Sony Ericsson Satio Gets a Release Date from Sony Ericsson

A new, high-specification camera phone with a 12 mega pixel camera has been announced by Sony Ericsson, the new Satio which was originally called the Sony Ericsson Idou is the manufacturers most advanced photographic device to date.

The Sony Ericsson Satio is an impressive looking mobile phone. The square box like appearance has a strange allure. It is full of functionality and offers some of the latest technology available to mobile phone manufacturers. In fact its one of the most advanced mobile phone on the current market with features such as a 12 mega pixel camera in its arsenal.

The overriding feature of the Sony Ericsson Satio is the 3.5 inch TFT touch screen which comfortably displays 16 million colours including variants. The screen displays images with a vivid representation and with an unrivalled clarity. The screen operates at a size of 360 x 640 pixels and includes an accelerometer sensor which ensures images are displayed in their correct aspect. The aforementioned camera is 12 mega pixels. This would be impressive as a stand alone unit, but is even more so when combined with the other features and included within a phone.

To help with image taking, the phone provides auto focus or touch focus, smile and face detection and for illumination a xenon flash. Geo-tagging offers the ability to tag images to location, this has become a popular feature and one that is generally included in high end phones. Video recording and playback is available and is at VGA quality and at a 30 frames per second.

The HSDPA and Wi-Fi connections offer web browsing at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps with the ability to access the internet through widely available Wi-Fi hot spots. Blue tooth, USB, GPRS and EDGE are also provided which completes the ensemble of connectivity. Satellite navigation is included with this phone via the GPS with A-GPS support feature. The phone comes with an MP3 player and stereo FM radio.

This offers the option of listening to downloaded music files or local and national radio broadcasts, whichever suits the mood. The Sony Ericsson Satio is a compact unit which measures 112mm x 55mm wide and 13mm thick. As the phone is one of the smart phone or PDA style phones it incorporates a processor which in this case is the ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz processor.

To aid in its operation in uses the Symbian Series 60 operating system. The phone is an accomplished and viable option for many who seek the latest technological advancements, this phone has many. Its popularity will be further enhanced due to its sleek and stylish looks.

The Sony Ericsson Satio has now been given a confirmed release date of 16/10/09 as a SIM Free and unlocked mobile phone.