Sony Ericsson Aino
Bundle
The bundle of the Aino is one of the best I've seen. The only thing that is missing is a TV out cable.
- Sony Ericsson Aino
- Battery
- Charger
- Bluetooth Stereo Adaptor + Stereo Earphones
- Dock cradle
- USB Data Cable
- 8 GB microSD card
- User Guide
The bundle of the Aino is one of the best I've seen. The only thing that is missing is a TV out cable.
Design & Construction
The design of the Aino is a bit of a mixed bag. It is a combination of a regular touchscreen phone and a slider. What looks like a standard touchscreen phone slides up and reveals a standard phone keypad below. When open the phone is considerably long, probably the longest I've seen. However, the weight distribution of the phone is pretty good and even after opening the phone it doesn't feel top heavy.
The design of the Aino is a bit of a mixed bag. It is a combination of a regular touchscreen phone and a slider. What looks like a standard touchscreen phone slides up and reveals a standard phone keypad below. When open the phone is considerably long, probably the longest I've seen. However, the weight distribution of the phone is pretty good and even after opening the phone it doesn't feel top heavy.
We received the 'Obsidian Black' model for testing, which looked quite handsome and better than the 'Luminous White' model. The front side, when closed, consists of only the display, with just a small frame of matte black plastic surrounding it. Above the display is the earpiece but you won't find a video call camera
or even a display light sensor here. At the top edge of the display is a proximity sensor. The top and bottom edges of the slider have a glossy strips finished in a deep blue shade, which continues to run around the side when the phone is closed.
The sides of the phones are minimalist and have only the bare necessities. On the right side are the volume control key and the camera shutter button. On the left side is the proprietary Fast-Port. On the top side is the display lock key and at the bottom is the loudspeaker and microphone. On the rear side of the phone is the camera lens at the top left and a single LED flash.
Open the phone and you'll see the same keypad as found on other Sony Ericsson phones. You get a five-way navigation pad with two soft keys; the call/end keys and the key for Activity Menu, and the Clear key. Below is the alphanumeric keypad. The navigation pad and the call/end are finished in the same glossy blue as the strips on the side of the phone, while the keypad keys are black on both the black and white colour models.
We really found the design of the Aino attractive. The simple and minimalist design with some good use of matte plastic and glossy strips gives the phone a sort of mature and timeless design that will appeal to everyone. The build quality of the phone was also good and the feel and finish of the phone in particular was very good and upmarket. The only flaw as such with the phone was the sunken display, which means dust tends to collect around the edges. The battery cover removal process makes you feel as if you'd break it every time you try to open it. There was also a slight wobble in the slider when it was open and the Aino did not feel as solid as the Samsung or Nokia sliders.
We really found the design of the Aino attractive. The simple and minimalist design with some good use of matte plastic and glossy strips gives the phone a sort of mature and timeless design that will appeal to everyone. The build quality of the phone was also good and the feel and finish of the phone in particular was very good and upmarket. The only flaw as such with the phone was the sunken display, which means dust tends to collect around the edges. The battery cover removal process makes you feel as if you'd break it every time you try to open it. There was also a slight wobble in the slider when it was open and the Aino did not feel as solid as the Samsung or Nokia sliders.
Display & Keypad
The display on the Aino is 3.0-inch, 240 x 432, capacitive touchscreen capable of displaying up to 16 Million colours. Although the display is touch sensitive, you should not get your hopes too high, as the touch functionality is only utilized in the media player, the camera application and in some Java applications. Everywhere else you should just slide the phone open and use the keys as you would on any other Sony Ericsson phone. The display size and resolution is also nothing too great and is possibly the lowest resolution full touchscreen display that you could find. What Sony Ericsson has done here is that they have retained 240 pixel width on the Aino, as they do on their other phones. However, they have increased the height, and to ensure that the display is in the proper 16:9 aspect ratio they have come up with the odd 432 pixel count for the height.
Now coming to the actual quality of the display; I must say this is possibly the best display I have seen on any Sony Ericsson phone till date. The image quality is absolutely stunning with superb brightness and gorgeous colours, which would put even OLED displays to shame. The display performance under sunlight remains respectable, however, the brightness has to be high because at lower values the display cannot be clearly seen. Also, the Aino lacks an ambient light sensor for the display for some reason.
