On the back of a 38.6% increase in earnings HTC looks set for another boost with suggestions that the first Google-Android phone the ‘Dream’ may launch May 6th in London.

With companies like Palm and Motorola taking a drubbing in sales figures its only good news with HTC’s new product launch expected to include the anticipated Dream alongside the Diamond and Raphael handsets.

The Omni/Dream is thought to include full touchscreen interface and onscreen keyboard, time-sensitive touch gestures, virtual machine for true multitasking and easy navigation with icons for e-mail, text documents and YouTube along the top of the screen.

You will already have seen us publish a picture of the Sony Ericsson P5 Paris here and here but news pics and a few details have emerged.

This leaked photo gives us a hint at the sliders standard 12 key numeric Sure-Type like pad, differing from earlier suspicions that a full QWERTY would be featured.

Will Sony Ericsson come out and confirm the existence of the phone? Is it all a big charade? We’ll keep you up to date on any announcements as they come to hand.

Rumors are growing that the 3G iPhone will launch in June at Apple’s WWDC and Australia may be among the first to benefit.

Apple has placed an order for 10 million iPhones with Taiwan-based Hon Hai, presumably the 3G version, and with WWDC in 63 days and counting, speculation of a launch in June appear well founded.

On the back of this speculation their are rumors that the Australian market may well skip the EDGE version iPhone altogether and launch with the 3G iPhone. Most carriers in Australia have the 3G infrastructure in place, bar Telstra’s EDGE network, and the 3G variant would appear to be the logical point of roll out for the market.

The 3G iPhone is expected to be 2.5mm slimmer with speeds of up to 7.2Mbps allowed by an Infineon-based S-GOLD3H 3G chip but will it have a front facing video-calling camera?

Speculation suggests the new iPhone will retain the current pricing of the EDGE based model. 3G in June? Looks like the whisper has become a roar.

Nokia Codes might find helpful:

1. Type*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).
2. *#7780# reset to factory settings.
3. *#67705646# This will clear the LCD display (operator logo).
4. *#0000# To view software version.
5. *#2820# Bluetooth device address.
6. *#746025625# Sim clock allowed status.
7. #pw+1234567890+1# Shows if sim have restrictions.
8. *#92702689# - takes you to a secret menu
9. *#3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. Increase signal strength, better signal reception. It also help if u want to use GPRS and the service is not responding or too slow. Phone battery will drain faster though.
10. *#3370* - (EFR) deactivation. Phone will automatically restart. Increase battery life by 30% because phone receives less signal from network.
11. *#4720# - Half Rate Codec activation.
12. *#4720* - Half Rate Codec deactivation. The phone will automatically restart (If you forgot wallet code for Nokia S60 phone, use this code reset)
13. *#7370925538# Your data in the wallet will be erased. Phone will ask you the lock code. Default lock code is: 12345

You’ve seen the Nokia Tube video, now a new picture and more detailed specifications are to hand for the Nokia 5800 XpressMedia Tube - iPhone killer.

It is to be a Nokia 5th generation S60 full Touch UI 3.2″ display with 640×320 resolution and 16M colors.

The quad band GSM phone will feature a 3.2 megapixel AF camera with EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.

The phone will also feature GPS, 3.5mm jack, TV out and 140MB of internal memory all within its 111×52x14.5mm, 104g frame.