Source: My Sony Ericsson Blog

[Thanks, SoullessOne!]

That’s it, folks. The Satio, the Aino and the Yari will ship on 28th September… this year! Earlier than you thought, no? No? Oh, well.

Part 1 (Intro and Yari)

Part 2 (Aino and Satio)

Part 3 (Services and stuff)

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One of the lads from our affiliate site, mobiwoo, that attended the London even on the 28th has posted a rather lenghty article, describing his experience at the press conference and saying what he thinks about the newly-announced phones, namely Satio, Aino and Yari. It makes for quite an interesting read, if you’re into these three phones. Hit the source link for the article.

Source: Mobiwoo

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.

Satio close-up Aino close-up Yari Close-up

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

The lads at GSMArena have done a pretty positive preview of Sony Ericsson’s recently announced gaming phone. Here’s the conclusion:

So there you have it – while the Sony Ericsson Yari isn’t a revolutionary device, Sony Ericsson have just successfully revolutionized their portfolio. You’ve got a top-notch music player, high-res camera with Face and Smile detection, GPS receiver, a praise-worthy web browser and the latest in Sony Ericsson UI development all in one device. Not to mention the extraordinary gesture-based gaming.

Hit the source link for the full preview.

Source: GSMArena

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Press release:

Challenge your friends to the newest invention in mobile phone gaming. Yari debuts Gesture gaming – forget about pushing buttons, with Gesture gaming you make the moves in front of the screen to get right in the middle of the action!

London, UK – May 28, 2009 – Today Sony Ericsson launches Yari the ultimate phone for mobile fun, whether it’s gaming you’re after or multimedia action.  Nothing to hold, nothing to twist – except your body – gesture gaming technology gives users a unique gaming experience no matter where they are.  With a variety of games to choose from, whether you want to keep fit and stay in shape or just want to beat your best score at tennis or boxing, Yari brings you fun wherever you are.

And with Yari there’s always a new game to play.  In addition to gesture games, there is a mix of pre loaded motion and standard games.  Yari introduces a games carousel that allows you to access all your games from your desktop and to browse downloadable content on PlayNow™ arena.  You can view content by category and choose to browse free or premium content – so no matter your preferences there’s one to suit you.

“Yari is the industry’s first mobile phone with gesture gaming outside of the Japanese market,” said Catherine Cherry, Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson.  “It’s time to move like you’ve never moved on a mobile phone before! With Gesture gaming you move your body to play instead of pressing buttons on the phone, giving you a fun experience that even helps you keep fit.  If you’ve exhausted yourself with the games there are loads of other multimedia features to enjoy.  Snap your friends with the five megapixel camera or chill out to your favourite tunes with the state-of-the art music player”.

Yari
Twist, tilt, turn, smash – gesture gaming is here

• Gesture and motion gaming for action on and off the screen
• A/B buttons – gaming shortcut keys
• Gaming carousel gives direct access to your games from the desktop
• State-of-the art music player and stereo speakers for easy listening
• Music call – one button press to share your favourite tracks while you talk
• 5.0 mega pixel camera – easily upload images to your web album
• Send your location by SMS

To enhance your gaming experience Yari comes complete with the EC500 phone stand.  The phone stand is small and portable and comes with an integrated keyring which makes it easy to carry thereby ensuring that you never miss an opportunity to play to your heart’s content.  To pump up the volume while on the move use the Outdoor Wireless Speaker MS500 – small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, and so light it can be taken anywhere and everywhere.

Yari supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100. Yari will be available in selected markets from early Q4 in the colours Achromatic Black and Cranberry White.