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Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
$999.00
Released October, 2009
The Pros:Excellent camera: can replace a regular point-and-shoot, though no optical zoom. Integrated GPS and A-GPS. Camera comes with xenon flash and protective sliding lens cover.
The Cons:Too expensive! No 3.5mm headphone jack. Slow switching between landscape and portrait.
The Sony Ericsson Satio is a high-end 3G smartphone that falls at the highest end of Sony Ericsson's phones. The Satio has numerous features. Its display is large, at 3.5" diagonal, and is a full touch screen with 16 million colors and accelerometer for auto-rotation.
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One of the Satio's main features is its 12.1-megapixel digital camera, with xenon flash, touch-focus, autofocus, face and smile recognition, and geotagging based on the included GPS receiver. It also has a secondary VGA videocalling camera. The Satio includes Google Maps, gesture controls, mp3/video player and stereo FM receiver. It uses the Symbian S60 5th Edition operating system, and has high-speed data transfer at 7.2Mbps, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. Internal memory is 128MB, but this can be expanded up to 32GB with microSD cards, and an 8GB card is included. The Satio was released on October 7, 2009 in the UK. Its price is usually $999 (unlocked US import, October 2009).
Features
- 3G HSDPA 2100 or 850/900/1900 North American version
- 2G Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- 16 million color touchscreen, 3.5" diagonal, accelerometer
- 12.1-megapixel digital camera with xenon flash, autofocus, face/smile recognition, geotagging, video capture with video LED
- Secondary VGA videocalling camera
- mp3/MPEG4 player
- 8GB on-board memory with microSD card slot up to 32GB
- GPS receiver
- Bluetooth v2.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11g/b
- HSDPA 7.2 Mbps data transfer
- Symbian OS Series 60 5th Edition
- Up to 8.5 hour talk time battery life
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excellent camera: can replace a regular point-and-shoot, though no optical zoom
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camera comes with xenon flash and protective sliding lens cover
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comes with 8GB microSDHC card
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Bluetooth with stereo support (A2DP)
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powerful processor (ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz)
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memory expandable via standard microSDHC
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modern operating system (Symbian S60 5th Edition: multi-tasking, touchscreen etc)
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screen resolution: 640 x 360 pixels
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comes with hardware graphics acceleration (PowerVR SGX)
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web browser has full Flash and Flash video support!
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slow switching between landscape and portrait
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landscape on-screen keyboard is either too small (not full width) or fullscreen (can't see the rest of the screen any more)
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Not responsive Touchscreen!!
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