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Another quick fiddle, another device tried out and ready to be reported on…
The Sony Ericsson Satio is the recently-released touchscreen beast from Sony Ericsson, packing a 12.1MP camera! Wowzer, that is some serious image-processing power! I recently got my hands on one, and walked away with these impressions (bear in mind the idea here is first impressions from a few mins of playing with the device):
- Build quality & form-factor – overall it’s nice, very nice. Comes across much more like a camera than a mobile device, even down to a bulge where the optics for the camera are. The device feels about the right sort of weight for it’s size, and definitely feels like quality
- Screen – it’s a good size, the colours and sharpness are great, and it works well as a touch device. Checked out some wallpapers and videos, and they all looked good
- UI – seems pretty reasonable overall. The use of the horizontal UI bar (XMB as they call it) works well, and breeds familiarity for Sony Blu-ray player or PS3 owners. Logical and easy to navigate
- Camera – only had a very brief time to try, and obviously results were being rendered on the screen (so couldn’t check fine detail of images), but on first inspection worked well, and great quality. I wonder about how quick/easy it is to offload the massive files (well, compared to the files generated by most mobile cameras) – anyway, at least image capture is good
- Media-handling – very good – it’s a multimedia device, and needed to do well here, and it performed admirably. As noted above, videos looked good. Would have like to have captured a video to see how that came out on-screen
About The Author
Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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