Sony Ericsson is planning to launch another Android phone called J10 but there are hardly any reasons to feel excited about it. We’re so used to touchscreen phones now that any conventional numberpad phone, specially when it’s coming up with Android Mobile OS at its heart, seems a dumb decision by the handset manufacturers. This time, the dumb manufacturer is Sony Ericsson.

This phone is rumored to be coming with 5mp camera and WiFi support but that’s not enough. The phone will most probably come unlocked and shouldn’t be more than $199 by any chance. According to the rumor mill, this phone is going to join the Greenheart line, which is good coz the manufacturing and packaging of the phone would be eco-friendly but the lame approach towards eco-friendly J10 isn’t something to appreciate about Sony Ericsson.

Anything that holds the title of being ‘First Ever‘ in any regard is bound to gain attention. And here’s another First Ever stuff about ‘Android’. Very soon, probably by June 2010, you might get to see a Android based ebook Reader and the companies working on the first ever Android powered ebook reader are Netronix(a Taiwanese networking enterprise) along with Texas Instruments.

“This Android powered e-book reader will interoperate with other Android smartphones /Netbooks” said Arthur Lu,chairman, Netronix. Now, this statement can make a great impact as it means that the in-progress ebook reader will be able to share files with Android machines(smartphones and netbooks).

There was also a slight hint over the e-reader to behave like a PDA, meaning that the wireless data connectivity may well be used for SMS, emails and may be phone calls rather than just being an ebook reader.

This reminds us of Apple Tablet or may be CrunchPad. Those devices (although not in production so far) were very much aimed at browsing web on the go and possibly support voice services as well. Tablet machines are probably the most suitable candidates to function as ebook reader as well simply because of the ideal shape and size.

Now, if we get to have an Android tablet  by mid of next year that lets us browse the web(as good as laptop), read ebooks (as good as kindle) and lets us make voice calls then it’s the best combo one can think of. Being Android as the Mobile OS will help cutting expenses for sure.

Although there are only hints but no conformity over the assumptions made above, things can turn either way for the first ever Android powered ebook Reader. Stay tuned for more updates on this.