Be in to win the Sony Ericsson Aino!

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We have one of these up for grabs.

All you have to do is post on this thread to be in to win and tell us what feature(s) you would find most useful.
Its rammed full of features. Check out this link for the full info.
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/press/pressreleases/pressreleasedetails/key.PressResource.Aino_press_release_final-20090528

Winner will be randomly chosen.

Here is a list of the features:

The Sony Ericsson Aino at a glance

Camera

* 8.1 megapixel camera
* Up to 16x digital zoom
* Photo fix
* Photo flash
* Video recording
* Auto focus
* Face detection
* Image and video stabilizer
* BestPic™
* Geo tagging
* Photo feeds
* Photo light
* Red-eye reduction
* Send to web
* Smart contrast
* Touch focus

Music

* Album art
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Clear Bass
* Clear Stereo
* Touchscreen media player
* Music tones (MP3/AAC)
* PlayNow™
* SensMe™
* Stereo speakers

Web

* Access NetFront™ Web browser
* Bookmarks
* Google™ search (from standby)
* Web feeds

Communication

* Speakerphone
* Polyphonic ringtones
* Vibrating alert
* Video calling (main camera)

Messaging

* Conversations
* Email
* Picture messaging (MMS)
* Predictive text input
* Sound recorder
* Text messaging (SMS)
* Instant messaging
* Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync™

Design

* Auto rotate
* Picture wallpaper
* Wallpaper animation

Entertainment

* Facebook
* 3D games
* FM radio with RDS
* Java
* Motion gaming
* Remote Play for PLAYSTATION®3
* Tracker
* Video streaming
* Video viewing
* Walk mate
* YouTube™

Connectivity

* A-GPS
* Bluetooth™ technology
* DLNA Certified™
* Google Maps™
* Modem
* PictBridge
* Synchronisation
* USB mass storage
* USB support
* Wi-Fi™

Organizer

* Alarm clock
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Flight mode
* Notes
* Phone book
* Stopwatch
* Tasks
* Timer

Accessories

In-Box:

* Aino
* Battery
* Battery charger
* SanDisk microSD™ 8GB
* Colour-matched Wireless Stereo Headphone MH100
* Design-matched Charging Stand EC100
* User guide

Optional:

* Wireless Stereo Speakers MBS-400

* Snap-on Speaker Stand MS410

* Digital Photo Frame IDP-100

Facts and Figures

* Size: 104 x 50x15.5 mm

* Weight: 134 grams

* Colours: Obsidian Black, Luminous White

* Main screen: 16,777,216 True Colour TFT
* Resolution: 240 x 432 pixels
* Size: 3 inches

* Phone memory: Up to 55MB
* Memory card support: SanDisk microSD™

* Talk time GSM: Up to 13 hrs
* Standby time GSM: Up to 380 hrs

* Talk time UMTS: Up to 4.5 hours
* Standby time UMTS: Up to 367 hours

* Video talk time: Up to 1 hour 40 mins

* Music listening time: Up to 31 hours

video recording for erm home movies

What I'd find useful :

- Wi-fi and all the web stuffs
- Camera
- Mp3

And definitely the speakers so I can annoy everyone else on the bus with my horrible RnB.

Face Detection would have helped me avoid those unintended sexual harassment lawsuits so I'll go with that...

Of course "Tracker" and "Walk Mate" would probably just land me with a few more...

I would def find red-eye reduction the most useful for when I take pictures of my mates in the club and I want them to look fly.

the phone part... so I can have conversations with people that arn't in my immediate vacinity... !!

Amazing!!!

USB storage part. I can put my essays on it and stuff. Awesome. Thanking you.

biggie.mobi

actually just saw this:

"* Remote Play for PLAYSTATION®3"

I dunno quite what that means, but I have a PS3 and if that means this phone can be a controller for it, or I can play PS3 games on it... that is AWESOME!!!!!

