to install such a custom Guardian Android firmware build. Any Android handset will do just fine.


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SK Telecom is apparently working a product that will revolutionize the SIM cards as we know it. A final product hasn't been officially announced yet but the smart SIM card here has everything you need. It has a processor, Android OS and enough storage to hold your favorite apps and help you port them from one device to another, netbooks included.

This new SIM card is definitely interesting but the concept itself could potentially harm you. Sure you could change phones a lot easier as you'd be able to immediately port your whole mobile universe to the next gadget. But what happens when your phone gets lost or stolen?


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Sony Ericsson's new Android duo which comes in the form of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini & mini pro are looking to be something worth owning in the coming months when it's out and about for us all to nuzzle up. These are not big ass handsets, so the folks who are looking for an Android phone to watch porn in HD or just a dulcet and large WVGA AMOLED display, these are not for you, but you can check out Google's Nexus One for that.

Slashgear had some quality hands-on time with these Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 dwarfs, both the XPERIA X10 mini and mini pro are both cousins of the bigger and badder XPERIA X10, but are they worth the investment? Let's look into what both handsets has to offer for the average Mr Joe Grine. Both the XPERIA X10 mini & mini pro poses off with a 2.55 inch capacitive touchscreen display, Android 1.6, Timescape and Mediascape apps, 3G 900/2100 HSPA and 850/1900/2100 HSPA, Wifi, and 3.5mm headphone socket. The biggest difference however is the slide out QWERTY keyboard sported by the XPERIA mini pro, it looks pretty good, Slashgear guys seem to like it.

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While we're waiting for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to be available in stores we have gotten word from Sony Ericsson that we will be in for more Xperia X10-related madness. In fact the company has two new phones, the Xperia X10 Mini and the Xperia X10 Mini Pro coming soon.

Although they come with different names they will have almost similar features. The only differences are the colors and the QWERTY keyboard. The Mini Pro has the full QWERTY keyboard available and it will be available in black and red while the Mini will lack the extra buttons but come in a variety of colors: black, pearl white, lime, pink, red and silver.


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Sony Ericsson has gone ahead and already made some official announcements at the MWC. The Vivazfamily has one more member and we shall know it from now on as the Vivaz Pro.

The Vivaz Pro seems a more than dependable device and it comes with some very interesting specs and features on board. You can expect a 3.2-inch touchscreen, QWERTY slide-out keyboard, 720p video recording, 8.2-megapixel camera, 720MHz processor, 3.5-mm audio jack, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB connectivity, AGPS and Symbian S60 5th Edition running the show in the background.


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I know the MWC is upon us but it looks like we have uncovered some secret details regarding Microsoft's future Project Pink plans. Remember the Turtle and Pure phones which we showed you a while back ago? Well they have apparently reappeared and this time they are mentioned by an official FCC filling. The PB10ZU and PB20ZU are expected to be the Turtle and the Pure although we don't have official details at this particular time.

In fact it looks like we won't have that many details next week either since the filing won't reveal any of its details until March 29. That must only mean that the CTIA show in Vegas is going to be the place where Ballmer and the gang could be talking about these Pink Phones.


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It's not unusual to hear people complain every once in a while about their BlackBerry phone not being fast enough when it come to web browsing. And RIM apparently has heard everyone's request and it's finally taking some decisive action.

The company wants to speed up the whole process of getting the data from the Internets and that's definitely something quite daring. RIM has a whole patent on this matter and we should assume to see these new faster web surfing speeds emerge in the near future.


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If you happen to be a Verizon customer playing around with an HTC Touch Pro 2 or an HTC Ozone then you should know that a Windows 6.5 upgrade is upon you. It's about time to do so if you ask me! After all Windows 6.1 should be replaced as possible with version 6.5 while everyone is expecting the Holy Grail of Windows Mobile, version 7.

The update should be pretty simple to do but, as always when it comes to installing new software on your precious smartphones, make sure you know exactly what you are doing.


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Two upcoming Samsung phones, the Omnia Pro and the Jet have been spotted at CES 2010. The Consumer Electronics Show reveals each year some of the hottest products that are about to be launched throughout the whole year and among those there are always lots of phones present.

The Omnia Pro or the B7610 comes with a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera, an 800MHz processor, Wi-Fi, aGPS and Windows 6.5 inside.


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