As far as the touch response is concerned, it is a bit of a hit and miss affair. Often the display would respond well to your inputs and at times it would totally disregard even the most perfectly placed finger touch, which usually happened more in the camera. I believe this inconsistency was more due to the phone's software than the display itself. I hope Sony Ericsson improves the touch response in subsequent firmware updates.
The display on the Aino is 3.0-inch, 240 x 432, capacitive touchscreen capable of displaying up to 16 Million colours. Although the display is touch sensitive, you should not get your hopes too high, as the touch functionality is only utilized in the media player, the camera application and in some Java applications. Everywhere else you should just slide the phone open and use the keys as you would on any other Sony Ericsson phone. The display size and resolution is also nothing too great and is possibly the lowest resolution full touchscreen display that you could find. What Sony Ericsson has done here is that they have retained 240 pixel width on the Aino, as they do on their other phones. However, they have increased the height, and to ensure that the display is in the proper 16:9 aspect ratio they have come up with the odd 432 pixel count for the height.
Now coming to the actual quality of the display; I must say this is possibly the best display I have seen on any Sony Ericsson phone till date. The image quality is absolutely stunning with superb brightness and gorgeous colours, which would put even OLED displays to shame. The display performance under sunlight remains respectable, however, the brightness has to be high because at lower values the display cannot be clearly seen. Also, the Aino lacks an ambient light sensor for the display for some reason.
As far as the touch response is concerned, it is a bit of a hit and miss affair. Often the display would respond well to your inputs and at times it would totally disregard even the most perfectly placed finger touch, which usually happened more in the camera. I believe this inconsistency was more due to the phone's software than the display itself. I hope Sony Ericsson improves the touch response in subsequent firmware updates.
Coming to the physical keypad on the phone, I must say I did not like the keypad on the Aino. It was too cramped for my fingers and often made me hit the wrong keys, which can be frustrating while typing something in a hurry. As it is, Sony Ericsson have made a phone as long as a small runway, they might have made it a bit longer and included a more comfortable and more usable keypad. This is only for the alphanumeric keypad however, as the navigation keys posed no problems at all.
One thing we noticed on the keypad of the Aino is the rearrangement of the controls for Space, Shift and dictionary. The Aino has the Space key in the middle now on the '0' button, the Shift key on the '#' button and the dictionary on/off is on the '' button as before.
The keypad is backlit by a white light. Unfortunately, the light is too dim and in the dark the light from the display easily outshines it, making it hard to see.
One thing we noticed on the keypad of the Aino is the rearrangement of the controls for Space, Shift and dictionary. The Aino has the Space key in the middle now on the '0' button, the Shift key on the '#' button and the dictionary on/off is on the '' button as before.
The keypad is backlit by a white light. Unfortunately, the light is too dim and in the dark the light from the display easily outshines it, making it hard to see.
Interface & Navigation
The Aino has the exact same interface design as some of the latest Sony Ericsson phones, except for a few minor things such as new icons in the main menu and new on-screen controls for accepting calls and to end an alarm without opening the phone. The longer display means you see more content on the screen at a time and this comes in handy in apps like contacts or the web browser. There are two media players in the phone; one is the same one as found in other Sony Ericsson phones and the other one, which can be accessed when the phone is closed via the touchscreen. The standard media player has got a few new tricks up its sleeve, which takes advantage of the larger display but they are mostly cosmetic and gimmicky rather than something useful.
The phone's processor power has definitely seen a boost over other Sony Ericsson phones, which was necessary, considering the phone has a higher resolution camera and a larger display. This can be seen in the main menu where the sliding icon animation is very smooth. Sadly though the standard media player is quite a bit sluggish and becomes unusable while it is updating the library. It never feels truly fast as such and there are only different variances of sluggishness here. It becomes particularly high when the phone is actually playing the music and can become quite frustrating in doing something as simple as changing the equalizer.
If you are not playing music or nowhere near the media player then the interface speed is quite good. The interface design, although a bit long in the tooth now, still is one of the best out there among non-smartphones and is very easy to operate. However, Sony Ericsson still does not offer a document viewer in their phones, something Samsung and LG does.
The firmware on our test Aino (version R1BA049) was quite buggy and was also restricting the device from operating at its full potential. A newer firmware could improve the camera performance and also make the media player interface faster. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this review no newer firmware was available for this region. We hope that Sony Ericsson quickly comes up with a better firmware as the phone is almost begging for it.
