Maxabout Review

Very Stylish & Feature Rich

With the launch of Satio, Aino, Yari & Naite, it seems Sony Ericsson is doing away with names like W995, C905, T303. Aino combines two of Sony’s best features, gone are the days deciding between the cybershot and the walkman. The Aino provides the best of both worlds - an 8 megapixel camera, with everything you’d expect from a Sony Ericsson - autofocus, LED flash, geotagging, touch focus, face detection and so much more.  Naturally, it boasts the latest Walkman player, offering not only a fantastic sound but great graphics as well.

Sony Ericsson blazes a trail with their “extremely innovative” idea of using the phone only when the slider is open, because otherwise you don’t have access to the navigational keys. Volume rocker and camera shutter are on the right hand side, charger port is on the opposite and microSD card slot is under the battery cover. Sony Ericsson Aino does not have an entirely touch sensitive screen, there is no need for it to utilize new software as well. There are several icons with changed appearance, the settings menu is not divided into separate tabs and the phone comes with new themes that seem to have been inspired by mainstream pop culture.

The preloaded internet browser is pretty good for a feature phone and you connect to the global network via 3G or Wi-Fi. The touch sensitive mode is only available when the phone slider is closed. It features shortcuts to the camera, gallery, audio and video player and the FM radio. As a whole, all icons are large enough to press with your fingers, although they provide access to rather simplified functions only, say, browsing files or starting them and you do not have the opportunity to fiddle with equalizer or sound settings for an instance. Sony Ericson Aino features a 8.1-megapixel camera with autofocus and built-in flash. You operate it done via the touch sensitive screen and its interface offers different presets, can change the focusing mode, gives control over the flash, self-portrait function, snapshot resolution and geotagging via the built-in GPS receiver.

Main Features Of Sony Ericsson Aino:

- 8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus
- Geo-tagging, face detection, smile detection, image stabilizer, smart contrast
- 3" 16M color TFT display, 240 x 432 pixel resolution
- GPRS/EDGE class 10
- HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA-2 Mbps
- 55MB integrated memory
- Hot swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
- VGA video recording at 30 fps
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
- GPS receiver with A-GPS support
- Partial touchscreen functionality
- Accelerometer for screen auto rotate
- FM radio with RDS, Remote play for Playstation 3