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Sony Ericsson Satio review

Posted by Admin on November 9th, 2009

Sony Ericsson have long ago shown that they are not afraid of any challenge, producing handsets that have claimed a top spot on the market. There are still plenty of fans from those good old days that would love to see another market-leading device thrown their way.

A look at what’s between the XPERIA X1 and the Satio is enough to tell you what Sony Ericsson have been up to for the past year. A top-dog Cybershot (C905) and an all-round Walkman (W995) were both compelling enough but none would be trusted to top the portfolio of a company that used to call the shots at the forefront of mobile technology.

So, Sony Ericsson might have been busy cutting costs, fueling the hype behind their new wave gadgets (Satio, Aino and Rachael) or experimenting with Symbian and Android. But there’s little doubt about their full-time job. The Satio is a lot more than its mouthwatering features, full touchscreen debuting Symbian S60 or its 12 megapixel camera. It may be too much to say that all the company’s hopes lie with the Satio but the burden on its shoulders is disproportionate compared to any other flagship device we can think of.

Key features

3.5″ 16M-color resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
12 megapixel state-of-the-art autofocus camera
LED and xenon flash, active lens cover
VGA@30fps video recording
Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI, spiced up with a home-brewed homescreen and media menu
ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX dedicated graphics accelerator and 256 MB of RAM
Quad-band GSM support
3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 3.6 Mbps support
Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
Built-in accelerometer
TV out
Stereo FM Radio
USB and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
Web browser has full Flash support
Preinstalled Wisepilot navigation software
Office document viewer

Main disadvantages

Xenon flash is not adequately powerful
The S60 5th edition UI isn’t to the best in class standards
No 3.5mm audio jack or a standard USB port
No DivX or XviD support out-of-the-box
No smart or voice dialing
Playing flash videos in the browser easily depletes the available RAM
No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
No stereo speakers
No digital compass (magnetometer)

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Motorola AURA: Luxury Cell Phone

Posted by Admin on December 15th, 2008

Motorola’s new AURA luxury cell phone which, according to Motorola, boasts ‘the world’s first 16 million color, circular display’ comprising of a scratch-resistant, 62-carat, Grade 1 sapphire crystal lens, has now begun shipping though, as you’d expect, the Motorola AURA’s price tag is not for the faint hearted.

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Billed as being an exquisitely performing device designed to the highest standards, the Motorola AURA’s specifications certainly impress with the device apparently consisting of over 700 individual components whilst its Swiss made ‘assisted-opening’ blade mechanism alone utilizes no less than 130 precision ball bearings and three tungsten carbon carbide coated main gears. Additionally you’re looking at stainless steel housing complete with chemically etched details finished with a protective PVD, mirror finished coating (the same as used on luxury watches, Motorola is at pains to point out).

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Putting the Motorola AURA’s decidedly cool (and rather classic) aesthetics aside, in terms of functionality the AURA is a quad band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE handset measuring 1.87” x 3.81” x .7.30” with its circular LCD, 1.55 diameter display offering 300ppi resolution, offering a wholly insipid 2 megapixel camera (which is faintly ridiculous considering the AURA’s price tag – which we’ll get to in a minute), stereo Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and has a purported battery life of up to 400 hours standby and up to 7.3 hours talktime.

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A beautiful if, from a functionality perspective, a somewhat rather uninspiring handset, the unlocked Motorola AURA will set you back a cool $2,000 and if looks were everything we don’t doubt that the premium is wholly deserved – but if you’re looking for a handset that’s positively brimming with features there’s (far) better deals to be had though, personally, its beauty certainly wins us over.

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