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I thought it would be fun to do a little comparison between the old Idou render and the Satio one. Besides the obvious wallpaper change, can you spot other differences? More than 5 even? Eleven in total, kids.
PS. The song playing is also different, yes.
Filed under: Comparison, Entertainment Unlimited, Fun
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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.
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.
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.
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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Here we have a recently-posted video by CNET, previewing Sony Ericsson’s latest flagship phone. This time around we get to see the internet browser. Guess what? It has full flash support! Page rendering and panning also seem fantastic. The video is in German, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOEeufpv-k
PS. Sorry for the link, but embedding was disabled.
Source: Esato
Filed under: Idou, Preview (4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...
Here we have yet another video, showcasing Idou’s UI and the exterior of the phone… again. Word has it that it’s a near-final build before the phone gets actually announced. As many of you may know, the Idou is just a concept for an actual phone that’ll get announced pretty soon.
Source: Dailymotion and Mobil Mania via Esato
[Thanks, sealover!]
Filed under: Gallery, Idou, Live photos, Videos
(12 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5) Loading ...Remember those fantastic live shots of Sony Ericsson’s new flagship phone, namely the Idou? The ones from Mobile@mail. Well, they’ve shot a video as well, showcasing Idou’s dimension and comparing it with the Nokia 5800. What’s more is that they’ve also captured parts of the interface in action, including the media menu, photo gallery and camera. The animations are smooth and flashy, while the responsiveness of touchscreen seems to be rivaled only by that of the iPhone. Good job, SE.
Note that the video is in Russian.
Source: Mobile@mail
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