When we first got our hands on the Satio, The most noticable thing is that it's interface seems dated. There is also no 3.5mm phone jack. It still uses the non miniUSB connector.

The camera is pretty decent and take nice photos. It's Xenon flash helps out in dark environments. The BestPic is probably something that is unique to Sony which let's one pick the best picture out of a couple especially taking pictures of moving objects.

We took some indoor pictures using both the Samsung pixon12 and Sony Ericsson Satio and finds that both has it's good and bad. You can take a look at the pictures on page 4. In video recording, it only supports VGA resolution whereas the Pixon supports 720x480. In our tests, the Satio remained in focus while the Pixon12 seems to be trying to refocus a number of times during the filming. As for clarity of video, the Pixon12 seems to have an upper hand.

Nowadays, phones comes preinstalled with many applications like social networking tools, twitter, facebook etc. The Satio built in facebook, youtube, integrated Google Maps. As it is based on Symbian, there are plenty of applications out there. The Pixon12 which is based on a proprietary OS doesn't have that luxury and you would have to depend on Samsung to develop applications specific to that phone.

In Conclusion, this phone has a lot more applicatiion and potential due to it's symbian roots. THe multimedia features like PlayNow! is also something that is missing from other brands. So, if you intend to get an all rounder, this phone is worth considering.
 

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