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/aino?lc=en&cc=gb#layerid=product_video_aino

fuck thats cool!

heh, yeah, that's pretty cool.

all of the above -- i have a shit phone, no camera and no MP3 player...


oh, who am I kidding, Yak the luckbox is going to come along and ship it anyway :>

Exchange Active Sync. The one thing my old phone had that I miss.

usb mass storage, mint! that and red eye reduction for all those amateur pr0n shots i take.

generally, just having a phone that doesnt crap out would be deace. i have had 3 second hand phones this year, and they have all died. oh to not be a poor student!

this phone would change my life. i am sure of it.

thanks in advance for giving it to me.

+1 USB mass storage, and 8.1 mp camera

Can I win???

If so the feature like and would use the most is the streaming between my phone and my PS3, either via wifi or cellular data.

well other than the actual phone (mine is on its last legs sigh ) the camera would definitely be the best for me.

I would find it useful that it looks like I'm holding an iphone from a distance so people would think that I'm cool as long as they stayed 10ft back.

most of it is useful but particularly the camera for me as iphone's is not so great
I carry 2 phones with me so an updated second one is called for to replace my old nokia and this would complement nicely the iphone in my pocket

What I would find most useful is being able to post on Biggie from more places!

would love to use the 8.1 megapixel camera as mine just got stolen again! wifi definately a bonus. touchscreen and ps3 connectivety!

The music player!!!!

Fill the 8gb sd with tasty tuna annnnd PlayNow™

test

nice phone.! I had tiny heart pulpitations just reading the specs! First of all any phone that works would be an improvement on mine but the google map app would be awesome! I like the touch screen media and the fact the camera is about the same as the digi cams! Being able to go on face book to feed my addiction err I mean animals on farmville wiiiicked! I love my radio so having my music and also being able to listen to the radio would be fab too. Everything in one little phone. I wouldn't need anything else for work or play. NICE!!

the user manual.

but seriously... probably the storage and music player for me

After this morning I think I would find the alarm most useful as I appear to need 3 of them to make it to work on time!

Its media playing capabilities while would also be of great benefit while travelling to said place of work.

link from facebook not working,count me in on this puppy too please.
looks awesome indeedy !!

I hadnt heard of this toy before!!

music feature would be awesome since i'm such a music geek, but everything would come very much in handy i think! i'm in serious need of a cool new toy. its amazing what they can put into a little piece of equipment these days. Love Technology!!

oh yay my post worked!! all last night i was getting 'Access Denied'

The vibrating alert

sensme

I like that it comes in a box, which is handy for safe storage

I would find the buttons and screen the most useful. And the power cable.

Why I believe the Aino is perfect for me!

By Lisa

I promise I will use the features on this new fandangled whatchamacallit and not only that, I might even read the book that tells you how to turn it on! (OK that might be a lie, I will properly just ask my man to do all the hard work and then give me a nice short synopsis about it. That way, I can go and do other things like make muesli bars. I have been planning to do this all week – but I just need 6 eggs and I only have 2 - sigh.

Phunky Dave will tell you about my favourite phone (2 phones ago) The one I have now my friend lent me after I got mad drunk in some night-club in Brisbane and left if on the table along with my ability to dance, hold down strong liquor or use my tongue in the correct matter.

It was called the Alcatela or as I like to say the “quite bright orange phone”
I’m pretty sure someone stole it because it was so rad!. I think the sexiest part of it was that it didn’t have any features, not even one!!! When people showed me their features, I showed them my phone and I think they were a bit jealous!

Here is a link (I would embed it but I always get a little tired even thinking about how to do this, so here is my link:

http://www.mobilewitch.com/Alcatel-OT-Easy-db_phone_specifications_19.htm#

This linkage was donated by my friend Barry, who I promised I would let use my nice new shiny Aino if I won it! (I properly wont though, its just something you say when you want someone to send you a link because you cant bed it)

At the moment I have a phone that can take pictures. It is very posh and neat but my phone seems to only use the photos to take away all the space for txts. Because I lost the cord in a terrifying whaling expedition (trying to save one of course, not trying to turn a whale into a giant moving hydroslyde - that is completely unacceptable these days, its not even funny to give them a fright on the ghost train at the Easter show), so now I cant even put the pictures of things on my computer at home I have to go around drawing pictures which gets quite expensive when you have to include paper and felt-tips.

