The new Sony Ericsson Aino .

The new Sony Ericsson Aino that was announced recently really can lay claim to being called a true multimedia computer (to use Nokia's hackneyed term).

The Aino is designed from the outset around multimedia, and can seamlessly connect to your PC or your PS3 and stream content from either device anywhere in the world.

Actually, this is worth repeating. You can stream your music, videos, even live TV (with the ability to pause, rewind and record, just like Sky+), anywhere in the world straight to your Aino over an Internet connection.

Effectively, the Aino is a tiny SlingPlayer in a phone - but one which also comes with an 8 megapixel camera, MP3 player, GPS and pretty much everything else you'd expect from a top end mobile phone.

The Sony Ericsson Aino is an intriguing concept. Part touchscreen, part normal slider, with all the features you'd want from a top phone plus some glorious multimedia connectivity features that aren't available on other phones.

It's a real departure for Sony Ericsson, combining the best of both its Walkman phones and CyberShot camera phones and adding media streaming and PS3/PC connectivity into the mix. As such, it's great to see Sony Ericsson finally getting back on form, even though the Aino does have a few quirks.

If you love your audio and video, and particularly if you have a PS3, you're going to want to check the Sony Ericsson Aino out. It may not be perfect, but it does things no other phone does, and isn't that what we're all looking for from our phones?!