New photos emerge of Sony Ericsson Paris, Twilight Zone theme heard in the distance

Last we heard, Sony Ericsson was planning to hold a memorial service for the untimely death of the so-called Paris smartphone. Now, however, we're being treated to a new smorgasbord of photos and a woefully small amount of details, leaving us to wonder if these are shots of an exhumed handset or images foreshadowing a revival. Comically enough, we've seen both scenarios from SE before; the former with the still-dead W707 Alicia and the latter with the now-kicking W595s. We'll remain cautiously pessimistic for the time being, but we won't completely discount the power of good fortune.

[Thanks, Daniel]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2008 8:16AM]

I really really really hope it gets revived. I *LOVE* UIQ3, it's a gorgeous OS, and I love this form factor.

That, and the keyboard is second to none.


*sniff

I miss my M600i...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2008 9:46AM]

Yeah! I miss my P910. Best phone I have ever had and better than the Tilt I am using now.

It is mind-boggling to think that the company which introduced the first real "communicator" devices (phones w/ full keyboards) has so totally lost the plot (as they did with the P990) and not yet recovered.

One would have thought that the Sony Clie line would have provided continued inspiration and that between Walkman branded music phones and Clie-branded, Symbian-powered phones Sony Ericsson would have greater share of the handheld market.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2008 11:22AM]

I've still got my Sony Clie TJ-25 handheld. Such a gorgeous piece of kit. And yet SE continues to plod along creating dumbphone after dumbphone... they are not the innovators they once were.