Camera Phones

Sony Ericsson Satio – 12 megapixel cameraphone

Camera phones generally seem to have been stuck in their ways recently, with resolutions on the most popular ranges stuck well below that of dedicated digital cameras.

Now with the release of the Satio camera phone from Sony Ericsson, a phone originally rumoured in February, there is a mainstream camera phone that has a huge 12.1 megapixel resolution, with the features you would expect in a digital camera. Unlike the Samsung SCH-W880, another 12 megapixel cameraphone recently announced, the Satio comes fully loaded with the functionality you would expect on a smart phone as well.

The 3.5″, 16:9 ratio (that’s wide screen!) touch screen provides the main viewfinder for the camera; there is auto focus, 16 x digital zoom, and a xenon flash built in, but in addition, Sony Ericsson have included image stabilisation to reduce the camera wobble, geo tagging so that you can identify where your picture was taken using the built in GPS, red eye reduction and image fix to enhance your photos.

In addition to face recognition there is a smile detection feature that will let the camera take the shot when your subject smiles! There is also a multi shot capability called BestPic, that will take 9 shots in a second, allowing you to then choose the best picture, great for moving pictures.

There is video capture and playback functionality, a radio, WiFi, Bluetooth and aGPS with map technology from Google maps.

The Sony Ericsson Satio is built around the Symbian operating system and includes a lot of the features that you will find on other Symbian phones, including the email platforms and Exchange mail options that are particularly important for business users.

The touch screen includes handwriting recognition and there is a document reader and editor included as well as an alarm clock, calculator and phone book. There is built in auto rotate – tilt the phone and the screen changes from landscape to picture and vice-a-versa. Silence an alarm or a call wit a wave of your hand over the camera lens.

When you want to relax, the Satio includes unlimited access to the “playnow arena” that will let you download and watch a variety of films for free or use the music player to listen to songs stored on the phone.

Available in three colours – red, black or silver, the Sony Ericsson Satio offers a feature packed camera phone.

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