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GSMArena previews the Aino

Friday, May 29th, 2009

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And here we have yet another preview from the GSMArena labs. This time it’s about Sony Ericsson’s semi-touchscreen Aino. Yep, the one with the new Media center, PS3 Remote Play, Wi-Fi and teh 8 megapixel camera. Generally, they seem to be quite happy with the handset, although at numerous points they reserved their judgement, due to the unoptimized condition of the pre-release software. Here’s the conclusion:

Well, the Sony Ericsson Aino surely did surprise it. The very concept of it is so un-Sony-Ericsson-like. You’ve got a huge touchscreen, 8 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, plus all of the other the well-known goodies. We’ve gotta say that the microSD card support is more than welcome as well.

No longer do you have to choose between a Cyber-shot and a Walkman, and no longer should you go for other mobile phones when decent video recording is a must. It seems that Sony Ericsson are changing their game plan and thus they may be even changing the game itself.

Follow the source link for the whole preview.

Source: GSMArena

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Mobiwoo manages to snap some photos of the new phones

Friday, May 29th, 2009

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Our pals over at our new affiliate site, Mobiwoo, were also attending the London event yesterday. So they had a play with all 3 handsets – namely the Satio, the Aino and the Yari – and took some photos as well. Hit the links below to see what I’m talking about.

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PS. We’re told that they also managed to take a few videos and will be uploading them soon, so stay tuned.

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Video hands-on of the Aino, the Satio and the Yari

Friday, May 29th, 2009

The guys at BelgiqueMobile have had a hands-on experience with all 3 of yesterday’s newly-introduced Sony Ericsson phones. We get to see the UIs in action.

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Satio, Aino and Yari promo videos appear on the Internets

Friday, May 29th, 2009

How many times should Sony Ericsson be told that users love CGI? At least there’s some at the end of each video. Oh, and the Satio one has a catchy tune.

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Sony Ericsson announces Yari gaming phone

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Sony Ericsson announced the Sony Ericsson Yari today. The Yari is the first phone to feature the Walkman v4 player, which introduces interchangable themes (or styles as Sony Ericsson prefers to call them).

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Sony Ericsson wants to target this phone as a ‘fun’ phone with motion games and gesture controls. It’ll also have the Media application menu and support the most recent features, including SensMe, Shake control, TrackID and Clear Audio. It’ll also have direct access to PlayNow Arena with the new movies offering.

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The camera resolution is 5 megapixels and the camera supports auto focus. It’ll also have a flash and feature geo-tagging, smile shutter, photo fix and face recognition.

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The TFT screen is 2.4 inches large and sports a 240 x 320 pixels resolution. It’s capable of showing up to 262.144 colours.

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It’ll support A-GPS, Bluetooth, DLNA, PictBridge and USB transfers. It’ll come with Google Maps for navigational purposes.

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It supports quad-band GSM and EDGE, as well as UMTS and HSDPA. It’ll be available in Q4 in Achromatic Black and Cranberry White.

Press release after the break.

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Idou’s true name revealed – the Satio

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

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Today’s the day Idou finally gets a name… a third second one, at least. A final one. The Satio. That’s how we’ll be referring to it from now on (like it or not).
The Satio will be Sony Ericsson’s flagship for 2009. It’s the first of a brand new line of phones, namely the Entertainment Unlimited brand. As a flagship and unlike a Sony Ericsson phone, it features some pretty advanced tech. The highlight, of course, its the mind-boggling 12.1 megapixel camera with a xenon flash, an active lens cover, touch focus, face detection, the self-explanatory Smile Shutter technology, Smart Contrast, Photo fix, BestPic (which lets you take 9 photos in rapid succession), Geo-tagging, red-eye reduction, 12x digital zoom and Web Albums. VGA recording at 30fps is included as well. But this is all related to the back of the phone, so to say.

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The front is graced by a large 3.5 inch touchscreen, capable of showing up to 16 million colours and with a rather unuausl 640×360 resolution (16:9). The UI of the Satio features 5 standby panels, which you can switch in an instant. The phone itself runs on Symbian S60 5th edition, which means that there’ll be lots of apps available for the phone once launched.

As a true Walkman – Cyber-shot merger, the Satio has also been endowed with the Clear Bass and Clear Stereo sound enhancement technologies, which further improve the audio output. Speaking of which, you can also use Bluetooth A2DP-equipped headphones to listen to your music. The tracks themselves can be stored on a MicroSD memory card, as those are the ones the phone supports (unlike the usual M2). TrackID – Sony Ericsson’ excellent music recognition service - is also included. The obligatory FM radio with RDS is there too.

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Furthermore, on the entertainment side the Satio supports “HD” and 3D games, both Java and, supposedly, non-Java. A Facebook and a YouTube application also come preloaded with the phone.

