Ahead of the Mobile World Congress, it appears that the giant test booths for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play handset have been leaked. Each test booth has three handsets on top of the booth, each with what appears to be a description beside it, most probably describing different aspects and features of the handset. While the actual booth depicts someone using an Xperia Play and the handset in large at the bottom. The tag “Smart Phone, Smart Gaming” also appears on the booth, which would be the tagline for the handset, instead of what we’ve already seen: “Android is ready to play”.

The Mini X10, which was codenamed Robyn, appears to have been renamed to Recall. Rumors are rife that Sony Ericsson will announce Recall at the Mobile World Congress next month. Sony Ericsson are also likely to announce Abelin there, which could well be the Xperia X9. Albein will feature a QWERTY keyboard and resemble the BlackBerry. Like the X10 and Recall, Albein will also run on Android. Albein will also feature a 5 megapixel camera, like the X10 mini. Other information on specs are not known yet, nor are they any images of Albein in circulation.

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Following on from the information of Sony Ericsson’s upcoming Idou, Ubergizmo who are attending the Mobile World Congress have got up close to the 12.1 megapixel phone. Well as close as you can get through plexiglass anyway.

Ubergizmo have taken several photos of the upcoming device, currently named “Idou” which you can view after the jump.

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