The US bloggomedia has absolutely no grasp of the real world. They live inside a US (en)gadgetbubble with subsidized iDevices, extrapolating their totally screwed up view to the rest of the world.

Well, Sony Ericsson was declared dead by that US bloggosphere a year ago. This year the X10 mini will sell in tons and tons and probably put an end to EU/Japan sales of the iPhone. The X10 mini shows what the future of most touch screen phones will be, small simple and lighting fast - and cheap. The iPhone looks and feel like an insanely overpriced geek toy from the past in comparison.

The X10 mini will do no good to Nokia either, but unlike Apple, Nokia (and Samsung) have the ability to produce similar devices at similar price, while still making money. In fact, that is the plan for both companies, and the sole reason for developing Bada and Symbian^4.

Large touch screen phones will probably still sell, but it will be a minor niche in the big picture.