For people looking for Sony Ericsson deals, the Satio smartphone is a good option to consider when comparing mobile phones – combining camera, music, and FM radio capabilities with some of the best in smartphone features.
Let’s start with music capabilities. The Sony Ericsson Satio uses Walkman technology to provide excellent music quality accessible through an easy-to-use interface. Unfortunately, it also uses Sony’s proprietary headphone connection; but it doesn’t seem we can get around that with most of their phones.
As to the camera, it is an outstanding 12 megapixels with Xenon flash. Also noticeable is the absence of shutter lag which is typical of most mobile phone cameras.
The Satio uses the Symbian OS, which we love and the home screen makes it easy to access five pages with simple swipes of your finger. Provided shortcuts take you straight to Google Maps, Wi-Fi Wizard, and TrackID amongst others. The internet page is also well designed, with links to Facebook, BBC News, YouTube, etc.
Finally, amongst the plusses is the looks of this phone, in particular the glossy black casing. And it feels comfortable and sturdy in your hand.
However, there is a downside to the phone – and that is the resistive touch screen. The absence of a capacitive screen makes the phone harder to work and therefore it’s easy to get frustrated during even simple tasks like texting.
Bottom line, if it weren’t for the touch screen and the absence of a 3.5 mm headphone jack, the Sony Ericsson Satio would be near-perfect.
