Linda and Patti are two Sony Ericsson new phones codenames. Allthough they were not afficially announced yet they have leacked on several sites.

Linda is the codename for W580’s successor: W595. W959 has the same design as his predecesor and  features the Walkman 3 player, as well as an FM radio. It is based on the A2 software platform, and will come bundled with the location services, including Google Maps. W595 will also feature a fully-specced 3-dimensional accelerometer. It is expected that W595 will be officially announced by the end of July.

Patti is the codename for W902 which is in fact a C902 walkman branded. Dedicated music controls have been added. Also S302 got into the same walkman branding process. The result is W302 (you would never guess) codenamed Feng. Feng features a 2 mega pixel fixed focus camera, 176 x 220 pixels display and it runs the A2 software platform.

An interesting rumor is about the legendary T610. It seems that Sony Ericsson is preparing a remake codenamed Remi. The new T610 would be a HSDPA-enabled, slim candy bar phone based on the W890 hardware platform running the A2 software platform. Parts of the body have to be aluminium, T610-like.

The new Sony Ericsson F305 with Motion Gaming puts ‘fun and entertainment’ at the heart of the mobile phone. In addition to horizontal gameplay and dedicated gaming controls – to let you control the action the way you are used to – the F305 lets the user control the action with a swing or a swipe of the phone.While the main highlights of the F305 are accelerometer-enabled portable gaming, loud stereo speakers and dedicated gaming controls it also includes a 2MP camera (no auto focus), stereo FM radio with RDS and bluetooth 2.0 with ADP , Memory Stick Micro (M2) slot. F305 gives you up to 8 hours of gameplay. The F305 with Motion Gaming will be available in Polar White and Mystic Black in selected markets from Q3 2008.

After all the rumors in the last two months Sony Ericsson top Cyber-shot C905 is now official : “C905 is Sony Ericsson’s first Cyber-shot slider and its most advanced camera phone yet. With an 8.1 megapixel camera and real camera flash amongst its cutting-edge capabilities, it offers easy photo-taking in a phone that derives its looks from a digital camera and offers the picture quality to match.” It is expected to hit the market on the 4th quarter. Besides the already known features that leaked on web: built-in accelerometer for screen auto rotation, TV-out port, 2.4 inch display, built in GPS, a awesome camera with face detection, image stabilization xenon flash, the standard memory stick micro card support, bluetooth 2.0 with ADP and the radio with RDS, the official announcement manage yet to surprise with the Wi-Fi feature. C905 will be available in Night Black, Ice Silver, Copper Gold.

Sonny Ericsson seems to be quite busy working on new models.
Last month started with a leak about Sony Ericsson P5, codenamed Paris.  It has a slider form factor, M2 card slot, 2.6-inch touch-screen display,  the QWERTY keyboard previously seen on Sony Ericsson M600, a 5 mega pixel camera with lens cover and a secondary video call camera, built-in GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, and HSDPA connectivity. P5 is running the latest UIQ 3.3 UI for Symbian.

By the end of May some rumors about G702, codenamed Beibei  leaked online. G702 features the latest 3.3 version of the Symbian UIQ user interface too. The handset also packs a built-in GPS receiver and navigation software, as well as Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity and a a 3.2 mega pixel camera. G702 will feature the Opera 9.5 web browser with Flash Lite 3 support.

On June  Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot codenamed Shiho leaked online. It is an 8 mega pixel camera shooter with auto, face detection, image stabilization and xenon flash. But this is not all. It features a 2.4-inch QVGA TFT display with scratch-resistant mineral glass cover, GPS receiver, WI-FI, TV-out port .

Two days after C905 photos and specifications leaked another phone’s demo video was published online a clamshell, nicknamed Alicia. There is no official announcement regarding this phone yet.

But we have more info about two other models that leaked on Saturday, June 14th: Sony Ericsson S302 (Snapshot series) and  Sony Ericsson F305 (a new portable gaming series).
S302 is a lower-midrange handset, quad-band GSM/EDGE with a 2 mega pixel camera. You also get Memory Stick Micro card slot, Bluetooth (A2DP), USB and FM radio.

F305 is again a quad-band GSM/EDGE device that features a built-in accelerometer and three pre-installed games: Bowling, Bass fishing and Jockey. Bowling is played by simply swinging the handset. Some of the games can be played in multi player mode via Bluetooth.

Official announcements regarding some of these models are expected on June  17th

After the 2008 Mobile World Congress in February, Sony Ericsson announced their new naming system comprising of four characters, the first character denoting the “Series”, the second one the “Range/Class”, the third one the “Version” and the last one the “Form Factor”.

So having C for series denotes a cyber-shot, S a snapshot, G a generation web platform member, W a walkman, R radio.

9 or 8 range class denotes a high end device; 7,6 or 5 denotes a mid range level and so on.

Version starts on 0 and gets incremented on every new revision.

A 0,1 or 2 form factor denotes a candy bar ; 3 or 5 denotes a slider; 6, 7 or 8 denotes a clamshell.

To keep the information secret and to prevent leaks Sony Ericsson uses phones codenames during development. All codenames are girl names, and some have been taken from the female players of the Sony Ericsson sponsored tennis tournament, WTA.