Sony Ericsson very kindly lent me their new Entertainment Unlimited branded phone called the Aino over the festive season and so I thought I would finally share with you my thoughts on it. To make things simple I have broken it down into my likes and dislikes.
Likes: Firstly the Aino has a fab 3” hi-res touch screen, when the slider is closed the touch screen works very well allowing you to easily browse pictures, music, movies or radio. The keyboard and user interface are up the usual easy and logical to use Sony Ericsson standards. The phone also comes with a nice built in 8GB Micro SD card, great Bluetooth headphones (great speakerphone too) and a very neat charging dock. It was also very easy to connect up to my laptop and sync all the contacts as well as working great as a mobile modem (wireless or wired took only a few minutes to set up). I didn’t get a chance to try out the Playstation 3 remote play feature, I’m more of an Xbox chap, but this feature allows you to stream music and films stored on your PS3 wirelessly to your Aino anywhere in the world !. Finally the Aino is also remarkably durable, after a couple of months heavy use it doesn’t even have a scratch on it.
Dislikes: The only slight problem with this phone is that the touch screen is for some reason deactivated when you slide out the keypad. Every person I showed it to tried to use the touch screen to navigate from around the menu, including me the first time. I guess once you know though you soon forget about it, but still think its a bit odd. The only other problem was when I first had the phone the software was very buggy, however after a week I updated it and now it’s been behaving nicely.
Overall: A great phone if you want to get a touch screen / number keypad smart cellphone. The camera works well (see pics above) and as an entertainment unlimited phone I can honestly say its lives up to its name. More apps are constantly being released and the phone comes pre-loaded with facebook, Google maps and a nice selection of games. For full stats see below:
Aino Touch Phone Specs
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3 inch widescreen 16:9 touch screen and slide out Keypad
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8.1 megapixel camera with Photo flash and intuitive touch focus, Video VGA 25fps
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Bluetooth™ stereo A2DP portable headphones included with docking base for phone/headphones
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55MB Phone memory and 8GB MicroSD memory card included
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Remote Play for PLAYSTATION®3, Exchange ActiveSync®
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A-GPS with Google Maps™
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3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi, (Quad-band GPRS/EDGE and tri-band HSDPA)
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Talk Time: 13 hours, Standby time: 380 hours
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Dimensions: 104 x 50 x 15.5 mm, Weight: 134.0g
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PlayNow™ arena and Track id, Built in Step Counter and GPS tracker
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DLNA Certified™ (connect wirelessly to other electronic devices via Wi-Fi. i.e: See your photos on your TV)
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Media Go: Transfer your files from PC to phone wirelessly & automatically when docked (using Wi-Fi)
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