The Aino has the exact same interface design as some of the latest Sony Ericsson phones, except for a few minor things such as new icons in the main menu and new on-screen controls for accepting calls and to end an alarm without opening the phone. The longer display means you see more content on the screen at a time and this comes in handy in apps like contacts or the web browser. There are two media players in the phone; one is the same one as found in other Sony Ericsson phones and the other one, which can be accessed when the phone is closed via the touchscreen. The standard media player has got a few new tricks up its sleeve, which takes advantage of the larger display but they are mostly cosmetic and gimmicky rather than something useful.
The phone's processor power has definitely seen a boost over other Sony Ericsson phones, which was necessary, considering the phone has a higher resolution camera and a larger display. This can be seen in the main menu where the sliding icon animation is very smooth. Sadly though the standard media player is quite a bit sluggish and becomes unusable while it is updating the library. It never feels truly fast as such and there are only different variances of sluggishness here. It becomes particularly high when the phone is actually playing the music and can become quite frustrating in doing something as simple as changing the equalizer.
If you are not playing music or nowhere near the media player then the interface speed is quite good. The interface design, although a bit long in the tooth now, still is one of the best out there among non-smartphones and is very easy to operate. However, Sony Ericsson still does not offer a document viewer in their phones, something Samsung and LG does.
The firmware on our test Aino (version R1BA049) was quite buggy and was also restricting the device from operating at its full potential. A newer firmware could improve the camera performance and also make the media player interface faster. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this review no newer firmware was available for this region. We hope that Sony Ericsson quickly comes up with a better firmware as the phone is almost begging for it.
Connectivity, Calling & Messaging
The Sony Ericsson Aino is a GSM Quad band handset supporting 850/900/1800/1900 bands. It also supports 3G and HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps. Bluetooth v2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, GPS and USB 2.0 complete the list of connectivity features.
The call quality and network reception was fine on the Aino. The loudspeaker was also fairly powerful for the ringtones to be heard clearly and the vibration strength was acceptable. The Bluetooth speed was quite fast and when paired with our MacBook Pro (which has Bluetooth v2.1) the Aino gave us transfer speeds of around 190 KB/s, which is really fast. When connected with the supplied MH100 Bluetooth stereo headset, the phone even showed the battery status of the headset that was connected with it. This is of course is a headset dependent feature and not all headsets would support this feature.
The Wi-Fi too worked well and was really easy to connect and set up. One big feature of the Aino was the PS3 connectivity. What this means is that you can connect your Aino to your PS3 and stream data from the phone onto the console. The Aino can also perform special functions in some games on the PS3, like be your rear view mirror in F1 Racing. Previously this functionality was only available in the PSP. When we tested the Aino with our PS3 however, the results were less than impressive. When playing the music on the phone, the PS3 took nearly 30 seconds to even begin playing the song. As for videos, they were jerky and would often stop in between as the PS3 took its time streaming data off the Aino. Images too took fairly long time, although fared a bit better than video playback.
The GPS unit on our Aino was a bit troublesome. When we first got the phone the GPS was working fine. Later however the GPS stopped working and even after standing under an open sky for ages it did not manage to get a lock on. Finally we gave up on it and decided to go indoors.
The Sony Ericsson Aino is a GSM Quad band handset supporting 850/900/1800/1900 bands. It also supports 3G and HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps. Bluetooth v2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, GPS and USB 2.0 complete the list of connectivity features.
The call quality and network reception was fine on the Aino. The loudspeaker was also fairly powerful for the ringtones to be heard clearly and the vibration strength was acceptable. The Bluetooth speed was quite fast and when paired with our MacBook Pro (which has Bluetooth v2.1) the Aino gave us transfer speeds of around 190 KB/s, which is really fast. When connected with the supplied MH100 Bluetooth stereo headset, the phone even showed the battery status of the headset that was connected with it. This is of course is a headset dependent feature and not all headsets would support this feature.
The Wi-Fi too worked well and was really easy to connect and set up. One big feature of the Aino was the PS3 connectivity. What this means is that you can connect your Aino to your PS3 and stream data from the phone onto the console. The Aino can also perform special functions in some games on the PS3, like be your rear view mirror in F1 Racing. Previously this functionality was only available in the PSP. When we tested the Aino with our PS3 however, the results were less than impressive. When playing the music on the phone, the PS3 took nearly 30 seconds to even begin playing the song. As for videos, they were jerky and would often stop in between as the PS3 took its time streaming data off the Aino. Images too took fairly long time, although fared a bit better than video playback.
