Sony Ericsson's Satio, Aino and Yari models

Sony Ericsson announced the Sony Ericsson Satio, the Sony Ericsson Aino touchscreen phone and Sony Ericsson Yari gaming phone. The Satio, a smartphone that was first introduced as the Idou earlier this year,which provides you access to all your media in one place – just tap directly into your favourite features with the five standby panels and you’re ready to go.The Sony Ericsson Satio will be available in two versions, one supporting European HSDPA networks and one supporting AT&T’s HSDPA network.

The Satio having features such as a 12.1 megapixel camera and a 3.5-inch widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) display, the mobile phone enables individuals to access all their media content in one place by just a tap on their favorite features. It comes with five standby panels for further ease in maneuvers.

The Satio is being marketed as the manufacturer’s ‘flagship’ phone and features applications for YouTube and Facebook access, as well as free access to Hollywood movies.It can capture images and record videos as there are a host of camera functionalities such as up to 12x digital zoom, auto focus, BestPic, face detection, geo tagging of photos, image stabilizer, photo feeds, photo fix, red-eye reduction, smile detection, touch focus and Xenon flash.The Satio inherits album art, Bluetooth stereo (A2DP), media player, music tones (MP3/AAC), TrackID and PlayNow to download exciting music, movies and game.It’ having Size: 112 x 55 x 13.3 mm, Weight: 126 grams, 16:9 widescreen, Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels, Size: 3.5 inches.

Sony Ericsson’s Satio packs in an onboard memory of 128 MB that can be enhanced via an 8GB SanDisk mircoSD card, A-GPS, Google Maps, turn-by-turn navigation, Bluetooth technology, Modem, PictBridge, TV out, USB and a built-in Wi-Fi. Now, accessing Facebook application, YouTube, e-mails, instant messaging services and Exchange ActiveSync is not a difficult task.It supports on-screen QWERTY keyboard, auto rotation design and gesture control. Other features include handwriting recognition, HD and 3D games, FM radio with RDS, Java, document reader and document editor.Bundled with the HBH-IS800 wireless stereo headphones.it works on GSM GPRS/EDGE and UMTS HSDPA networks. It shines in black, silver and Bordeaux color scheme.

The Aino will offer a 3-inch touchscreen with a resolution that matches Samsung’s all-touch phones, and will come equipped with a remote control for Playstation 3.The phone sports a 8.1-megapixel camera, touchscreen media player, Facebook and YouTube applications, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Sony Ericsson Yari will be the first mobile phone with gesture gaming outside of the Japanese market. Unlike the other two new phones, the Yari will offer a standard 2.4-inch QVGA display, so by gesture gaming, Sony Ericsson means moving your body in stead of pressing buttons. The company promises a variety of games to choose from, whether you want to keep fit and stay in shape or just want to beat your best score at tennis or boxing. That said, the phone will also include A/B buttons for traditional gaming control.

Sony Ericsson’s Satio & Aino will be available in selected markets from early Q4 & the prices not yet announced.