Sony Ericsson announced to launch “Idou” as “Satio.” News.cnet.com writes Idou, “Now billed as the Sony Ericsson Satio, the candy bar handset shows no changes from its original incarnation. It still offers a gorgeous 3.5-inch touch screen as your primary interface, and the few physical controls below the display and on the spines remain. You'll also find the sliding camera lens cover on the rear face. It will come in three colors: black, silver, and bordeaux.”In the competition of Sony Ericsson Satio, Samsung has also announced to launch Pixon M8910 with 12-megapixel camera touchscreen phone. You can download your favourite music, movies and games from PlayNow™. You can enjoy videos, images, music and games in crystal clear 16:9 widescreen format. On PlayNow™ arena dual download feature will be available for PC and mobile phone both.
Sony Ericsson Satio offers visual communication with true 16:9, 3.5 inch widescreen, 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus, Xenon flash, web albums with messages, talk through pictures, intuitive full touch media menu, tap directly into your favourites, Symbian Foundation operating system, thousands of applications available online and music player.
Sony Ericsson Satio available in two versions networks:
Satio: GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS HSDPA 2100. Satio(a): GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100.
Major Key features of Satio:
12.1 megapixel camera
Up to 12x digital zoom
Auto focus
Face detection
Xenon flash
Video recording
Touch focus
Photo fix
Album art
Media player
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™
TrackID™
WebKit web browser
Call list
Video calling
Conversations
Exchange ActiveSync™
Handwriting recognition
Auto rotate
S60 5th edition Symbian™ OS
Touchscreen
Wallpaper animation
HD and 3D games
Facebook™ application
FM radio with RDS
Video viewing
Java
Video streaming
YouTube™
Bluetooth™ technology
Modem
USB mass storage
In-built WiFi™
Alarm clock
Document readers
A-GPS
Google Maps™
Turn-by-turn navigation
Phone memory: 128 MB
Memory Card Support: SanDisk microSD™
In a press release sonyericsson.com writes, “With Satio you can enjoy any form of entertainment anytime, anywhere. Whether its music or movies you will never be more than a tap away from your favourite tracks or shows,” said Fredrik Mansson, Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson. “Just tap directly into your favourite videos and music with the unique full touch media menu, standby panels and music player. Snapping perfect pictures also just got so simple thanks to the 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus and Xenon flash. Share them with your nearest and dearest via your social networking site, produce huge prints and you can even comment directly on your images.”
In the conclusion, we can say that Sony Ericsson Satio has never before features. Sony Ericsson has decided to launch the phone to give a strong fight in the competition of Apple iPhone, Google mobile and BlackBerry mobiles. It will be leader of mobile market because it is world’s 1st 12-megapixel camera phone with touch-screen feature.