The GPS unit on our Aino was a bit troublesome. When we first got the phone the GPS was working fine. Later however the GPS stopped working and even after standing under an open sky for ages it did not manage to get a lock on. Finally we gave up on it and decided to go indoors.
When using the USB connectivity feature, we came across something odd. The only way to transfer data on to the supplied SanDisk microSD card was by connecting the phone to the PC. When the card was removed and connected to the PC through a card reader we were not able to transfer data to it (or format it) as the card was write protected.
Messaging on the Aino was less than ideal, thanks to the uncomfortable keypad. However, the experience has improved a bit thanks to the reworking of the keypad. Placing the Space key in the middle has made long time Nokia users like me feel at home right away when switching over to this phone. Also, the '*' key now brings up the character menu and also allows you to scroll through the list of suggested words in T9, just like in Nokia phones. The '#' key now lets you change the character case, which is once again similar to Nokia phones. It is good to see Sony Ericsson take these steps to make their phones more appealing to those using phones from other brands, which more often than not is Nokia.
Messaging on the Aino was less than ideal, thanks to the uncomfortable keypad. However, the experience has improved a bit thanks to the reworking of the keypad. Placing the Space key in the middle has made long time Nokia users like me feel at home right away when switching over to this phone. Also, the '*' key now brings up the character menu and also allows you to scroll through the list of suggested words in T9, just like in Nokia phones. The '#' key now lets you change the character case, which is once again similar to Nokia phones. It is good to see Sony Ericsson take these steps to make their phones more appealing to those using phones from other brands, which more often than not is Nokia.
Camera:
The Sony Ericsson Aino has an 8 Megapixel camera with autofocus. It can also record videos in VGA resolution at 30 FPS. The camera also has an LED flash but there is no lens protector. The position of the lens makes it too easy for it to be covered with your finger while shooting and it also collects a lot of fingerprints. The camera shutter key is fairly large and easy to use.
The Sony Ericsson Aino has an 8 Megapixel camera with autofocus. It can also record videos in VGA resolution at 30 FPS. The camera also has an LED flash but there is no lens protector. The position of the lens makes it too easy for it to be covered with your finger while shooting and it also collects a lot of fingerprints. The camera shutter key is fairly large and easy to use.
The camera can only be started when the phone is slid closed. The camera application is one of the few on the phone that utilizes the touchscreen functionality. However, the on-screen layout isn't as easy to use as the ones on Samsung or LG phones. Also, the touchscreen at times can be pretty unresponsive and the small on-screen buttons demand a lot of precision, which can be frustrating while shooting.
The camera application is also not as feature loaded as the Samsung phones but has got all the basics covered. You get various scene modes; Face detection and more importantly touch focus. What this means is that you can just press anywhere on the screen and the phone will only focus at that point and then take a picture. One annoyance is that the phone does wait for you to take the picture and upon touching the screen immediately takes a picture. This can be annoying at times, especially when you click on the screen accidentally. The shot to shot time is also pretty slow, so it takes a while to recover from an accidentally taken picture to the one you actually want to take. Sony digital cameras, such as the DSC-TX1 we reviewed recently wait for the user to manually click the shutter after pressing the screen at a point.
Now to test the actual image quality we took some picture in bright sunlight. Usually cameras perform their best in bright light but we were truly appalled at the kind of pictures that the Aino produced. The bright areas in the images were washed out, which completely ruined the images. Also, while shooting some brightly coloured flowers the colours in the Aino came out over-saturated to the point that it would hurt your eyes just by looking at them. The images were so bad that it is no use mentioning other things like details. As for low-light images, the single LED flash was amazingly weak, and could not illuminate objects even a couple of metres away.
The camera application is also not as feature loaded as the Samsung phones but has got all the basics covered. You get various scene modes; Face detection and more importantly touch focus. What this means is that you can just press anywhere on the screen and the phone will only focus at that point and then take a picture. One annoyance is that the phone does wait for you to take the picture and upon touching the screen immediately takes a picture. This can be annoying at times, especially when you click on the screen accidentally. The shot to shot time is also pretty slow, so it takes a while to recover from an accidentally taken picture to the one you actually want to take. Sony digital cameras, such as the DSC-TX1 we reviewed recently wait for the user to manually click the shutter after pressing the screen at a point.