Speaking of PC’s, I am sure with the new Anio I would transfer my pictures of hydroslydes straight from my Aino onto my computer, how nifty would that be!

Also I live in a dip (not the Mount Eden dip, you cant put a tent in there any more which I think is a bit pants, I live in another place – which, I’m sure the Aino will have some kind of tracking device on it so I can get home in the dark if there is a power cut – like there was the other day. We had to order takeaways, but then the power came on so I cancelled them – that was mighty lucky for my thighs because I accidentally ordered a butter chicken. I guess I could chuck in my job and become a tracker, and use my Anio to track things. Thinking about it, I am going to need way more muesli bars that I originally intended, or at least some scroggin. Now that’s a funny word, I bet with my new Aino I could google where scroggin came from, if I could be arsed, god I have busy day ahead.

Anyway like I was saying we live in a dip and I can never ever here my phone ring, so I miss every call ,even the ones telling my I win things (I just made that up, I don’t really win things, but I do make a great muesli bar and would offer to share them *wink if I won the Anio – if I could hear my phone, which I reckon I could even in a dip so I will obviously have to get more eggs*

If I had the Aino – I could plan my day and even colour code the more important bits of it, like cleaning my teeth or planting all the traffic lights green to get places faster. I will adjust my ring tone reminders to play Easter songs to confuse all the people on the train. Or I could make up foul ring tones of my own like I did with Phunky dave once man that was fun.

So you see. This will be quite beneficial for Ericsson to choice me use their phone as long as it comes in orange.

Kind regards
Lisa

The phone as a whole would be a great feature for me but email and google maps would come in handy!

All the features are awesome.. this phone looks cool!
But the camera looks to be the most useful feature, besides calling/txting.

The best bit would be the response from my gf after I gift it to her, she needs a new phone more than me (and probably more than anyone else in this thread).

This phone would be awesome for me as mine was in my golf bag when my golf clubs were stolen out of my car. The best feature would be the music features. My ipod shat itself and the 256MB music player im using now just doesnt cut it. But being able to call the police if my shit gets stolen again would be ace as well.

Attn: djblush + a bunch of others



So you can quit your disgustingly transparent efforts to stand out from the crowd now.
kthx

hope the touchscreen glitch has been sorted by sony by now

Would really love this phone! So many features and looks rad! I have always wanted a Sony walkman mp3 player and this would be the perfect option! What a wicked camera too 8.1 megapixel - who needs a camera?!?!?! E-mail access and facebook access would be wicked too!

Send to web for the camera is a wicked feature - also being able to access facebook and you tube, cool yet dangerous

lol, was about to post the same thing

er, I meant that for Yak, damn opening a thread, doing stuff and coming back 10mins later...

oh thats right, we arent allowed to have a bit of fun on here

I take it all back

I want this phone because I can send an email from it and the email will come out of the screen and clobber Pechora in the frontal lobe where his fun button is surposed to live!

Modern technology - rocks my world

My god smiley - dont you ever had any drug flashbacks and want to take shit on the interweb?

you guys are no fun at all!

The 134 grams.

Oh, wait, wat?

Just make it more interesting, and less about "OMG PICK ME PLEASE!!!" please

hello
i would like bestest the feature that it exists, unlike the phone belonging to my man.
if it came my way i'd give it to him (or more likely will keep it and give him my older, less well endowed sony ericsson)
thus enabling communication once more - the foundation of any good relationship

The fact that is a phone is the most useful.

TDR needs a new phone (his is practically dead) and then I could give it to him for Christmas

Gold.

Wow that sounds awesome.

The GPS would come in handy when i move to Sydney. I assume i will be getting lost quite a bit!

Neil Armstrong will show you around dude :>

Yeah i know but i may have trouble finding his house first.

oh it sounds nice.

I don't have a camera so it would be so amazing to have a camera

I would use everything.

In particular the web browsing. Having 24 hour access to biggie, facebook, and tube8 would increase my internet addiction to new found levels.

