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Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
The Sony Ericsson Satio is a high-end 3G smartphone that falls at the highest end of Sony Ericsson's phones. The Satio has numerous features. Its display is large, at 3.5" diagonal, and is a full touch screen with 16 million colors and accelerometer for auto-rotation. One of the Satio's main features is its 12.1-megapixel digital camera, with xenon flash, touch-focus, autofocus, face and smile recognition, and geotagging based on the included GPS receiver. It also has a secondary VGA videocalling camera. The Satio includes Google Maps, gesture controls, mp3/video player and stereo FM receiver. It uses the Symbian S60 5th Edition operating system, and has high-speed data transfer at 7.2Mbps, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. Internal memory is 128MB, but this can be expanded up to 32GB with microSD cards, and an 8GB card is included. The Satio was released on October 7, 2009 in the UK. Its price is usually $999 (unlocked US import, October 2009).
MSRP $999.00
Release date October, 2009
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Features
- 3G HSDPA 2100 or 850/900/1900 North American version
- 2G Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- 16 million color touchscreen, 3.5" diagonal, accelerometer
- 12.1-megapixel digital camera with xenon flash, autofocus, face/smile recognition, geotagging, video capture with video LED
- Secondary VGA videocalling camera
- mp3/MPEG4 player
- 8GB on-board memory with microSD card slot up to 32GB
- GPS receiver
- Bluetooth v2.0
- Wi-Fi 802.11g/b
- HSDPA 7.2 Mbps data transfer
- Symbian OS Series 60 5th Edition
- Up to 8.5 hour talk time battery life
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MSRP $299.00
Released November, 2009
Pros
- open Android 2.0 OS
- WiFi
- large 3.7" touchscreen with high resolution (854 x 480px)
Cons
- annoying $100 mail in rebate to get to $199 price point
- camera is slow to take photos, properly focusing is hit or miss
- no multi-touch as in the GSM version for Europe (and though Android 2.0 would support it)
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
33%
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Motorola Droid (Sholes)
67%
MSRP $199.00
Released July, 2008
Pros
- GPS Support
- High speed 3G
- Good selection of free apps available
Cons
- Can't replace the battery yourself, can't replace with a "spare"
- Crippled Bluetooth (only hands-free devices supported)
- Battery life is disappointing
when using 3G
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
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Apple iPhone 3G
MSRP $649.00
Released October, 2009
Pros
- slide out QWERTY keyboard
- 5MP camera with dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss lens, lens protector
- WiFi
Cons
- unconfirmed battery life
- relatively unknown operating system means there won't be that many applications / might not take off
- currently there is no portrait mode support in Maemo 5 except for phone call functions (will be in Maemo 6, but uncertain if the N900 will see that update in late 2010)
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
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Nokia N900
MSRP $199.00
Released June, 2009
Pros
- much faster processing
- video recording
- larger storage
capacities
Cons
- no background running apps
- not a revolutionary upgrade
- AT&T is not supporting many of the new updates quite yet - 7.2Mbps HSDPA in 2011, no tethering information/pricing, no MMS until later this summer
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
100%
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Apple iPhone 3GS
0%
MSRP --
Released October, 2009
Pros
- 3.5mm Headphone Jack.
- Expandable memory (Up to 16GB) via microSD slot.
- Support for (even fullscreen) Flash.
Cons
- need a better processor
- The "Chin"
- Uses an older generation ARM 11 CPU, considerably slower than that used by Pre and iPhone
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
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HTC Hero
MSRP $693.00
Released June, 2009
Pros
- 32GB of internal storage
- QWERTY keyboard
- microSD expansion slot
Cons
- very expensive
- no open source or lossless music format support
- only 3 rows of characters on the keyboard - space button is not in its proper place
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
vs.
Nokia N97
MSRP --
Released June, 2009
Pros
- large 4.1" touchscreen
- 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU
- GPS
Cons
- unattractive 3D user interface
- no internal storage
- Windows Mobile 6.1
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
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Toshiba TG01
MSRP $700.00
Released September, 2009
Pros
- 5MP camera with dual LED flash
- 32GBof internal storage
- 3.5mm headphone jack
Cons
- high price for a phone more targeted towards casual consumers
- quite large in all dimensions
- runs Symbian OS
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
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Nokia X6
MSRP --
Released February, 2009
Pros
- 8.1MP camera for large photos and full 720p/24 video
- beautiful 3.7" AMOLED screen with large 360 x 640 resolution
- huge AMOLED touchscreen
Cons
- will be extremely expensive and/or subsidized by long term contracts
- doesn't run a real customizable OS with downloadable applications
- glossy finish, fingerprint magnet
Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)
vs.
Samsung Omnia HD i8910
Reviews
October 20, 2009
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Pros
- excellent camera: can replace a regular point-and-shoot, though no optical zoom
- modern operating system (Symbian S60 5th Edition: multi-tasking, touchscreen etc)
- powerful processor (ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz)
- touch-zoom (digital)
- memory expandable via standard microSDHC
- integrated GPS and A-GPS
- camera comes with xenon flash and protective sliding lens cover
- TV output
- comes with 8GB microSDHC card
- screen resolution: 640 x 360 pixels
- Bluetooth with stereo support (A2DP)
- has a stereo FM radio
- comes with hardware graphics acceleration (PowerVR SGX)
- web browser has full Flash and Flash video support!
Cons
- too expensive!
- slow switching between landscape and portrait
- landscape on-screen keyboard is either too small (not full width) or fullscreen (can't see the rest of the screen any more)
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October 25, 2009
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Pros
- excellent camera: can replace a regular point-and-shoot, though no optical zoom
- modern operating system (Symbian S60 5th Edition: multi-tasking, touchscreen etc)
- powerful processor (ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz)
Cons
- too expensive!
- No 3.5mm headphone jack
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