Now to test the actual image quality we took some picture in bright sunlight. Usually cameras perform their best in bright light but we were truly appalled at the kind of pictures that the Aino produced. The bright areas in the images were washed out, which completely ruined the images. Also, while shooting some brightly coloured flowers the colours in the Aino came out over-saturated to the point that it would hurt your eyes just by looking at them. The images were so bad that it is no use mentioning other things like details. As for low-light images, the single LED flash was amazingly weak, and could not illuminate objects even a couple of metres away.
Music
Sony Ericsson has supplied the Aino with the MH100 Bluetooth stereo headset. It is a two part device with the actual adaptor being one part and the other being the stereo earphones connected to it via a 3.5mm jack. You can very well connect your own earphones to the device.
Now the headset does some pretty wonderful things. First is that it has the music playback controls built into it, so you don't have to take the device out of your pocket to change the track. It also has volume control built-in and not just any volume control but touch sensitive volume control. You just move your finger over the plastic strip and depending upon the direction the volume is increased or decreased.
Sony Ericsson has supplied the Aino with the MH100 Bluetooth stereo headset. It is a two part device with the actual adaptor being one part and the other being the stereo earphones connected to it via a 3.5mm jack. You can very well connect your own earphones to the device.
Now the headset does some pretty wonderful things. First is that it has the music playback controls built into it, so you don't have to take the device out of your pocket to change the track. It also has volume control built-in and not just any volume control but touch sensitive volume control. You just move your finger over the plastic strip and depending upon the direction the volume is increased or decreased.
The front side of the adaptor has the same deep blue glossy plastic as seen on the phone. However, here it hides an array of multi-coloured LEDs, which are there to denote various functions. The LEDs light up when you play music, although they turn off after a while but come back again when you operate any of the headset controls. The LEDs also display the status of the battery by lighting up the battery meter on the phone. They also denote the charging status of the headset by blinking in a row. And of course they also blink while pairing, which is automatic with the Aino or any other Sony Ericsson phone but requires entering the password on other devices. Also as mentioned before, the phone shows the battery status of the headset in the Bluetooth menu.
The audio quality over the MH100 is really very good, the best I've heard from a Bluetooth stereo headset so far. Most of the credit, however, goes to the fabulous in-ear earphones that Sony Ericsson has given with the MH100. They are by far the best earphones you could find bundled with any phone in the market today and sound simply wonderful. At times I do wish there was a wired adaptor as well, so we could have enjoyed even better audio quality than the one offered by the MH100.
There was one minor problem with the MH100 volume control. At times the touch sensitive volume control just failed to work, no matter how hard you'd rub your fingers on it. Stopping and starting the music seemed to take care of the problem but at times when the volume would be too high and you'd want to reduce it in a hurry, the failure of the volume keys can be really infuriating. I believe this has got more to do with the phone than the headset itself, as the phone and headset synchronize the volume levels and do not have independent volume levels. Also, when the headset was paired with other devices the problem did not occur.
Speaking of other devices, I tried pairing the MH100 with other devices and although it worked fine with Nokia phones, it failed badly when paired with our MacBook Pro and even with the iPod touch there was a lot of distortion in the sound. There was a huge lag in the sound that the player was transmitting and the one being played on the headset, which meant you cannot watch videos.
The loudspeaker on the phone was of good quality and sounded well. There was a slight hint of bass in the sound as well. However, it wasn't very loud but the way it was positioned it pointed straight towards you and was also difficult to get muffled when kept on a table. A pair of stereo speakers would have been much appreciated though, especially on this phone, since it focuses on multimedia.
The audio quality over the MH100 is really very good, the best I've heard from a Bluetooth stereo headset so far. Most of the credit, however, goes to the fabulous in-ear earphones that Sony Ericsson has given with the MH100. They are by far the best earphones you could find bundled with any phone in the market today and sound simply wonderful. At times I do wish there was a wired adaptor as well, so we could have enjoyed even better audio quality than the one offered by the MH100.
There was one minor problem with the MH100 volume control. At times the touch sensitive volume control just failed to work, no matter how hard you'd rub your fingers on it. Stopping and starting the music seemed to take care of the problem but at times when the volume would be too high and you'd want to reduce it in a hurry, the failure of the volume keys can be really infuriating. I believe this has got more to do with the phone than the headset itself, as the phone and headset synchronize the volume levels and do not have independent volume levels. Also, when the headset was paired with other devices the problem did not occur.
