Sony Ericsson Satio: Get the ultimate multimedia experience with Satio. Feast your eyes on movies, TV-series’ and video clips thanks to the 3.5 inch screen and crystal clear 16:9 widescreen format – just like watching them live. A friend pulling a funny pose? Snap them with the amazing 12.1 megapixel camera and share the picture with friends.

Sony Ericsson today announced Satio which provides you access to all your media in one place – just tap directly into your favourite features with the five standby panels and you’re ready to go.  First introduced in Barcelona as the ‘Idou’, Satio puts the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand. You can watch your favourite movies on the bus or catch up with your TV shows while on your lunch break thanks to Satio.

“With Satio you can enjoy any form of entertainment anytime, anywhere. Whether its music or movies you will never be more than a tap away from your favourite tracks or shows,” said Fredrik Mansson, Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson.  “Just tap directly into your favourite videos and music with the unique full touch media menu, standby panels and music player.  Snapping perfect pictures also just got so simple thanks to the 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus and Xenon flash.  Share them with your nearest and dearest via your social networking site, produce huge prints and you can even comment directly on your images.”

Download exciting music, movies and games from PlayNow™ arena to personalise your entertainment experience on Satio and enjoy them in crystal clear 16:9 widescreen format.  PlayNow™ arena provides a full range of mobile entertainment available by dual download to both your PC and mobile phone with specially developed ring tones and music tones and DRM-free music tracks and TrackID™ charts from around the world.

Sony Ericsson's Satio is nearly completed and ready to be released to the masses, with its main focus being the 12.1-megapixel camera - touted to be the sharpest ever for cellphones, at least for a while. It comes with a touch focusing system that centers on the image area selected on-screen by the user. The inclusion of Xenon flash and unique software allows you to dub your own self-styled commentary on photo slideshows, giving it a unique streak compared to other cellphones. It will be powered by the Symbian operating system, featuring customized clients for Facebook and YouTube. Similar to the Aino, the Satio features 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a microSDHC memory card slot, where it is slated for an early fall release.

As with the Yari and Aino, Sony Ericsson are stressing their blending of entertainment and communication.  Preloading their “bubbles” Facebook client – as seen on the XPERIA X1 – is one such attempt at that, while new on the Satio is improved Picasa integration.  The Satio will show images uploaded to a Picasa account and then overlay any comments for that image on top; you can reply to comments directly from the photo viewer app itself.  As Sony Ericsson said, it’s not exactly new technology for a mobile device, but it’s a new way of presenting it that cuts down on a lot of unnecessary navigation.

Sony Ericsson themselves admit that the Satio isn’t finished yet, but, with a quarter still to run until it’s expected to hit the market, they have plenty of time to polish out the flaws.  The OS as a whole will hopefully be less prone to sluggishness, and we’d hope to see some haptic feedback on what’s otherwise a relatively finger-friendly on-screen QWERTY keyboard.