Sony Ericsson has officially launched a new mobile named Sony Ericsson Satio and Ericsson claims that it has the best camera ever on a mobile device. This phone was initially known as Idou at the early production stages of the device.. Satio provides access to all multimedia in one place, just go directly to your favourite feature with the help of their standby panels and you will be able to access them. Satio is a milestone for the future development of mobile entertainment in your hands. This smart phone supports 3.5-inch wide screen and a 12.1 megapixel camera. The features also includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and HSDPA connectivity, it also supports 8 GB of microSD card. The 12.1 megapixel camera is an autofocus camera with features like Xenon flash, capabilities like face detection and smile detection, geo-tagging of photos and 12x digital zoom. Other features are red eye reduction, bestpic, image stabilizer, photo feeds; send to web. It also has features like torch focus, video light and video recording. The camera also has an intuitive touch focus.

The 3.5-inch wide touch screen has a true 16:9 quality format. It is sharp, wide, and vivid. The touch screen felt responsive, making the menus joyful, attractive and easy to navigate. It also has a Play Now arena which provides a full range of mobile entertainment available with the help of dual download i.e. on your personal computer as well as on your mobile sets. The media interface also has plenty of resemblance with the XMB bars seen on PS3 and PSP. With such mobile sets in hand one can enjoy any kind of entertainment anytime and anywhere. It has two versions supporting European GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSDPA 2100 networks and an AT&T version supporting GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100 frequencies.

The size of new Satio is 112x55x13.3 mm, with a weight of 126 grams. This Satio phone is available in three attractive colours – Black, Silver, and Bordeaux. The main screen has 16,777,216 colours with a resolution of 640x360 pixels. It also has an internal memory of 128 MB, with external expandable memory up-to 8 GB. It has a Symbian S60 5th Edition, but the interface is still reminiscent. The Satio comes with YouTube, Facebook, and Picasa apps built in with some upcoming developments like integration with social networking sites, such as Twitter. A smart phone always has multimedia features attached with it. Sony Ericsson’s Satio has features like PlayNow and TrackID. In the music section it has features like album art, Bluetooth stereo and music player. Satio has a GPS system integrated in itself with Google Maps. The web section of this smart phone includes WebKit web browser, bookmarks, web feeds and many more.

In the category of communications, with features like call list, speaker phone, vibrating alerts it also has the feature of video calling, i.e. this phone supports 3G services. The messaging option of this phone includes conversations, emails, exchange active sync, handwriting recognitions, instant messaging, on screen QWERTY keyboard, picture messaging (MMS), predictive text inputs, sound recorders, text messaging (SMS). Talking about the design of this phone, it has an auto rotate facility with gesture control. This phone also supports wallpaper animations. The entertainment category includes HD and 3D games, face book applications, FM radios with RDS, java, video streaming, video viewing, and YouTube.

An important feature of this phone is the connectivity feature. The connectivity feature includes Bluetooth technology, modem, pictbridge, and facility of synchronisation, TV out, USB mass storage, USB support and an in-built Wi-Fi. The organiser in Satio is same as that of other smart Sony Ericsson phones. Another important device attached in this phone is location based device. It has a GPS system with integrated Google maps and turn by turn navigation facility. Satio puts the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand. You can watch your favourite movies on the bus or catch up with your TV shows while on your lunch break thanks to new Sony-Ericsson Satio. The expert says that Satio might be just the best camera phone but it lacks the iphone’s touch screen. Instead of making more on business grounds Ericsson’s eyed on mobile entertainment. The operating system under this is slightly mysterious as it will be a new open source for Series 60; this phone is a compact replacement. This features a unique home screen user interface and provides fast access to the users who really love to enjoy music, watching pictures or videos.

The Satio is expected to come in select markets in early Q4 of 2009 with availability in three colours: black, silver, Bordeaux. With Sony Ericsson Satio, one can get ultimate multimedia experience; feast you eyes on movies, TV serials and videos. Even the sharing has gone so easy with the new mobile. Form factor for this phone is candy bar. Sony Ericsson will be launching this phone in October this year. In order to make your listening experiences better the Satio has the smallest headsets on the market. The wireless Stereo headphones HBH-IS800 is available with the crystal clear sound. Even the user can maximise their video experience with the video viewing stand IM920.