PhoneDog.com - The latest about the Sony Ericsson Idou

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

7/27/2009 10:52:07 PM

really cause the last site I was on said it had a resistive touch screen and that was a site to pre-order the device so I'm gonna take there word over yours

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

7/20/2009 3:17:25 AM

sadly this phone has a capacitive touch screen :(

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

6/4/2009 7:35:38 PM

does anyone know if it has a front facing camera?

VIDEO: Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou) 12 MP Cameraphone Hands-On

6/4/2009 2:55:00 PM

Noah gets an impromptu hands-on demo of Sony Ericsson's Satio - aka Idou - flagship media phone at a meeting with some SE folks. Satio now comes in red, and features one of the best cameras in the mobile phone game.

ARTICLE: Sony Ericsson announces the Satio, Yari, and Aino

5/31/2009 9:00:00 PM

At a press conference in London on Thursday, Sony Ericsson announced three new phones - the Satio (formerly known as the Idou), Yari, and the Aino.

The Satio, originally coined as the Idou at MWC 2009 in Barcelona earlier this year, is the manufacturer's flagship device for the year and will offer a 3.5-inch, 640x360 16:9 touchscreen display with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, 12.1 megapixel camera with auto-focus, xenon flash and 12x digital zoom, 128 MB internal memory, a microSD card slot (8GB microSD card included), WebKit-based browser, FM radio, A-GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and the Symbian S60 5th edition OS. It will be available in black, silver, and bordeaux at launch.

The Aino will offer Remote Play with the PlayStation 3 - a feature that will allow users to access their PS3 for photos, music, and videos. With a social networking emphasis, it will offer a 3-inch 240×432 touchscreen, 8.1 megapixel camera, A-GPS, and Bluetooth. The Aino will ship with wireless headphones, an8GB microSD card and docking cradle. It will be available in black and white at launch.

The Yari will offer a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, A-GPS, and Bluetooth. It will shipwith standard headphones, 1GB microSD card, and a cradle. Two variants ofthe Yari will be available, one supporting the European UMTS/HSDPA bands, and another "AT&T-friendly" device offering UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100. It will also be available in black and white colors at launch.

Source: Sony Ericsson and BGR

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

5/15/2009 7:56:25 AM

this will be my phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

5/8/2009 11:00:19 AM

this phone seems cool but...i heard its not that great!!

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

4/16/2009 4:08:16 AM

this phone is the best phone in the world (thats my version) i wish i cut have a little bit before

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

3/24/2009 8:01:13 PM

Thats what you would call the ownage phone

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

3/6/2009 7:46:29 AM

this phone looks awesome. and noah if you ae reading this will it be onn tmobile and how much

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

3/4/2009 3:05:05 AM

awesome... i hope it at att with all its other phones. oh and noah if you are reading this.. is there an accelerometer for texting with it?

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

3/3/2009 8:31:40 PM

nice phone ^_^ 12 mp sweet!^_^

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

3/2/2009 12:02:21 PM

I want this phone. It has the features I have been waiting for...

USER COMMENT: Re: Sony Ericsson Idou

2/25/2009 7:49:18 AM

I really want this phone can someone please tell me how much this phone will cost me.

VIDEO: Sony Ericsson Idou 12.1MP cameraphone - Hands-On @ MWC 2009

2/17/2009 1:25:00 PM

Sony Ericsson's "back with a vengeance" with the Idou. This multimedia monster sports a 12.1MP camera, full toucshcreen, and Symbian OS. It won't ship until later this year, but Noah got a demo of the current prototype at MWC 2009 in Barcelona.

ARTICLE: MWC 2009 Part Two: SE W995 and Idou, Garmin nüvifones

2/16/2009 2:30:00 AM

NOTE: Continued from Part One

Speaking of megapixels, Sony Ericsson held their MWC press conference last night and announced two new phones. The W995 walkman phone is a typical SE slider, but packs an 8.1MP camera and 3.5mm headphone jack along with a non-smartphone OS and Walkman media player. W995 will be available by the end of Q1, or within the next few months.

SE's star of the show, however, was "Idou" (an internal codename), a full-touchscreen media phone with a 3.5" 16:9 touchscreen, 12.1 MP camera, and Symbian OS. Yup: Twelve megapixels. Honestly, the megapixel arm race is a bit silly but maybe SE can figure out how to pack some serious optics into Idou before it launches sometime in the second half of this year. Honestly, I'm getting a bit tired of this whole trend of "announcing" phones six months before they're expected to ship, and SE has a pretty lousy track record of late when it comes to delivering on said promises. But Idou looks to have some potential, and SE really could use a big winner right about now, so I'll hold out some hope for this one.

I also got some time with Garmin-Asus' two new nuvifones: The M20 and G60. I even got to ride around town in the back of a big, black Mercedes while checking out G60's navigation capabilities. Both phones feature dedicated GPS chips backed by Garmin's navigation software, which features pre-loaded databases of more than 6 million points of interest. The nav software worked well on both devices, though I much preferred the G60's custom Linux-based UI to the Windows Mobile M20.

Be sure to check out my hands-on videos with Memoir and both nuvifones, too.

Alright, it's on to Day One of the show on Monday: Things kick off with back-to-back Nokia and HTC press conferences, followed by LG's press event later in the day and the Pepcom media event tonight. Woo boy, it's gonna a be a long day full of some crazy new phones ... And who knows, maybe I'll even run into Helena again ...