Apart from announcing Satio, Sony Ericsson also made the Aino and Yari slider phones official. The Aino is touchscreen slider that emphasizes on streaming multimedia content whereas Yari concentrates on gesture and motion gaming.
Aino can be hooked up with the PS3 and can stream content from the console to the phone with the help of Remote Play or can use PlayTV that streams live TV from Aino to PS3. There’s also Media Home that streams multimedia content from the PC to the phone.
Other features the quad-band phone includes – 3-inch screen, tri-band 3G, 8.1-megapixel camera, A-GPS, DLNA Certified, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, microSD slot and a talk time of up to 4.5 hours on UMTS.
Yari, on the other hand features Gesture Gaming with games including like boxing, tennis and much more. On the hardware front, it brings a 5-megapixel camera, 3G, A-GPS, Bluetooth, FM Radio with RDS and microSD card slot.
Both the phones will be launched in early Q4 2009.
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