Sony Ericsson have deemed that the smartphone should be used by loads more people. To make that happen, they've created a whole product range, and plan to fill it with mobile phones that disguise the lines between normal phones and smartphones; the amazing new G-Series.

Sony Ericsson G700 - Smartphone in disguise

What do you get if you take a smartphone, and make it look and feel like a normal phone? Or, to put it another way, what if you take a normal phone, pull its guts out and replace them with smartphone bits? I'll tell you. The end result is the Sony Ericsson G700!

When you pick it up and look at it, or hold it, the Sony Ericsson G700 is just like any other bog-standard mobile phone out there in the world. Well, alright, it looks like one of the classier normal mobile phones out there, but what matters is that it doesn't appear to be a smartphone. Well, a smartphone is exactly what it is! You'll find that out when you brush the screen, and realise that it is, in fact, a touchscreen.

That means that what we have here is a UIQ-powered smartphone, hiding away in the shell of a normal mobile phone. You get all the cool benefits of a touchscreen phone like the P1 with a 'normob'-style body, turning it into a real smartphone for the common man!

Sony Ericsson G900 - Stealth Smartphone!

And of course, let's remember that the G700 has a big brother in the Sony Ericsson G900. This has all the same brilliant usability of the G700, with the same vibe, drawn from normal mobile phones, and crucially, it's just as easy to use! The main difference, though, is that with this beastie, the camera's been upgraded to pump it up to 5 megapixels, with autofocus, meaning your photos will come out even sharper and more fantastic. On top of that, you also get WiFi, letting you connect to the internet through hot spots wherever they exist!

When you check out both these mobile phones, Sony Ericsson's game plan becomes clear. They want to push more smartphones, and advance the technology of , to make it more super-powered... But the problem is, not everyone wants a mobile covered in buttons and knobs. And those people are not going to buy an obvious smartphone, because, well, they're terrified of the idea, and of not being able to work it. So, if you're , what do you do? You make a smartphone that is spiritually similar to a normal mobile phone. That's exactly what the G-Series phones are, and exactly why they should take off, in a big way!