10 December 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
With the Satio heavily beset by problems it has been high-time for Sony to finally bring out a hot fix for the firmware. The fix has been out for at least a week now and while the future is still not certain for the Sony Ericsson Satio, chances are, we will see the device back on shelves for the holidays.
After the Satio got pulled out of shelves from both Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U, the Sony Ericsson Aino also got its share of problems –...
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The Sony Ericsson Aino is another high end non-smartphone with a stunning chic design which looks like gorgeous full-touchscreen which it is. But it carries the slider form factor revealing a set of ergonomic keypads when slid up. It comes in a choice of either Obsidian Black or Luminous White.
It not only eschews the company’s CyberShot and Walkman traditions in a fabulous body measuring 104 x 50 x 15.5 mm and weighing 134g, it sports some pioneering features that make the Aino a stand out both in looks and function.
Unique features
This is the first handset from Sony Ericsson that boasts full integration with the Sony PS3 gaming console from its RemotePlay feature. The handset acts as remote PS3 client that can stream multimedia files from your PS3 drive from anywhere on the planet via the internet.
There’s the MediaGo feature that enables you to sync and download to the handset the multimedia files on your desktop PC or laptop while you charge the Aino.
It’s interesting to note that the Aino sets a landmark with its use of the microSD memory expandability outside of Sony’s domestic markets. It effectively abandons it proprietary Memory Stick M2 format.
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Remarkable Multimedia Features
The Aino carries flagship features in the multimedia department starting with a 3-inch TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen with half VGA resolution and 16 million colors which does justice to your images taken from its outstanding 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, 16x digital zoom, red-eye reduction, image and video stabilization as well as face and smile recognition.
It also features touch focus ad geo-tagging from its GPS receiver onboard. There’s also a gravity accelerometer for auto rotate landscape or portrait viewing. Video recording gets full VGA resolution at a cinema-grade 30fps frame rate.
Multimedia get the expected Walkman Media Player 3.0 that supports MP3, AAC and MP4 file formats as well as a stereo FM radio with RDS. There are stereo speakerphones but you can use its A2DP profile support for wireless stereo listening. Unfortunately, there’s no 3.5mm audio jack so your wired stereo listening will have to come from a Sony earphone set with proprietary USB plug.
Standard Communication features
The Sony Ericsson Aino gets 3G coverage from its tri band UMTS radio on 3G with data speeds of 7.2 Mbps on HSDPA and 2 Mbps on HSUPA for a no-wait online surfing and downloading experience. It is also a quad band GSM radio on 2G with class 12 GPRS/EDGE data speeds of up to 236.8 Kbps which is fast enough for an alternative internet connection.
Its local data connectivity prowess gets WiFi 802.11/b for hotspot internet access as well as Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 for wireless and wired data transfers, respectively. SatNav gets a GPS receiver built in with A-GPS and Wayfinder Navigator.
On board memory is just 55 MB with a phonebook for just 1000 entries but you get microSD expandability up to 32GB. You get a free 8 MB microSD card that comes with the retail kit.
It’s modest 1,000 mAh Li-Po battery surprisingly delivers an outstanding 13 hours of talk time on 2G, 380 hours n standby and continuous music playback at 31 hours. SAR EU is rated a 0.74 W/kg.
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Latest Sony Ericsson Aino News
01 December 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
Someone must be casting a pretty bad hex on Sony Ericsson, the company is losing two limbs just before Christmas. If anyone thought that the pulling out of the SE Satio from the shelves of Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U were bad; get this: the newer Aino is also getting grounded. The Satio suffered from lags, slowdowns, loading problems, battery drains and some reports of ringtones disappearing. Sony has practically nothing lined up this Chr...
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Someone must be casting a pretty bad hex on Sony Ericsson, the company is losing two limbs just before Christmas. If anyone thought that the pulling out of the SE Satio from the shelves of Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U were bad; get this: the newer Aino is also getting grounded. The Satio suffered from lags, slowdowns, loading problems, battery drains and some reports of ringtones disappearing. Sony has practically nothing lined up this Chr...
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01 December 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
Astoundingly, for the second time in as many weeks another new Sony Ericsson smartphone has been revealed to have some huge problems – this couldn't happen at a worse time for the mobile phone manufacturer who was hoping to improve its image with the two devices. The first device to experience issues prior to being pulled from shelves across the United Kingdom was the Sony Ericsson Satio, followed this week by the Aino. Apparently these iss...
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Astoundingly, for the second time in as many weeks another new Sony Ericsson smartphone has been revealed to have some huge problems – this couldn't happen at a worse time for the mobile phone manufacturer who was hoping to improve its image with the two devices. The first device to experience issues prior to being pulled from shelves across the United Kingdom was the Sony Ericsson Satio, followed this week by the Aino. Apparently these iss...
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