Engineering:Sony Ericsson Aino

Sony Ericsson Aino

Manufacturer	Sony Ericsson
Compatible networks	UMTS, GSM
Availability by region	October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09)
Form factor	Touchscreen slider
Dimensions	104 mm × 50 mm × 15.5 mm (4.09 in × 1.97 in × 0.61 in)
Mass	134.0 g (4.73 oz)
Removable storage	microSDHC, up to 32GB
Battery	Li-ion 1000 mAh
Display	3-inch (76 mm) 240 × 432 TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16,777,216 colors
Rear camera	8.1-megapixel 16x digital zoom
Connectivity	802.11b/g, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), DLNA, GPS receiver
Other	NetFront web browser

Sony Ericsson Aino is touch screen based slider mobile phone. It has a multimedia PlayStation 3-inspired touch menu (like XrossMediaBar), a large 3-inch (76 mm) touchscreen, VGA@30 FPS video recording. The 3-inch (76 mm) screen is touch-enabled but only in the multimedia part of the menu and the camera interface. Some third party applications like Opera-Mini also support the touch screen interface. It also has an 8.1-megapixel camera. The Aino uses NetFront 3.5 web browser for internet connectivity.

Technical specifications

• Model: U10i
• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/2100, GPRS/EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, No HSUPA
• Form factor: Touchscreen* slider
• Dimensions: 104 × 50 × 15.5 mm, 134 g
• Display: 3-inch 16M color LED display, 240 × 432 pixel resolution
• Memory: 55 MB integrated memory, hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 32 GB)
• Operating system: Java Platform 8 (also known as A200 platform), running at 200 MHz
• UI: Proprietary Flash-based UI
• Still camera: 8-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, smile detection, image stabilizer, smart contrast
• Video recording: VGA video recording at 30 frame/s
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS receiver with A-GPS support
• Misc: Partial touchscreen functionality, accelerometer for screen auto rotate, FM radio with RDS, Remote Play for PlayStation 3
• Battery: 1000 mAh battery

Touchscreen features are only accessible in with certain features of the phone. [1]

Features

Camera

• Camera - 8.1-megapixel
• Digital zoom - up to 16x
• Photo feeds
• Geo tagging
• Video stabiliser
• Video recording
• Red-eye reduction
• Video blogging
• Picture blogging
• Photo flash
• Image stabiliser
• Photo fix
• BestPic
• Face detection
• Touch focus
• Auto focus

Connectivity

• aGPS
• Bluetooth technology
• DLNA Certified
• Google Maps
• Modem
• PictBridge
• Remote Play
• Synchronisation
• USB mass storage
• USB support
• WiFi

Communication

• Video calling (Main camera)
• Vibrating Alert
• Bluetooth wireless headset
• Polyphonic ringtones

Internet

• Web feeds
• WAP 2.0 XHTML

Entertainment

• Radio - FM radio with RDS
• Tracker
• Walk Mate
• Video viewing
• Video streaming
• Java
• Motion gaming
• 3D games
• Media

Music

• Music tones - MP3, AAC
• TrackID
• Shake control
• SensMe
• PlayNow
• Stereo speakers
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• Album art
• Clear stereo
• Clear bass
• Media Player

Remote Play

Like the Sony PSP, the Aino features PlayStation 3 connectivity, called Remote Play. This allows the phone to be able to turn the PS3 on from anywhere in the world and stream its media files. This is the first phone to implement this, as it was previously only available on PlayStation Portable.

External links

• Official website