The Sony Ericsson Aino (U10i) has a lot of new features and performs reasonably well. It has a good design, that’s why it is fantastic to look at.

The Aino is a lot similar to its cousin, the Sony Ericsson Satio.

The Aino is a sleek slider and a fun touchscreen phone; its touch screen is reasonably sensitive. It was a bit confusing at first because you can only use the touchscreen when slid closed, and this somehow lessened the touchscreen’s uses.

And aside from its cool style, the Aino also offers great features.

The Aino is truly equipped with fun features. It has an outstanding 8.1-megapixel camera, with touch and face detection and autofocus. It also has great multimedia capabilities with its music player, movie player and built-in games. For connectivity, the Aino has a Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth, and a GPS with Google Maps connection, which I enjoyed most while using.

Technically, this mobile phone is a music phone. It has good sound quality because its speakers, and specially the headphones, release the right mix of sound. It also has separate controls and many options for sound, which I like bragging about. Even though its not part of the Walkman edition, it is still perfect in sound qualities.

Messaging is what I enjoyed most with the Aino. It is equipped with many features, such as e-mail, conversations, and many texting options and settings, also like the emoticons and different kinds of lettering.

It’s easy to use and good enough for teenage boys like me. It has a good battery life, well enough for 3 to 4 days, if fully charged. It takes only less than an hour to fully charge.

This phone is better in music and multimedia. Looking back at the older Sony Ericsson mobile phones, they really have one of the best music players and multimedia features. This is where Sony is really good at.

Overall, I’m still delighted with the Aino U10i. The design, features and structure are well done. Its music player should be its main attraction. This mobile phone, however, is not for a busy working man. It is a good phone for people my age (14).

If I had the money to buy a mobile phone to last for a long time, I would definitely buy this phone, now that I've tried its features and capabilities. This phone is easy to use. Its good sound is the second thing I like most. Good for people who like listening to music and watching music videos. And I should not forget its amazing 8.1 megapixel camera, albeit I don’t use the camera often, but can be really useful.

When Sony Ericsson took the wraps off its newest touchscreen device sporting a 3-inch touchscreen display and its 8.1 megapixel autofocus camera, the Aino looks like a winner.

It has a bundled charging stand that allows you to automatically connect to a PlayStation 3 gaming system to synchronize media.

The Sony Ericsson Aino measures 104mm x 50mm x 15.5mm (4.1in x 2in x .6in) and weighs 134g (4.7oz). The Aino is listed as having a microSD card slot, making it one of the first Sony Ericsson cell phones to not use Sony's proprietary Memory Stick Micro format.

Aino also introduces Media Home, an application that pulls media content from Media Go on your PC over Wi-Fi to your phone automatically. Users just insert their Aino into its charging stand and it automatically synchronizes with all the latest media content on their PC.

Thanks to the stylish wireless Stereo Headphone MH100 and matching Charging Stand EC100, you can listen to music in superb quality.

Sony Ericsson brags you can get the best of two worlds with the keypad combined with an intuitive touch UI in media mode. An intuitive media browser gives users a clear overview and one touch direct access to their content.

Other notable Sony shoutouts are:

Aino is a breakthrough in mobile music sound quality with its clear audio experience for music true to the original recording. Clear Stereo technology reduces left and right channel leakage for superior stereo sound while Clear Bass technology adds sharp, dynamic bass with minimal distortion.

The integrated aGPS features location-based services such as the preloaded Google Maps application to help you find the way to your destination. You can even add location info to your photos using the Geo-Tag function.

The Remote Play allows you to retrieve the videos, music and photos stored on your PlayStation3 system via a wireless internet connection. The Aino can even start up or turn off your PS3 system remotely from stand-by mode. Remote Play, initially developed for PSP, enables users to control and access media content on PlayStation3 from their phone.

For smart people who wants more than just a smart phone, there's the Sony Ericsson U10i. Aino.