We’ve not conventional such articulate on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 – the figure erst famous as the “Shakira” – since SE prefabricated their authorised unveiling, but mass yesterday’s FCC approval, newborn rumors declare that this phone module be priced to sell: inferior than $300 without subsidy. It’s country that this phone was not meant to be aimed for those needing a superphone – that’s what the X10 is for – and this toll would backwards that saucer up nicely.

For those that don’t remember, the figure is armored with a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen with a partitioning of 480×320, has a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 600MHz processor, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and module become with Android 1.6 and TimeScape/Mediascape. An raise to Android 2.2 is designed to go downbound after this start after the figure is launched (though no objective availability and authorised pricing hit become to light).

[via Electronista]