This is the new Sony Ericsson T715, which launched on 3UK yesterday.  In one respect, it’s just an ordinary phone, which will cost £99 on PAYG or is available for free on the £15 Texter tariff (18-month contract), but in another way, it’s an interesting device with the level of software included within it.

As a 3UK phone, it has Skype and Windows Live Messenger, both free to use, and also has the “Email on 3″ email client installed.  As with many other phones, it has a YouTube uploader too.

But, it has two Social Networking apps too!  It has an integrated Facebook client, and it also has a built in Twitter client, which doesn’t just do the basics of accessing Twitter (reading and writing tweets), but also supports searches, viewing user profiles, and you can even upload photos for Twitter via TwitPic.  All this is available with one click access!

In other specs, it’s a mid range unit; 2.2″ display, sliding form factor, large keypad, “smart desktop”, birthday reminders, and a 3.2 megapixel camera.  Finally, it comes in a few colours; galaxy silver, rouge pink and petrous grey.

We’re hoping to get hold of a device for review sometime soon, but in the meantime, if you are interested in this phone, there will be more details in the 3Store.

It’s nice to see Social Networking apps such as Twitter and Facebook start to become mainstream, but we worry about how well these apps will be supported by the manufacturer in 6 or 12 months time, and how easy it will be to get hold of updated clients if the need arises.

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