Courtesy of Panasonic China, we have a sneak preview of the Panasonic X800. Apparently using the Symbian S60 OS, and miniSD, it features interchangeable covers, and is ultra-slim. It's reported thickness of 17.1mm beats most other mobiles, though obviously not the Motorola RAZR, but is a fantastic accomplishment for a Symbian device. None of Nokia's Symbian phones are close. (The closest is the Nokia 3230, which is supposed to arrive Q1 2005, is a candybar, and is 19mm thick.)
Courtesy of Panasonic China, we have a sneak preview of the Panasonic X800. Apparently using the Symbian S60 OS, and miniSD, it features interchangeable covers, and is ultra-slim. It's reported thickness of 17.1mm beats most other mobiles, though obviously not the Motorola RAZR, but is a fantastic accomplishment for a Symbian device. None of Nokia's Symbian phones are close. (The closest is the Nokia 3230, which is supposed to arrive Q1 2005, is a candybar, and is 19mm thick.)
Other details are scarce, but it is probably safe to conclude that at a minimum it will have the same features as the Panasonic X700. There is no true estimated release date, but the competition that Panasonic China is running has a "finish by 15th Jan" rule, so it'll definitely be after that. And since the content of their competition is "tell us what interchangeable cover you like, how much you would pay for the cover, and how much you'd pay for the phone," we think that it would be rather silly unless the phone was actually mostly complete. (One problem with this is that the competition prizes are a bunch of CD's and leather notebooks rather than the phone.)
Of course the first panasonic symbian was plagued by interminable delays, but unlike the Samsung Symbian effort, the X700 has now definitely been released.
Have a look at the proposed interchangeable covers. Not entirely bad.
