Sony Ericsson Idou
Available now (as Sony Ericsson Satio) 15th
February 2009
Note:
this phone is now called the Sony Ericsson Satio
Sony Ericsson look to have started a
new round of the megapixel wars with the Sony Ericsson
Idou smartphone - a 12.1 megapixel multimedia monster
with a Xenon flash, wide touchscreen display, 3.5G support,
GPS and WiFi.
Apart from the XPERIA
X1, all previous Sony Ericsson smartphones have
been based on the UIQ interface running on top of Symbian.
Development of UIQ ceased last year, so the Idou will
run the new operating system from the Symbian
Foundation, meaning that it will be related to the S60 operating
system as found on the Nokia
5800 XpressMusic.
It's an exciting handset, but Sony Ericsson
say that we will have to wait until the second half
of 2009 to see the Idou reach the market, and by this
time there may well be other 12 megapixel devices available.
We don't know the full specifications
of the Idou at present, but the details that Sony Ericsson
have given out are enough to get a good idea of what
will go into this device.
The "Idou" name is strange,
and it probably won't be the name the phone has when
it goes on sale. "Idou" (Ἰδοὺ) is Greek for "Behold",
and the Samsung Behold is the marketing name
for the US Samsung T919. The word "Idou" is
perhaps just a little too close to "Idiot"
in English too.
Because of the long time that we will
have to wait for this phone, it is perhaps better to
think of the Idou as a "statement of intent."
Sony Ericsson are telling us two things - that they
are committed to produce high-end touchscreen devices,
and that at least some of those devices will run Symbian.
We look forward to seeing this device for real later
in the year.
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Sony
Ericsson Idou Provisional Specifications
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Available:
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H2
2009
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Network:
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GSM
+ UMTS
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS + HSDPA + WiFi
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Screen:
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Not
specified (16:9 widescreen)
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Camera:
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12.1
megapixels
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Size:
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Not
specified
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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Not
specified
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Infra-red:
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Not
specified
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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