I’ve not paid a huge amount of attention to Sony Ericsson phones in recent years. After their promising dip into UIQ they failed to really deliver anything groundbreaking with their ‘P’ series of touchscreen handsets instead pushing their ‘SONY’ association with the Cybershot range of cameras.

This might now all change – the ‘Idou’ hype is gathering momentum, a new touchscreen offering from Sony Ericsson. If you look at the above ‘spy’ shot below you’ll instantly recognise the UI – it’s almost identical to the Nokia 5800, in other words S60 5th Edition.

I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last few weeks with the Nokia 5800 and after some reservations I’ve really warmed to it – more on this next.