Mobile,High Speed Broadband Services,Mobile Downloads

Ericsson Satio

Sony Ericsson have decided to really show off with his one. Groundbreakingly amazing is what some have called this handset with an impressive 12 megapixel digital camera built-in. A 12MP camera on a mobile phone? What’s the point? – Well, with that kind of resolution, you can take pictures big enough to go on a billboard poster (well nearly anyway!).

After hearing about the Sony Ericsson Satio Mobile Phone’s 12MP camera it immediately occurred to me that with this high resolution camera, there must come a requirement for an extremely large amount of memory. That’s fine because bundled in the box with the Sony Ericsson Satio is an 8GB memory card.

So what else is in the box? Sony Ericsson Satio Battery Battery Charger 8GB Memory card USB cable Media manager Colour-matched stereo portable hands free User guide Here’s the Sony Ericsson Satio Technical Data:

Sony Ericsson Satio Camera

12.1 megapixel camera Up to 12x digital zoom Auto focus BestPic™ Face detection Geo tagging of photos Image stabilizer Photo feeds Photo fix Send to web Red-eye reduction Smile detection Touch focus Video light Video recording Xenon flash

Sony Ericsson Satio Music

Album art Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) Media player Music tones (MP3/AAC) PlayNow™ TrackID™

Sony Ericsson Satio Web

WebKit web browser Bookmarks Web feeds

Sony Ericsson Satio Communication

Call list Speakerphone Vibrating alert Video calling

Sony Ericsson Satio Messaging

Conversations Email Exchange ActiveSync™ Handwriting recognition Instant messaging On-screen QWERTY keyboard Picture messaging (MMS) Predictive text input Sound recorder Text messaging (SMS)

Sony Ericsson Satio Design

Auto rotate Gesture control Media Picture wallpaper S60 5th edition Symbian™ OS Touch screen Wallpaper animation

Sony Ericsson Satio Entertainment

HD and 3D games Facebook™ application FM radio with RDS Java Video streaming Video viewing YouTube™

Sony Ericsson Satio Connectivity

Bluetooth™ technology Modem PictBridge Synchronisation TV out USB mass storage USB support In-built WiFi™

Sony Ericsson Satio Organizer

Alarm clock Calculator Calendar Contacts Document readers Document editors Flight mode Notes Tasks

Sony Ericsson Satio Location-based services

A-GPS Google Maps™ Turn-by-turn navigation

So in all really, that’s a lot of features for a small hand-held phone. The Sony Ericsson Satio mobile phone should be released on May 28, 2009 and for sale in stores by August / September ‘09.

Do you like the idea of downloading an entire music album in less then 11 seconds? Or do you want to grab an 800 megabyte high definition movie file in just 3 minutes? If you answered yes to both, then Virgin Media has a ready solution for you.

The powerhouse UK cable company is offering an astonishing 50 MB broadband connection for all UK households. This is the fastest net speed in the history of UK and is considered as the next generation service for 2009.

Talk of Virgin’s 50 MB high speed connectivity plan has been circulating throughout the Internet. Naturally, this created a buzz in the online world especially with British tech bloggers and news sites.

Last December 2008, Virgin Media announced that it will unveil the fastest broadband service for the general public in the year 2009. This will put the UK cable company at the top of the list of the fastest ISPs in the entire country. Virgin started trial testing the service last year on several households in Kent.

Different Plans for More Flexible Service

Virgin Media is offering different broadband service plans for UK households. According to the company, such flexibility of service will allow UK consumers to choose which plan would be best for them.

First, you can avail of the triple play service which is actually a bundled plan consisting of a dedicated landline subscription, 50 MB broadband service, and cable TV service. The triple play plan will cost 66 Pounds per month.

According to the company, such bundled service plan is ideal for new subscribers and households that want to share several broadband connections. The ultra fast Internet connection will be able to handle multiple users on a single router without significant degeneration of connection speeds.

Consumers can also opt to avail of broadband-only service if they do not want to take the cable TV and landline services. This service will cost 55 Pounds per month. Virgin media said such plan would be ideal for educational institutions with several computer consoles sharing a connection.

With the 50 MB superfast broadband connection, an entire computer laboratory will be able to enjoy high speed Internet service for every user.

Internet Infrastructure Issues that Face Virgin’s High Speed Service

Virgin Media is a reliable provider of high speed Internet connection for many years already. Customers have been satisfied by the quality of service and reliable Internet connection provided by the cable company.

The biggest issue facing the ultra high speed broadband plan is the Internet infrastructure of UK. Some technology analysts contend that most telephone lines on UK still use copper wiring. Such telephone technology will not be able to handle fast connections and might result to quality of service issues.

UK communication regulators said that it will take 15 billion Pounds to upgrade the public telephone system. Government regulators however are optimistic that such upgrade would benefit the country in the long term.

For now, Virgin’s 50 MB broadband service can only be enjoyed by 16 million British households. Government officials and company executives agree that high speed connectivity would be socially and economically beneficial for the entire country.