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Supa_Fly
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@nils7; although I dont question the authenticity of your photos, I've got to question the email screen in the M600 you posted above with the tagline "What's wrong here?? (readersquestion ) " This email is the same one on SE's site for the P990i though in a much smaller photo. Right down to the spelling mistake of the word "wednesdayt" -> its supposed to be wednesday. Was the email app on your M600 not working?!
I to would like to know how the keypad on the M600 works. No preview stated this clearly.
Q: Did you find the more websites you viewed via WiFi/GPRS the slower going to other apps became? (cache memory for running applications).
> we can pretty much assume that the P990 will hold its price for the next few months from $1200 - 900US dollars. This wont be the case for the N80 ... but I hope that nobody just buys lots of the P990i just to sell them on ebay to keep the pricing high, that would be an injustice!
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PeterKay
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Thanks nils7 for the info, appreciate it.
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nils7
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@ Prom1
The M600i is running the P990 demo... 
I also have a photo that the M600i is "taking a picture"... I should make that one blurry and dump into the "rumour" section  .
I just had them for a weekend so I didn't installed any internetconnection settings in them so I didn't emailed with it .
The keypad had the same feel as a normal conventional keypad but the keys stuck out a little more out of the cover than we are used from other phones. The buttons are shaped hollow (?? don't know the exact word in English) so the edges on the left and right are higher, could be seen in the pics. And pressed normal (in desktop mode) it gives a digit and in messaging mode you press left or right to get a letter, if you would like a digit you should use the "ALT" button, pressed in twice for entering more digits in a row.
I didn't used internet as said before I didn't put in the internet connections.
And mines crashed when I tried to browse the web with WiFi.
You have to imagine that working with the P990i results in removing the battery for 3 times in one half an hour of working with it... is that buggy has hell... even the normal (not video) camera application was unreliable when it made a picture or if I wanted to exit that application.
@ PeterKay
thnx
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Tehy03
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When this will be available?
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blackspot
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@nils7, thanks for a very informative mini-review. I hope SE sorts out all those problems you mentioned ASAP.
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xxxvijeshxxx
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I was wandering if anyone could confirm this... I was at another forum reading on the P990i and i came accross the fact that P990i is NOT USB2.0 enabled.
this is what the guy wrote,
"- not USB 2.0 for a realy fast data transfer (I would love to use the P990 as a USB Stick replacement with the option to boot a mini OS to a PC in a Internet Cafe for example and therefore the data transfer could not be fast enough and the available memory could not be big enough) or think about GPS systems with a world wide map update ..."
And a few other issues...
2)its digital zoom is only 2.5X and thats it  ??
My k750i could go up to 4X and my friend was saying that the N70 could go up to 20X!
3)will this flash attachment by SE, catered initially for K750i, be compatible with P990i.
4) Whats the sms storage quota like? K700 was terrible and K750i was a little better but not good enough. any clue.. anyone?
Any replies would highly be appreciated. thks
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jellehenkens
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Usb:
USB1.0 can do a max speed of approx. 12 mbit/sec.
USB2.0 can do a max of 400+ mbit/sec.
The memory stick inside the cell (duo pro) can do a max write speed of
15 mbit/sec (80 for the high speed version).
I dont see any advantages of using usb2.0. except for the little speed enhancement. But you'll never be able to fully use the speed of usb2.0.
the digital zoom thing:
Digital zoom 4x has the same quality then a digital zoom of 2000x. Why? Well, Every camera has a number of megapixels. Optical zooms works by changing the lightangles of the lenzes. Digital zoom will zoom your image via software. Its the same as pressing your zoom button on your favorite image editor. You dont gain any improvement in the quality. I highly recommend shooting all your photo's in 1x zoom mode and then zoom in on your pc (mutch better zoom algoritmes).
About the sms:
You can save as many sms messages as you can (memory card/phone memory limited).
