The Sony Ericsson Satio (U1i) is a

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, announced by

Sony Ericsson Sony Mobile Communications Inc., originally Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, was a Multinational corporation, multinational consumer electronics and telecommunications company, best known for its Mobile phones, mobile phone products. The ...

at the

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in Barcelona, Spain on 15 February 2009 as the Idou (pronounced "I do"). It was released on 7 October 2009 in the UK in 3 colour schemes: Black, Silver and Bordeaux (Red). The focus of the phone is the high quality playback of music and video, as well as photography. The camera is located on the back of the phone, behind a slider and features a xenon flash. On the side of the phone, there is a shutter button, and a button which allows you to switch between still and video modes. Next to this is a rocker switch for zooming in and out. Also on this side is a button for playback of photos or video. The other side of the phone has a sliding lock button and a covered slot for a MicroSD card. The front of the phone is dominated by a , 16:9 ratio 360x640 TFT resistive touchscreen. There is also a front-facing camera for video calling. At the bottom of the touchscreen are three small buttons: green (left), white (centre), and red (right). In terms of software, Satio uses the

Symbian OS Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian OS ...

9.4 operating system, which is created collaboratively under the stewardship of the

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as "Symbian^1". It is Sony Ericsson's first non- UIQ Symbian device, after UIQ's development closed down earlier that year. It uses the PlayNow 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

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s. 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 The phone was withdrawn from sale in November 2009 by two major British retailers due to complaints from customers.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. Sony Ericsson Satio, then Sony Ericsson Vivaz and finally Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro are the latest additions by Sony Ericsson to the

family of phones. Afterwards, they were succeeded by the

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line of Android Smartphones.

Features

* 16:9, 3.5 inch widescreen * 12.1-megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus, Xenon flash and face and smile detection * Symbian S60 5th Edition Operating System * Touch navigation

Dimensions

* 112 x 55 x 13 mm

Display

* nHD TFT resistive touchscreen * 16 million colours * 360 x 640 pixels * 3.5"

Memory

* Internal storage: 73 MB * RAM: 256 MB * Micro SD memory card support

Connectivity

* aGPS * Bluetooth technology * Modem * PC Synchronization * USB support * USB mass storage * Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA * Google Maps * PictBridge * TV Out * Data Transfer * Sync

Camera

* 12.1 MP (can use 2 MP, 5 MP, 9 MP, 10 MP and 12 MP modes) * Digital zoom - up to 16x * 4000 × 3000 pixels * Auto-focus * Video recording (640x480 @ 30 frame/s, WVGA 864x480 @ 24 frame/s via software update) * Video light * Xenon flash * Video blogging * Geo-Tagging * BestPic * Face detection * Image stabilizer * Photo fix * Picture blogging * Red-eye reduction * Smile detection

Internet

* Web browser - WebKit * Web feeds * Opera Mobile 12 for Symbian OS * Opera Mini 7 for Symbian OS * SkyFire * Skype

Entertainment

* 3D games * Java * Media * Radio - FM radio * Video Clip * Video streaming * YouTube

Messaging

* Email * Exchange ActiveSync * Instant messaging * Picture messaging (MMS) * Predictive text input * Sound recorder * Text messaging (SMS)

Communication

* Polyphonic ringtones * Speakerphone * Vibrating Alert * Video calling

Design

* Auto rotate * Navigation key * Picture wallpaper

Organiser

* Alarm clock * Calculator * Calendar * Document editors * Document readers * Flight mode * Handwriting recognition * Notes * Phone book * Touchscreen

CPU

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OMAP3430 Cortex-A8 @ 600

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* 3D Accelerator

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SGX530

References

External links

Official website
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