Sony Ericsson Satio

Sony Ericsson Satio
The Sony Ericsson Satio (U1) is a smartphone, announced by Sony Ericsson at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on 15 February 2009 as the Idou (pronounced "I do"). It was released on 7 October 2009 in the UK in 3 colour schemes: Black, Silver and Bordeaux (Red).
The focus of the phone is the high quality playback of music and video, as well as photography. The camera is located on the back of the phone, behind a slider and features a xenon flash. On the side of the phone, there is a shutter button, and a button which allows you to switch between still and video modes. Next to this is a rocker switch for zooming in and out. Also on this side is a button for playback of photos or video. The other side of the phone has a sliding lock button and a covered slot for a MicroSD card.
The front of the phone is dominated by a , 16:9 ratio 360x640 TFT resistive touchscreen. There is also a front-facing camera for video calling. At the bottom of the touchscreen are three small buttons: green (left), white (centre), and red (right).
In terms of software, Satio uses the Symbian OS 9.4 operating system, which is created collaboratively under the stewardship of the Symbian Foundation as "Symbian^1". It is Sony Ericsson's first non-UIQ Symbian device, after UIQ's development closed down earlier that year. It uses the PlayNow service, Sony Ericsson's mobile content platform, and is part of the company's new Entertainment Unlimited service. In terms of connectivity, it is Wi-Fi-enabled and has a GPS chip for navigation and location-based services. It also supports full Flash for video playback.
The phone was withdrawn from sale in November 2009 by two major British retailers due to complaints from customers. However, the problem was found only in UK editions of the phone and was probably caused by carrier-specific customizations. The following software update released by Sony Ericsson provided a fix and the phone was back for sale at those two retailers.
Sony Ericsson Satio, then Sony Ericsson Vivaz and finally Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro are the latest additions by Sony Ericsson to the Symbian OS family of phones. Afterwards, they were succeeded by the Sony Xperia line of Android Smartphones.
Features
16:9, 3.5 inch widescreen
12.1-megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus, Xenon flash and face and smile detection
Symbian S60 5th Edition Operating System
Touch navigation
Dimensions
112 x 55 x 13 mm
Display
nHD TFT resistive touchscreen
16 million colours
360 x 640 pixels
3.5"
Memory
Internal storage: 73 MB
RAM: 256 MB
Micro SD memory card support
Connectivity
aGPS
Bluetooth technology
Modem
PC Synchronization
USB support
USB mass storage
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Google Maps
PictBridge
TV Out
Data Transfer
Sync
Camera
12.1 MP (can use 2 MP, 5 MP, 9 MP, 10 MP and 12 MP modes)
Digital zoom - up to 16x
4000 × 3000 pixels
Auto-focus
Video recording (640x480 @ 30 frame/s, WVGA 864x480 @ 24 frame/s via software update)
Video light
Xenon flash
Video blogging
Geo-Tagging
BestPic
Face detection
Image stabilizer
Photo fix
Picture blogging
Red-eye reduction
Smile detection
Internet
Web browser - WebKit
Web feeds
Opera Mobile 12 for Symbian OS
Opera Mini 7 for Symbian OS
SkyFire
Skype
Entertainment
3D games
Java
Media
Radio - FM radio
Video Clip
Video streaming
YouTube
Messaging
Email
Exchange ActiveSync
Instant messaging
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Communication
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating Alert
Video calling
Design
Auto rotate
Navigation key
Picture wallpaper
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Document editors
Document readers
Flight mode
Handwriting recognition
Notes
Phone book
Touchscreen
CPU
Texas Instruments OMAP3430 Cortex-A8 @ 600 MHz
3D Accelerator PowerVR SGX530
See also
OMAP
Samsung M8910 Pixon12
Nokia N8
Nokia N97
Nokia X6-00
Symbian S60
List of Symbian devices
Sony Ericsson C905
Comparison of smartphones
Comparison of Symbian devices
References
External links
Official website
Sony Ericsson smartphones
Symbian devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2009