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Yesterday, Sony Ericsson announced three phones that belong to its Entertainment Unlimited portfolio. Their names are kind of Japanese Anime types, Satio, Yari and Aino. Satio is none other than the Sony Ericsson Idou, the first Symbian Foundation based phone that was showcased by Sony Ericsson at the start of Mobile World Congress. Sony Ericsson also showcased its Flagship Walkman phone, W995 at the MWC 2009 and has launched it few days back. So coming back to yesterdays three launches, Satio, Yari and Aino..don't know why, but these phones sound some thing like a awesome threesome, like the fantastic four.

Sony Ericsson Satio supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 850/900/2100 and the phone will be available in three colors, Bordeaux, Silver and Black. Satio is the first phone based on the Symbian Foundation and also the first phone from Sony Ericsson to sport a high-end 12 mega pixel snapper with 12x Digital Zoom, video light, xenon flash, auto focus, face detection, best pic, geotagging, image stabilizer. The phone is touted as a multimedia powerhouse with its unique full touch media menu, standby panels and music player. Other features include, S60 Symbian 5th Edition OS, Bluetooth A2DP, FM Radio, Java, TV-Out, Wi-Fi, HD and 3D gaming option, WebKit Web Browser, A-GPS, 120MB internal memory with external microSD card support.

Sony Ericsson Aino is the other touch screen handset with slider mechanism that was launched yeaterday. The phone also sports a alphanumeric keypad, if you don't like typing on a touch screen. Aino is also SE's first handset with two new Sony Ericsson services, Remote Play, which lets you "control and access media content on PlayStation 3", and Media Go, which "helps you transfer, play and organize all your music, photos, videos and podcasts from your PC simply and effortlessly to enjoy directly on Aino via Wi-Fi." If you in UK, Italy, France, Germany or Spain, you can also access PlayTV service on Playstation 3. Other features include, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), 3 inch TFT touch screen, A-GPS, Accelerometer, DLNA, Wi-Fi, 8 mega pixel snapper, motion gaming like the F350, Bluetooth, 8GB microSDHC card support.

Sony Ericsson Yari targets the gamers with its gesture and motion gaming features. The phone will come pre-loaded with games. Yari is the first handset with gesture gaming out side the Japanese market. Gesture gaming is just like playing on the Nintendo Wii, move your body to play games on your phone. Other features of the phone include, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100 network, 5 mega pixel snapper with auto focus, face detection, photo feeds, photo fix, photo light, smile detection, video light and direct sending to the web, 2.4 inch QVGA display, microSD card support. The phone will be available in Achromatic Black and Cranberry White.