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Mobile games developer Fish Labs Sony Ericsson has given a welcome boost, by praising the gaming capabilities of its new Satio smartphone and saying it’s more powerful than the iPhone 3GS.

“The Satio features the same 3D chip PowerVR SGX as the iPhone 3GS running Symbian on an even more powerful ARM11 CPU CLOCKED at 600MHz,” Fish Labs boss Michael Schade stated.

“Furthermore, it comes with plenty of memory and with a bigger screen than the iPhone featuring 640 x 360 pixels resolution.”

However, specs are not everything. Schade also praises the way Sony Ericsson has made the Satio’s functionality available to developers, reporting that Fish Labs has ported its iPhone game Rally Master Pro to the device.

“Thanks to the better screen resolution of Satio, it is stunning how much more details can be rendered into the scene,” he writes.

Does this mean Satio will be a big hit for mobile developers? Not necessarily. The handset is only part of the story - will consumers find it easy to discover rich games like Rally Master Pro on Sony Ericsson’s App Store?

For that matter, will they be variable to find the Satio? It’s currently not being sold in several UK retailers due to unspecified software issues.

Even so, at a time when the iPhone is consuming much of the attention in the mobile games industry, Fish Labs’ latest blog post shows some developers have not given up on Symbian - and its handset makers - just yet.