In terms of connectivity, the phone supports quad-band GPRS/EDGE and tri-band HSDPA. A Wi-Fi and a GPS module reside within the phone’s housing as well. Naturally, Google maps and turn-by-turn navigation come along with the aGPS feature.

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The Satio’s dimensions are quite adequate, too, measuring 112×55x13.3 mm and weighing 126 grams. What’s cool is that the phone also comes with a charging stand and an 8 gigabyte MicroSD card. Woot!

The Satio is supposed to come out in the beginning of the fourth quarter in the colours Black, Silver and Bordeaux.

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The Aino – Sony Ericsson Satio’s little sibling announced

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

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Sony Ericsson’s Entertainment Unlimited family just got a little bit bigger. The touch-screened Aino has been announced. Unlike the Satio, this little bugger (speaking figuratively and rather contradictory to the truth) is not a smartphone. It runs on a modified version of Sony Ericsson’s feature phone OS. But despite that, it still manages to pack quite a punch. It’s got an 8 megapixel camera with photo flash, Touch focus, Face and Smile detection, Smart contrast, Geo-tagging, BestPic and other software niceties.

The front, apparently, is dominated by a large 3 inch display, capable of showing up to 16 million colours and with the odd 240:432 resolution. Sony Ericsson have also done their best to spice up the interface, by providing a brand new auto-rotate-enabled Media menu and new interface graphics. The touchscreen only works in the Media and Camera menu for now though.

sony_ericsson_aino_01Speaking of media, the Aino has Sony’s Clear Bass and Clear Stereo Sound enhancement technologies. Audio quality shouldn’t be a problem this way. The mood-recognition-based SensMe filter is also in the music player of the phone. Naturally, A2DP Bluetooth is included as well, so that you can listen to your music via a wireless headset. The stereo speakers are also a very welcome feature. FM radio is there too.

Of course, The Aino also supports Java apps and 3D games (it even has a YouTube, Walkmate, Tracker, Facebook and a Hyves application on-board), but what’s really interesting here is that it also supports a feature, familiar to PSP owners- namely Remote play. This allows the user to connect to his PS3 from anywhere around the globe, as long as he has a connection to the Interenet that can handle the data traffic. Al lthe content on your PS3 at your fingertips – anywhere. Customers from Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Great Britain can also use the PlayTV option, which allows them to play, pause and record TV using their Aino. pretty neat, huh?

Amidst the relatively bulky dimensions of the phone – 104×50x15.5 mm – we find another unusual feature – and alphanumeric keypad hidden beneath the surface. And yes, it slides vertically. Kind of awkward, I know. Oh, it’s also a tad heavy – 134 grams. But they had fo fit all these features somewhere.

On the connectivity side, the Aino supports quad-band GPRS/EDGE and tri-band HSDPA. Wi-Fi and GPS are there as well. Expectedly, Google maps ships with the phone too.

The Aino should ship the beginning of the fourth quarter this year in the colours Obsidian Black and Luminous White.

 

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Entertainment Unlimited won’t annihilate Walkman and Cyber-shot

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

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The Walkman and Cyber-shot brands are here to stay, despite the fact that the newly-introduced Entertainment Unlimited brand will supersede the high-end portions of the former two. A Sony Ericsson spokeswoman stated, that the two popular brands will continue to grace the prepay phones. In the UK, at least. Come to think of it, though, it would be complete idiocy to scrap these brands. They’re one of the few things that are driving consumers towards Sony Ericsson phones nowadays.

As you guys can probably remember, the Idou, announced in February, is the first of a new range of handsets – namely the aforementioned Entertainment Unlimited one.

Source: Mobile News

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Sony Ericsson Idou Silver Live-Pics

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

We all agree that the black one’s a beauty. Now Pictures of a silver colored Idou have surfaced. And of course, we certainly don’t mind the additional color option.

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Just in case you’ve been living in a cave all this while, we’d like to tell you that the Sony Ericsson Idou is a full touch screen phone featuring a 12 megapixel camera. It will be available by the end of this year and according to a  recent rumor, it should be out by October. Hit the link below to view more live pics of the Idou in silver.

Via: Mobilecowboys

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Idou to be released this October? For sure!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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That’s right, folks. The Sony Ericsson Idou touchscreen-wielding 12MP snapper uber phone will be released this October (or November at the latest), as confirmed by Sony Ericsson’s german product manager Steffen Grosch. It’ll run on the new Symbian OS, which is based on Nokia’s S60 and Sony Ericsson’s UIQ.  As many of you know it’ll be the first phone from the new Entertainment Unlimited series. The Idou will not only focus on music and imaging, but on games, social networking and video as well.

What’s curious, though, is that according to Gustaf Brusewitz from Sony Ericsson Sweden, it’ll be released “sometime in the second half of the year”. Well, that certainly doesn’t contradict the first statement, does it?

Source: Mobil via Esato

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