Hot on the heels of Sony Ericsson's release of a couple of entry-level handsets at CTIA comes news of the company's Idou smartphone ship dates. A Sony Ericsson rep from Germany was cited as the source of the news, according to Swedish site Mobil, and has the touchscreen handset launching in October with a fallback date planned for sometime in November. Sony Ericsson Sweden would only go on record as saying the Idou will ship sometime in the second half of the year.

First shown at Mobile World Congress back in February, the Idou features a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, an industry-highest 12-megapixel camera with LED flash and an operating system from the Symbian Foundation. There is 3G data access as well as a Wi-Fi connection and Bluetooth with stereo audio support. Built-in photo editing software lets users tweak their photos and videos.

No pricing information is known for the Idou. [via SlashGear]