Sony Ericsson Satio is Idou's final name, ships in October

It's been announced today that the Symbian-powered Idou unveiled at Mobile World Congress earlier this year will be coming to market as the "Satio." The full 640 x 350 3.5-inch touchscreen device features a whopping 12.1 megapixel camera, dual-band HSPA, microSD expansion (yes, microSD, not Memory Stick Micro), and a xenon flash. It'll be available in three colors -- black, silver, and bordeaux -- this October.

[Via SEMC Blog]

[carcomptoy Posted May 28th 2009 3:00PM]

I kind of wish they kept the Idou named since it had caught on, but Satio I suppose isn't too bad, especially since it's Latin for "I satisfy," if I'm not mistaken.

I'm gladly surprised that SE's moving away from Memory STick since it's stupidly expensive media, but the screen seems needlessly non-standard. Why not just make it 640x360?

[fnuky Posted May 29th 2009 3:45AM]

Typo bunny makes lots of typos... it is 640x360 (nHD) and is running S60 5th edition with a lot of SonyEricsson customisations

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2009 3:18PM]

More pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/sonyericssonsocial

[CeluGeek Posted May 28th 2009 3:37PM]

I liked the Idou name better. It could be pronounced as "I do".

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2009 4:28PM]

i had assumed it was pronounced as it would be in Japanese -- "ee do oh".

Since it's running S60, does that mean it would run all the same S60 apps a comparable Nokia would run? i've never owned a non-Nokia S60 device before and i'm kinda tempted to pick this up over the N97.

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2009 4:40PM]

Never mind. The linked article insinuates it will run S60 apps.

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2009 2:42AM]

So does this mean no 3G love for the states?

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2009 7:32AM]

Finally a xenon flash but No 3.5mm phone jack, no sale.

Is it running Symbina s60 V5 (no flick scrolling) or better Symbian Foundation??

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 7th 2009 10:09AM]

jak to morzliwe???!!! sony ericsson na kartę panięci micro sd, a nie memory stic m2???!!!
jesten oburzony!!!

[(Unverified) Posted May 30th 2009 10:38AM]

Sounds like a cheap car. And I'm still not biting. Give me proper wide VGA, none of this nHD crap, line-in recording and a dual-hinge with a proper keypad like you're giving Japan with the Premier3 and then I'll think of buying SE Int'l phones again. Or someone can figure out how to make the Premier3 work internationally- I'd be just as satisfied.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 3rd 2009 5:43AM]

ty kolego lepiej popracuj nad tymi bledami ortograficznymi ktorymi zabyczyles swoja cala tresc!!!!, a do kart sd jakos sie przyzwyczaisz.....w koncu pracuje na nich wiekszosc nowoczesnych telefonow....pozdrawiam
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