Monday, 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)
Popularity: 12% [?]
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
I just finished a Post on comparing the Nokia N97 with Apple iPhone, however.. many people out there still do not know the difference in the Nokia N97 and the currently selling Nokia N96 handsets, this post is to give you a sneak comparison on what lies in the Nokia N96 successor and how is it better.
The N97 will be available for sale in June’09 in the U.S., in an unlocked version for $650. I am unsure if any or the prominent carriers AT&T , T-Mobile will endorse it and sell it at a lower subsidized price, if that doesn’t happen it’ll not sell much.
The N97 has a larger screen than the T-Mobile’s Android-based G1 and a large physical keyboard, these are its physical aspect USPs. It is a neat combination of the touchscreen and a full slide-away QWERTY keyboard (unlike the iPhone’s virtual keyboard)
Nokia N96 has already proved it as a high-end device and reached the pockets of most of the modern mobile users across the world. Like an unexpected storm it has entered the mobile market with all the powerful multi-purpose features.
Its 2.8 inches colourful TFT display as the first attractive feature of this phone. The user-friendly slider mechanism and great quality multimedia features like 5.0 mega pixels digital camera, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, DVB-H TV broadcast receiver, 3.5 mm audio output jack, T9, TV out, secondary VGA videocall camera and video recorder was promising ultimate fun and entertainment to its users.
Some of the other cool features of the N96 from Nokia were the the Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS function, SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging, RSS reader, WAP 2.0/xHTML Internet browser, Office document viewer, push to talk, Voice dial/memo and Built-in handsfree.
Nokia N97 handset from Nokia is compatible with WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Internet browser and RSS feeds. One of the major features of this upcoming phone is its storage capacity. The microSD (TransFlash) memory card of this phone will have the capacity to support nearly 16 GB memory card slots.
Its ultra entertainment features like audio player, video player, video recorder, secondary video call camera, 5.0 mega pixels digital camera, RDS technology stereo FM radio will definitely prove it as great entertainer handset.
With its 3G technology Nokia N97 phone has a Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and is installed with thousands of Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch along with a digital compass feature. It supports the operating system of Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 and comes preloaded with all the endless features like class 32 GPRS, class 32 EDGE, HSCSD, 3G-HSDPA, WLAN-Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology, Bluetooth connectivity and microUSB support.
N97 users can also create a customized home screen with the widgets of their preferred Web services and social-networking sites.
Display
N97: 3.5” TFT with up to 16 million colours, 640 x 360 pixels (16:9 widescreen format)
N96: 2.8” TFT with up to 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels
Size and weight
N97: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, weighs 150g
N96: 103 x 55 x 18 mm, weighs 125g
Interface
N97: Touchscreen (not multitouch) and full QWERTY keypad
N96: Numerical keys and media buttons
Camera
N97: 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash, plus DVD quality video recording
N96: 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash
Connectivity
N97: 3G HSDPA, GPS (with digital compass), WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth
N96: 3G HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth with AVRCP, DVB-H
Cut and paste Function
N97: Yes!
N96: No
Storage
N97: 32GB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB
N96: 16GB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB
Battery
N97: 320 mins talktime, 400 hours standby
N96: 220 mins talktime, 220 hours standby
Popularity: 2% [?]
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