Speaking of other devices, I tried pairing the MH100 with other devices and although it worked fine with Nokia phones, it failed badly when paired with our MacBook Pro and even with the iPod touch there was a lot of distortion in the sound. There was a huge lag in the sound that the player was transmitting and the one being played on the headset, which meant you cannot watch videos.
The loudspeaker on the phone was of good quality and sounded well. There was a slight hint of bass in the sound as well. However, it wasn't very loud but the way it was positioned it pointed straight towards you and was also difficult to get muffled when kept on a table. A pair of stereo speakers would have been much appreciated though, especially on this phone, since it focuses on multimedia.
The default music player has been slightly modified from the Walkman players of previous Sony Ericsson phones. It now has the 'Styles' feature wherein you could play an animation in the background on the Now Playing screen of the player. These animations include stuff like a cassette or record playing, etc. The animations are done well and you could see things like the track title on the cassette label and the tape running out according to the duration of the track, etc. The animations do make the player even more sluggish than it already is though. You can remove them and just have a simpler Style, which has the album art and a simpler animation playing in the background. The album art viewer was a bit erratic at times and would not show up the art for certain albums at all.
As far as the sound customization was concerned, you get the usual audio presets found in the recent Walkman phones. You can adjust the level of Clear Bass, like in Sony's Walkman players. Clear Stereo is also available but is on by default and cannot be switched off like in Sony's players. You also have the Stereo Widening option but you can safely ignore it without missing out on much.
Now let us come to the FM radio in the phone. The radio in the Aino, as in most phones, requires a wired headset for it to function. So I was wondering how on earth I was supposed to use this feature as Sony Ericsson had not included a wired headset with the phone. But it was then that the MH100 Bluetooth headset revealed its last and most deadly weapon. The headset, when paired with the phone, allows you to listen to the FM radio on the phone, without having any physical contact with it! When I first saw this I was quite amazed.
What Sony Ericsson had done here was no rocket science but when seen for the first time feels nothing less than magic. The radio unit actually resides within the headset itself and is independent from the radio that is in the phone (so you get two radios with this phone!). When paired, the phone merely accesses the radio on the headset and when you give the phone any commands, such as changing the channel, the command is passed on to the headset, which then acts accordingly. The sensitivity of the MH100 radio is pretty good and for once it feels good to not be tied down to your phone while listening to the radio. You can of course use a wired headset to listen to the radio on the phone the old fashioned way, but there isn't much to gain there.
The Aino has a new radio application. However, it was quite buggy and we did come across several problems with it regarding the interface, although nothing that hampered the functionality of the radio.
As far as the sound customization was concerned, you get the usual audio presets found in the recent Walkman phones. You can adjust the level of Clear Bass, like in Sony's Walkman players. Clear Stereo is also available but is on by default and cannot be switched off like in Sony's players. You also have the Stereo Widening option but you can safely ignore it without missing out on much.
Now let us come to the FM radio in the phone. The radio in the Aino, as in most phones, requires a wired headset for it to function. So I was wondering how on earth I was supposed to use this feature as Sony Ericsson had not included a wired headset with the phone. But it was then that the MH100 Bluetooth headset revealed its last and most deadly weapon. The headset, when paired with the phone, allows you to listen to the FM radio on the phone, without having any physical contact with it! When I first saw this I was quite amazed.
What Sony Ericsson had done here was no rocket science but when seen for the first time feels nothing less than magic. The radio unit actually resides within the headset itself and is independent from the radio that is in the phone (so you get two radios with this phone!). When paired, the phone merely accesses the radio on the headset and when you give the phone any commands, such as changing the channel, the command is passed on to the headset, which then acts accordingly. The sensitivity of the MH100 radio is pretty good and for once it feels good to not be tied down to your phone while listening to the radio. You can of course use a wired headset to listen to the radio on the phone the old fashioned way, but there isn't much to gain there.
The Aino has a new radio application. However, it was quite buggy and we did come across several problems with it regarding the interface, although nothing that hampered the functionality of the radio.
Impressive design, good fit and finish, display picture quality, superb audio quality, excellent bundle, FM radio works even with Bluetooth headset
Sluggish interface, cramped keypad, limited touchscreen functionality, no 3.5mm headphone jack, unimpressive camera performance, no DivX/XviD support, records videos at 24 FPS and not 30 FPS
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