Sony Ericsson announces Satio, Aino and Yari mobile phones29 May 2009 by Olav Hellesų-Knutsen
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Gone are the usual model naming. W700, G705, S500 are now substituted with names that very well could have come from the Japanese part of the company. It could be a coincidence of course, but Aino is a Japanese mountain and Yari is the Japanese term for spear. My guess is that these three models have their origin from Japan. Suprisingly, non of the three new models have Sony's MemoryStick for external storage. microSD is the new memory card format. The connectivity plug used for charging and headset is of the usual Sony Ericsson proprietary type. In February, Sony Ericsson was one of 17 mobile phone manufactures and operators which agreed to start using a standardised charger design. We are not there yet. What we could have hoped for was a 3.5mm plug for use with quality headsets. Satio highlights - Weight: 126 gram
- Size: 112 x 55 x 13.3 mm
- Display: 640 x 360 pixels true 16:9, 3.5 inches widescreen and 16 million colours TFT display
- 12.1 megapixel camera, touch focus, Xenon flash and smile detection
- Symbian Foundation operating system - Symbian OS S60 5th edition
- A-GPS
- Gesture control
- WebKit browser
- TV out
- 8GB microSD memory card included
- Networks
- Satio: GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSDPA 2100
- Satio(a): GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100
- WiFi and Bluetooth Stereo
Aino highlights Weight: 134 grams Size: 104 x 50x15.5 mm Display: 240 x 432 pixels, 3 inches, 16 million colours TFT display 8.1 megapixel camera, touch focus, auto focus and Geo tagging A-GPS Traditional keypad and touch UI in media mode Media Home and Media Go - simple to take your content with you - Remote Play with PLAYSTATION3 – control and access your PLAYSTATION3 media content from your mobile phone
- 8GB microSD memory card included
- Networks: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSPA 850/900/2100
Yari highlights - Weight: 115 grams
- Size: 100 x 48 x 15.7 mm
- Display: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches, 262144 colurs TFT display
- 5 megapixel camera, auto focus, face detection, Geo tagging, smile detection
- Gesture and motion gaming for action on and off the screen
- A/B buttons – gaming shortcut keys
- Gesture control
- 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
- 1GB microSD memory card included
- Networks
- Yari: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSUPA 900/2100
- Yari(a): GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSUPA 850/1900/2100
All three models will be available in selected markets from early Q4 2009 We will have a hands on preview of all three devices during Friday 29th
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Satio/Idou will be MINE!
SE will finally bring me back - without loosing the power of S60/Symbian that I've grown to love so much.
SonyEricsson's video ads for most of their phones clearly show SE to be THE social phone manufacturer - they always show phones doing what they do so that users enjoy them not just the phone itself. SE shows how the phone seemless is apart of your life.
Prom1 on May 29
THANKS thanks Thanks from Atid which invent the Gesture and motion for the users of the Multi-touch screen from Gesture tek company. Gesture and motion gaming for action on and off the screen that is used for the Sony Ericsson YARI
Pouria on May 29
Aino is a Finnish woman's name. Yari sounds exactly as Jari, a Finnish male name.
Andreas on May 29
Daayummmm!
mode on May 29
These are full blooded multimedia power devices. The sooner they are out in the market, the better for us. Love the new Japanese design and the feature sets which are above par from any handset available in the market. Ppl, these are the faces of the "NEW FUTURE". We love the Future. Satio is the new standard to beat.
GammaSharma on May 30
Yari sounds like Yaris. The little car Toyota make. iPhone rulez!! SE is 4 loozers!! Lol!! OMG I'm on Team Jacob!! Twilight roolz!! Lyk srlsy!! I want 2 b a vampyre lol.
FoneBummer on May 30
Oh my my,looks like i'm to make my next move again to SE,i love the way SE designs. .. .and now they're making there way forward to symbian platform n a microSD card memory. . .oh Sony Ericsson,i'm gona play wid u again. .ur finally back again in the race,the race of technology,innovacy n beauticity. . .i shud off my addiction to nokia from now on n grab-up the beat again. . . .. .
SuhailAhmad on May 31
i will buy them all
masmac on Jun 01
i still hate the red and green phone buttons... why do they have them.. 2 unnessesary buttons why not use the 2 function buttons and display on the screen what they can do in that particular screen... like all old SE phones. but the Satio looks really nice, a fine upgrade from my w960, but is it multi tuch??
SKIBBE on Jun 02
Satio, Aino and Yari are also, in fitting with previous patterns for S-E phones, all girls names.
There are many Kanji that represent these names, so I won't bother to type them here...
Ofiaich :-)
ofiaich on Jun 02
wont the satio screen resolution be 360x640 in line with the current standard for symbian foundation/5th edition
frank2345babies on Jun 02
This is what i want for long time and waitting it until im 18 years old now.
I will buy it when it available in shopping.
Thanks u SE.
add me bi_aka_muryong@yahoo.com.au
TEROUNG on Jun 04
damn..!!! satio..love it..!!
joe on Jun 04
I wan't This Cell Phone ... hahaha Wooww unbelievable 12,1 Wooowwww
george on Jun 07
Japanese names sounds strange. And they are going to sell these products in EU??
Actually, almost all SEs new models look like clones of Nokia. Aino has no fullfunctional touchscreen. only few functions are supported. Only revolutionar thing in Idou is 12mp camera, but samsung also has HD recording...
I've been supporter of SE for a long time but now, unfortunately must say that i dont like new the way they chouse
Gio on Jun 09
Wow.
GerrieChokoe on Jun 14
wow!!!! that is so cool
i really like it
it the best!!!
amirali on Jun 15
I love Sony Ericsson!!!...I will buy their products for ever! and who says that SE are clones of nokia...nokia has made their first touchscreen cellphone in this year,man! and their cellphones are very expensive and ugly...SE is very cheap and when you buy it you get machine... did you saw nokia with light sensor for screen...i didn't...what is clone of N95(good question)...there is no such SE...or maybe Xpress music...thats all shit...and they are BIG too,just like samsung...SE is the BEST
SasaH on Jun 17
Woohoo..i must get 1 of them.
Jono on Jun 18
Buy it,buy them,buy SE.
JasonWang on Jun 19