After announcing a November release of their first new generation multimedia phone, the Satio, Sony Ericsson have released details of another device – the Aino.
Unlike the totally touchscreen Satio, the Aino has a slide out keypad as well as touchscreen functionality. The Aino also seems to pack a heavy punch in the multimedia department with a Playstation 3 inspired touch-menu, WiFi and GPS but most exciting of all is the Remote Play feature. This software was originally developed for the Sony PSP and will allow the user to control and access content on their PS3 using the Aino! Another superb feature of the Aino is the MediaGo software which allows you to download any media and content from your PC or laptop directly to your phone! As if that wasn’t enough, the Aino will also allow you to watch, pause and record live TV on your handset. When it comes to multimedia functionality, this phone is looking second to none!
The Aino also features a more than adequate 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, geotagging, face and smile detection and autofocus. The phone’s design is far from groundbreaking and the lack of a standard 3.5mm headphone jack is disappointing but with the inclusion of Sony Ericsson’s two trademark features, Cybershot & Walkman, alongside the impressive multimedia functionality I’m certain this phone won’t fail to impress.
Sony Ericsson have just announced a November release date for the first of it’s new generation of multimedia phones, the Satio. It will feature a staggering 12.1 megapixel camera and run on the same Symbian operating system as the Nokia 5800 and N97. Until now, most phones have either concentrated on being primarily a music or camera phone but the Sony Ericsson Satio seems to do it all. The camera is not only a staggering 12.1 megapixels but also features a xenon flash as well as smile and face detector features. The operating system, which is all new to Sony Ericsson, is run on a 3.5″, 16 million colour, 360×640 resolution touchscreen with an accelerometer controlling the orientation.
With full HSDPA and HSUPA support alongside WiFi, Bluetooth, A2DP and GPS the Sony Ericsson Satio also covers every base when it comes to connectivity and the external MicroSD card slot allows easy memory expansion as opposed to the less readily available memory sticks used in previous Sony Ericsson models.
With all the above features packed into such a good looking handset, Sony Ericsson seem to have all the bases covered with their new top end multimedia handset. With an already proven, functional and easy to use operating system will this be the handset to give the iPhone a run for it’s money?
The Sony Ericsson C901 can be used with GSM Quadband network, other features include a memory card slot, 2.2-inch TFT display screen, FM Radio, Bluetooth and built-in accelerometer sensor. It will be available in Q2 this year with 3 color options: Noble Black, Sincere Silver and Precious Peach.
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a new Walkman phone, the Sony Ericsson W395.
This is Sony Ericsson ‘putting youth at the forefront’ – just as long as the youth concerned likes music. Indeed, this sleek slider isn’t bad if that’s your prime interest, packing in the Walkman-branded media player, dedicated music keys, an FM radio, equaliser, 1GB of storage (via an included card), TrackID to track down a tune and PlayNow for downloading ‘entertainment’, which is wallpaper, ringtones and themes rather than anything mind blowing.
Aside from that, there’s not a lot. The 2 megapixel camera looks a bit last year (or even the year before), Bluetooth is there, not to mention Motion Gaming and a reasonable 2-inch screen. But despite the looks, this is essentially a glorified entry-level phone. Not quite pocket money, but certainly available with a few weeks saving or moaning to the old folks. Look out for the Sony Ericsson W395 Walkman in the next couple of months. Then again, you’ll probably hear it first.
Sony Ericsson has announced a new phone to be added to the well known Cybershot family of camera phones.
The Sony Ericsson C903 will allow users to take “memorable pictures with ease” and if it’s anything like the rest of the Cybershot phones we think the photos will look great too.
The Sony Ericsson C903 has many of the features available on the Cybershot digital camera range including “smile shutter” and intelligent face recognition software.
Main features include protective sliding lens cover, dedicated camera keys and a 5-megapixel camera with a Best Pic mode to take 9 images in quick succession.
Available in black, white or red the C903 has aGPS that offers Google Maps for navigation and photo-tagging, boasts a media player, Bluetooth, email, games and Memory Stick Micro support.
The Sony Ericsson C903 looks like a solid mid range phone and should be one of the top selling camera phones of the next 6 months.
The Sony Ericsson C905, recently seen in the Bond film Quantum of Solace, is already one of the biggest selling phones in the UK, having topped sales charts within days of it going on sale.
Available in metallic finishes of either gold of silver or in the standard black finish, the C905 features an 8 Megapixel Xenon flash-assisted camera in its arsenal, along with 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, an MP3 player and capacity for memory expansion of up to 8GB via the M2 memory card slot.
The quad-band W705 (aka RIKA, the G705 clone) with UMTS/HSPA 900/2100 support shares the same Clear Bass / Clear Stereo audio quality found in the W980 Walkman while packing DLNA-certified WiFi, shake control and SensMe music manipulation, a 2.4-inch display, 4GB of bundled memory card storage, an FM radio, 3.2 megapixel camera, Google Maps, and an accelerometer for what’s quickly becoming a ubiquitous auto-rotating display feature on cellphones.
It also packs Bluetooth, allowing it to stream audio out to the newly announced MBS-900 Bluetooth 2.1 channel speaker with integrated FM radio. You know, if you’re a fan of compressed audio and short battery life.
The Bluetooth speaker, meanwhile, supports 2.1 channels with integrated stereo speakers and subwoofer. Connectivity is either wireless or via a 3.5mm input; we’re thinking you’ll get better quality sound from the latter. The MSB-900 has a monochrome OLED display for track titles and music settings, plus has an FM radio. Music is automatically muted when the phone rings.
The Sony Ericsson W705 (and the W705u) will be available in selected markets in Q1 2009, pricing to be announced, in red or silver. The MSB-900 will also be available from Q1 2009.
An interesting viral marketing campaign is going on this week to promote the Sony Ericsson W595 over the Halloween period.
The campaign is running at w595-thedarkside.com and uses the YouTube, Facebook and Google Maps API to magically personalize a spooky faux news report on YouTube, using your personal information and picture which can then be shared around Facebook and via email.
The whole campaign is very well executed and is already spreading quickly thanks to the huge amount of viral elements that Sony Ericsson has included.
The price is yet to be confirmed but we expect it will be free with perhaps a £45 per month contract and around the £100 mark with lower value contracts. The X1 Xperia is a high end business phone with 3.15 megapixel camera, 3 inch touch screen.
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