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xxxvijeshxxx
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@jellehenkens
Thks for the info mate! |
chriswg85
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Does anyone have any information about the most recent updates to the OS on the P990? It seems that all reviews and comments that I have seen are coming from earlier prototypes. The M600 software is said to be pretty stable and near finished, but I haven't heard anything about the latest status of the P990. So if you have a link or any information, please let me know. June is coming up pretty soon... |
nils7
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P990i is not june
On the P990i I had, was not the latest firmware... Because it had old icons etc. And was more buggy. I had played with a newer firmware 2 months ago... (I Know sounds strange). I don't think they have a newer one out, according to what Mark said, but than I do not know if he has an EMMA.
I will ask to some people how far they are or I shall go test myself.
M600i is finished now, they have been providerd to the telecomcompanies to test them for their networks. It's now in their hands when it will hit the market in your country.
I will let you guys know when the P990i has been given to the telecomcompanies... which should add 1 to 2 months for arrival!
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PeterKay
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On 2006-04-27 12:16:05, nils7 wrote:
P990i is not june
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When is it due then? how early can i have my baby
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chriswg85
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@ nils7: Thanks! All of your information has been really helpful so far (and nice pictures too).
That's good news about M600 being ready I suppose; too bad P990 is taking so long. It doesn't look like it will be released here in the US, so I will be getting an unlocked version. Do you think that P990 will be available with carriers in Europe before the release of unlocked devices?
This is such a long and painful wait, and it just gets worse when you hear that there is even more delay on an already delayed phone! |
dannyoneill
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My company has just told me to find out the release date, they have said if its after June then I need to start finding an alternative to replace all our phones.
What options are there with a good screen, touch etc? |
nils7
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The P990i is not delayed!
P990i was officially presented on the 1st of March I think it was.
Than they said Q2. Probably they won't gonna make it (or a wonder might occur!!!)
Personally I think August/September but that's not sure... I hear Juli but also September from different sources so I don't know.
It has kind a the same problems the new Nokia's have (which means although they are being launched they are buggy). Than there is a question would you like a buggy phone now or have a reliable one 3 or 4 months later? There are not so many people awake in the night when they supposed to be asleep because of the P990i isn't here. SE will be judged on the phone in the shops... not by some (let's say 1000 international) fans/freaks on.
Everybody who is reading this post and has more than 200+ posts at esato or any other phoneforum will buy one anyway (sooner or later). But for SE it is important the guy who walks into the store, doesn't know what a P-serie is, and walks away with it and is happy with it. Still after several months.
Nokia is putting the N91 & N80 on the market due to market pressure. First of all both products are for a wider market (more gadget-like phones). And will loose alot of customers who will find the N80 and N91 crashing very fast! (give me 5 minutes with it).
Just priorities.... you will see a lot of people complaining on other fora about these devices. But (probably) you won't hear someone about a P990i in the future (if they will fix everything, but I'm sure they will!)
The problems for the P990 are in the W-Lan and camera, ie. all the things the M600i misses! That's why it's earlier.
I hope you guys will understand why it isn't here yet, but bare in mind all your satisfactions will be fullfilled when it's there! It's worth the wait
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masseur
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On 2006-04-27 21:29:52, nils7 wrote:
The P990i is not delayed!
P990i was officially presented on the 1st of March I think it was.
Than they said Q2. Probably they won't gonna make it (or a wonder might occur!!!)
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I'm not sure what you mean by 1st of March?
The P990 was officially announced on October 10th last year in this press release where it says "The phone will start shipping during Q1 of 2006."
I was lucky to see it the next day at the smartphone show in London where I took some pics and posted them in this thread
I can fully understand peoples impatience now some 6 1/2 months after the announcement and already into the 2nd qtr of 2006 when they stated Q1 availability and still no real sign or solid info as to when it will be really available
I am very much reminded of the P800 delays however I'm sure most people will agree it will be better to buy a quality product later than an unreliable product now
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Posted: 2006-04-25 22:47
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