If you read my blog you know I've been waiting on this one awhile now.  The first live photos of Sony Ericsson's forthcoming "Paris" smartphone are online, and if you ask me they look good.  The proof will be in the pudding - if Paris' touchscreen isn't responsive and easy to use, then it won't matter how good it looks.  But I'm really liking the idea of a touchscreen slider with SE's compact QWERTY layout.

Also, it looks like Paris will sport a 5MP camera (with flash, I hope) and GPS.  Sadly, there's no 3.5mm headphone jack yet to been seen on here.  But if SE comes through with WiFi and US-spec 3G capabilities, this could be my next "Is it as good as iPhone?" candidate when it finally gets released sometime this Fall.

The pics are from Symbian-Forum, and you can get more on Paris over on the Se-nse.net forums.