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P990i Flip On or OFF |
mange69
Joined: Oct 07, 2002
Posts: 366
From: Sweden
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I put my flip on again since you lose a few things without it. Using the camera for example. You have to zoom with the stylus without the flip. When sending a picture from the camera directly the picture is not compressed in memory which makes your MMS rather large. You have to tap the screen to make adjustments in the camera mode. The QWERTY keyboard is useless in FO. Why?
With flip closed the screen is smaller and due to that it uses less battery. Installing mini Opera you can surf the web with flip closed if you want to.
There are also some bad things with flip closed. You can't access the alarm. There's no way of making a change of row in a SMS with the numeric keypad.
One final annoying thing with the phone is that it has to update the music files everytime you start the mediaplayer. If the mediaplayer is running in the background there's no problem, but due to lack of memory it keeps closing down and then you have to update it again. 2GB memorystick takes about 30-40 sek to update every time.
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scroitoru
Joined: Jul 11, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Chicago
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@mange69
why get the big screen phone then?! and why get a touch screen if u do not like to use it? I think you got the wrong phone in this case.
how many times did u use the keyboard? it needs some time for u 2 get used to it. once u get used, it's a pleasure.
as far as media player, did u check the settings? remove the auto update, and ur problem goes away.
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Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: London England
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@mange69,
I had the same problem re Music files updating so to expand on what Scroitoru has said. It is not where i expected it to be but thanks to someone hear found it. I am assuming it is in the same place on the P990 as the M600. Go to Media Player then Music actually open this so you get Artists, Albums etc etc, then choose more, then preferences then choose files and File Update and change to manual. After which the annoying search will bother you no more hope that helped.
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koto
Joined: Sep 18, 2006
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No,in P990 it is very easy. In music player itself just click setings-preferences-files-manual update. Three seconds job.
Same thing but sounds totally different, isn't it:))
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Mukul
Joined: Apr 27, 2006
Posts: 44
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Cant remove the flip, though i would love to do so ....becoz i am a biker by birth ...and it will be very tough for me to make calls while on the move without the flip keypad...
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cheekynige
Joined: Dec 29, 2003
Posts: 56
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FO with out a doubt. I love it far too much. Just tried agile messenger on it today whilst on a train and the qwerty keyboard is so bloody brilliant, so fast....
yes there's less shortcuts but hey, she's a looker when she's slimmer and the keyboard is just awesome. |
zahg
Joined: Mar 19, 2003
Posts: 78
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The phone looks soooooo damn good with FO that I dont care how much more practical the phone is with the flip on. =) |
madaboutphones
Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 60
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defo flip off and also a cool dangle give it that little edge 
mine currently a winnie the pooh encased in a chicken outfit 
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PeterKay
Joined: Jul 08, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: The Ummah
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show us a pic mate 
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mange69
Joined: Oct 07, 2002
Posts: 366
From: Sweden
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On 2006-11-29 16:57:59, scroitoru wrote:
@mange69
why get the big screen phone then?! and why get a touch screen if u do not like to use it? I think you got the wrong phone in this case.
how many times did u use the keyboard? it needs some time for u 2 get used to it. once u get used, it's a pleasure.
as far as media player, did u check the settings? remove the auto update, and ur problem goes away.
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Thanks for the responding and tip for the media player.
I'm truly enjoying the big screen. But like many other users on this forum I like to use it as a phone sometimes and othervise as a PDA. Some things you can't do fully without the flip with one hand. It's like telling someone A but not B. You can do alot with the jog dial, but the last thing like SEND you have to pick on the screen anyway.
I use the camera pretty often and without the flip it drives me crazy according to my previous message.
But I'm still enjoying the phone and so should you all. To bad it keeps restarting now and then. Twice this day for me. It seems to have a problem listening to music and surf the web at the same time. 80% of the times it cuts of the music and those where the only 2 things running. One other thing. When the keylock is active while listening to music thru the earphones the music button on the side is also locked. On my W810 that was unlocked in that case, but locked if no earphones was plugged in. To bad the HPM-82 doesn't work on the P990. That would ease things up alot.
Cheers
[ This Message was edited by: mange69 on 2006-11-29 23:21 ] |
Tail
Joined: Oct 06, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: SWE
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Just a little tip, to send you just need to puch the Jog
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HairyHaggis
Joined: Nov 29, 2006
Posts: 4
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Hey I never got one of those ickly SE hanging strap things .... is that a 3rd party thing or should I have got one ???
Oh by the way .... 3 on the P990i .... i got it working tonight for MMS, and posted in the other thread I started ... seems SE website in the UK send the MMS settings to your phone for 3 network now
This is a great site ... hope I can help sometime. |
scroitoru
Joined: Jul 11, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Chicago
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the strap is part of the default package. (f = strap)
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Nanu
Joined: Feb 18, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Warrington, UK
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Pity they dont include the cleaning cloth anymore!!
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scroitoru
Joined: Jul 11, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Chicago
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don't u have the one from the other P phones you owned?!
they already gave u one for free. so no more freebies.
[ This Message was edited by: scroitoru on 2006-11-30 22:07 ] |
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Posted: 2006-11-29 16:52
