Sony Ericsson Satio Idou

Price : $454

The Sony Ericsson SATIO is a SMARTPHINE, announced by Sony Ericsson at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It was released on 7 October 2009 in the UK in 3 colour schemes: Black and Silver.

Get set for entertainment beyond your most colourful dreams. The SATIO phone combines incredible technology and style and comes with a 12.1 megapixel camera. Talk with pictures. Tap directly into your favourite music and movies using the unique touch panels. Use the amazing touchscreen camera feature to focus and make every photo first-class.

Feast your eyes on films and images in 16 million colors on the Sony Ericsson SATIO phone. On the razor-sharp 3.5", 16:9 ratio screens, you'll enjoy them as they're meant to be seen. 

In terms of software, SATIO uses the Symbian OS 9.4 operating system, which is created collaboratively under the stewardship of the Symbian Foundation.It will use the 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The phone was withdrawn from sale in November 2009 by two major British retailers due to complaints from customers.However, the problem was found only in UK editions of the phone and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.