:>

gc.

But my favourite feature is that it is called an Aino... which can sound incredibly similar to "Anal" when shouted out in a public space.

... which could obviously lead to all kinds of hillarity.

HOLD ON!! MY AINO IS VIBRATING!!!

I'LL TAKE A PHOTO WITH MY AINO!!

YOU WANNA PLAY A GAME?... YOU CAN USE MY AINO!!

CHECK OUT MY AINO RING!!!!


LOOOLLZZZZ








look just give me the fuckin phone already!!
:>

Just the new phone itself would be a winner to replace my old 4 year old banged up brick.

But the feature I would most like is the speakerphone so I can be like all the hot biarches on The City and the Hills who use speakerphone so everyone can hear their conversations while being filmed on camera. My life is a soap opera! haha

hmmmms I would like the camera for all sorts of photography... perhaps even gigs eh?

I know

i also had this

of course andrew will deny this

or blame wdb

I just want it.

Sorry, no fancy post, no fancy woe is me story, no fancy ass licking.

I just want it.

what TDR said

8.1 megapixel camera sounds the most useful to me

truth!

I should very much like to be in possession of this technology to better enhance my life.

I would use the "skite and gloat" feature to shame all humans into worshiping me and my superior telephone, therefore becoming a god amongst men.

Then I would use the "hug and comfort" feature when I cry myself to sleep at night due to my power-hungry ways having lost me all my loved ones.

I see no ill side effects from me having access to such a fancy schmancy do-dakky. It's like a tiny robot <3

being able to access facebook!! lol... ADDICT

Playing music and facebook :p

The fact that you have all those features in one tiny device. Massive amounts of technology win.

Speaker phone and vibrating alert

What I would find useful is

8.1 megapixel camera
Up to 16x digital zoom
Wifi


Sounds like a great phone

i like the facebook feature

Camera. Easy

I will be poor student next year so my favourite feature is the giving it away part

So when is this being drawn?

touch focus is soooooooo cool

2nded

Its running for 4 weeks from the date it was posted.

Most of the latest high-end phones have all the great features in this phone but the real difference is the mind blowing camera in this phone. I believe it rocks!!!
For most of the phones camera is optional accessory
But SE AINO = Primarily a high-end camera + phone with most advanced features

i would find the auto focus the best feature for sure


heck of alot beter than my 3310 haha

I would like the browser so I can use the internet everywhere! O_O

free phones a good phone =D

I would find the entire thing useful, as I could give it to QB to replace his dying (dead?) phone, and he could leave my phone alone!

Everything would be so useful for me!

I don't have a camera, so to take photos I have to use my girlfriends camera.
I don't have an mp3 player, so I have to use my girlfriends ipod.
My phone is crapping out and often doesn't work, so I have to use my girlfriends phone.
I don't have anything to access the internet with, so I have to use my girlfriends phone or lap top.

The whole thing would be awesome and I could stop stealing her shit

It's a hard-knock life for you, QB.

QB = under the thumb

bump

Wfi and the google search, instant GPS/Maps are always handy. So would a phone that doesn't fall apart.

wifi transfer will be awesome!
as will gps as I am in need of a gps of some sort right this moment!

cough

its been 4 weeks!

Yep should probably hurry up and get me my new phone now. Current one is on the verge of complete meltdown.

:>

gc.

Still going, or is this done?

Drawing it start of next week.

I was going to sign up with a new account called Randomly Chosen and blam, all mines!
But as my cunning genius is outweighed by my honesty and sense of fair play I demurred. Which, naturally, makes me a pretty obvious choice for a deserving winner. Lotta work for charity...

I would really enjoy the 8.1 megapixel camera and 16 x zoom.... I really love taking impromptu pictures on the go.. and enjoy capturing moments of people in various moods and actions.. This would really be so much fun.. and the bonus would be the awesome speakers to play some good music.. Would be a great to win this in replacement of my current phone.. which has no features.. except call and msg...

i would find the * User guide most useful.

Definitely the camera feature...I need a decent camera on my phone!