The arrival late last year of the Sony Ericsson Satio meant that we finally got to see the next round in Sony Ericsson’s attempt to counter the rise and rise of the iphone. With its predecessor, the Idou, now over a year old it was time for Sony Ericsson to step up to the mark.

This brief Sony Ericsson Satio review is an over view of its most important features, for a more detailed satio review visit any good independant blog or review site on the internet.

The look and feel of the phone is worthy of the name of Sony Ericsson, both good looks and a solid feel to it give a good impression of build quality and cool.

The 12.1 megapixel camera is its flagship feature and along with a metal shutter to protect the lens it is in no doubt that the camera on this phone is of a very high quality. Whether phone users either want or need such a high spec camera will be something only the coming tally of sales will tell.

The software for taking photos includes the ability to take panoramic composite photos and for those that have ever tried to get a decent panorama photo without this software then this will be a major plus. It also includes ‘smile detection’ which is meant to fill up your image library with smiling pictures of all your friends but at times the required smile, to trigger the camera to take a photo, can be a little false.

The phone also has a flash function and moving images around seems easy enough via the Micro SD card slot and PC cable port.

The need for internet access on any phone for the mass market these days is absolutely key. This one has 3G and Wi-Fi both allowing a reasonable load speed of web pages.

The touch screen keyboard has been commented on that it is a little slow to respond and too small for fast typing, especially while on the move.

The overall navigation by way of the icons is pretty simple and easy and if you cannot find something a search facility is provided for finding anything by spelling its name.

Finally the music, something that Sony Ericsson have been very good at and this model is no exception. Transferring music from your computer is also relatively painless.

The only downside to the music aspect of the phone is that the headphone connection is not an industry standard 3.5mm jack; instead it is Sony Ericsson’s own port connector which also doubles as a charging point.

All in all a stylish and useful phone, the coming months will be the test to see if this model can make a dent in the iphone market.


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