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We were able to spend some time with a whole bunch of Sony Ericsson devices. These phones are all very early models, and none of them had working software. We'll reserve final judgement when they have units that are closer to production quality.

Sony Ericsson Satio

The Satio (pronounced sah-TEE-oh) is meant to be Sony Ericsson's flagship camera phone with 12.1 megapixels on board. To be honest, this version of the device felt flimsy and weak. The materials were low-grade and some of the buttons weren't working at all. It's a fairly long phone, but is reasonably wide from side to side. It is very silvery and the screen was easily smudged. It will run the first version of Symbian Foundation Symbian OS, with Sony Ericsson features built in.

Sony Ericsson Aino

The Aino (pronounced AY-noh) is a slider with a regular numeric keypad and a touch screen. This is a pretty thick phone, but it has nicely rounded edges. I liked the weight of it, and the slider mechanism felt pretty good. It is also what Sony Ericsson believes will be its flagship phone for consuming media. It can sync with the Sony PS3 gaming station, and even stream content from the PS3.

Sony Ericsson Yari

The Yari is a more traditional slider and has a 5 megapixel camera and accelerometer-based gaming controls. It looks good, has a good size and weight, and I liked the feel of the numeric keypad.

SE Greenheart

The Naite (red) and Greenheart (white) phones are both bar-style devices that aim to help reduce carbon output. Neither had working buttons and they were clearly models. The shape and feel of both devices was good overall.

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Motorola and AT&T Announce the Karma

Jun 23, 2009
Today AT&T and Motorola together announced the Karma QA1, a new messaging phone that has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and homescreen access to social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace. The Karma features an integrated, threaded messaging center that lets users see all their messages in one place.

Motorola Karma QA1

2.5" display 320 x 240 pixels
1,170 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

BlackBerry Tour 9630

2.4" display 480 x 360 pixels
1,400 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

Nokia E73 Mode / E72

2.4" display 320 x 240 pixels
ARM 11 processor
1,500 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)