There'll be more info coming soon on a new website I'm in the middle of writing, but for starters...
It's Symbian OS 6.1
65K screen
mini-USB connector
Bluetooth 1.1 (or is it 1.2, I can't remember?)
MP3, AAC, AAC+ audio support in the music player
1.3 MPx camera with 8x digital zoom
120MHz (I think) processor
Mini-SD slot (hot swapable, of course)
64MB RAM - 32 of which is file. 32 for the phone.
No IRDA
No camera flash
Opinion wise - it's a fabulous handset. The firmwares are obviously still being worked on, so stuff may not have the same look and feel as when it is released, but even at this stage, it's *much* faster than the X (and seeing as it's basically the same hardware platform, that's amazing) There's now something like 7MB of free RAM with the phone running just Now! (should keep most gamers happy)
Now! has seen a lot of updates, making it even more flexible than on the X. It has the option now to turn on or off the section headers (like Messaging, Call Record etc). The media player in Now! also looks fabulous. It supports text scrolling, so you can see the whole title / artist even if it's a long name. (Calendar in Now! also now supports text scrolling)
The sound is out of this world - literally twice the maximum volume of the X (tested by making them both run the same X demo and adjusting the X2s volume to match the X - I think there's a video of that on the What Mobile forums). Music player loads up songs *much* quicker than the X can.
The screen is amazingly bright, and even though it's the same colour depth and resolution of the X looks a *lot* clearer. it's also closer to the front of the handset, so doesn't have the same dust problems (I'm told) as the X does. Screen re-draws seemed very, very fast and smooth, with none of the flickering the X has.
The camera is very, very fast at updating. None of the slow shutter adjustments you see on the X. Framerate in Camcorder is also *much* better than on the X (although this app. clearly wasn't finished in the firmware I tested) There's a new game on the phone (which I think is going to ship with it) called Zombies - it lets you shoot things coming towards you, but you're actually looking through the camera (so things get overlaid on whatever you point the phone at) - great fun, and a way to shoot your mates in safety 😊
Build quality, even on these pre-release versions, is A1. Very solid, no creaks when you press the back, very nice indeed! The keypad is easy to use, it takes only a couple of minutes to get used to the new key positions and shapes.
Overall....it's a very worthy sucessor to the X, and at the rumoured �150 SIM free, you absolutely can't argue against this phone! (the latest rumours are pointing to a June / July launch time, with at least one UK network already signed up to it)