With more media apps than your average media-friendly phone, the Aino has been turning heads since its recent announcement. It’s not due out here for a few months yet, but we thought we’d drop a little preview your way. Because we’re kind like that.
The first thing to say as warning though is that, if you don’t have Playstation 3, you might not get as much out of this phone as would make it worthwhile keep tabs on. If you do, however, have a PS3, then this could be about the best choice you’ve ever made. And here’s a few very important reasons why:
- Remote Play – You know all that music, all those photos, and all that other guff you’ve got saved onto the vaguely generous PS3 of yours? Well, now you can access it all directly using the Sony Ericsson Aino. That’s right, whether you’re at home and hooked up to the computer via a local network, or hanging out with some monkeys in a jungle in Cambodia, you can now access all the stuff saved on your PS3 on your phone. As long as that jungle has decent Wi-Fi, of course.
- PlayTVservice – All those certain free TV channels you can watch via your PS3?… Yep, you guessed it, these can now be streamed straight through the ickle screen on the Aino. So now you can watch Neighbours with all those monkeys. They won’t know what they’ve been missing.
- Media Home – Something for everyone here – a way of Synchronising your PC (not just your PS3) with your phone to make sure you’ve everything you want with you, whichever jungle you find yourself in.
- Media Go – A nifty way to watch and organise all your home computer media files using the Aino as some kind of touchscreen remote control.
So, a bit of simple maths to finish. PS3 + Aino = A very happy you. Not got a PS3, then this might be one to avoid, as even though it’s got as much going for it as any other smartphone, it’s bulkier than most out there, and the screen’s not quite as big or impressive as some of those Samsung’s that have been hitting the news recently. Read a fuller Sony Ericsson Aino review here, or spend a couple of minutes in the company of this video for more of a sense of what this thing can do.
