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dannyoneill
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Taken from another forum
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| I went to The Phone House in Stockholm Sweden today and the salesperson checked in their ordering system. The delivery info for P990 had recently been updated from Q2 to week 30. For M600 it was week 24. For the Nokia E61 it was week 21. Just to inform all UIQ fans. |
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But seeing as no one is releasing any firm info chances are thats a little dated as that would put in out in the middle of june.
I think ive convinced my boss to let me wait for my phone, my P900 is working so ill wait but weve since found out that the carkits for the P900/910 with the exception of hte bluetooth ones will not work with the 990, nor will your chargers, desktop stands or pretty much anything. Looks like all new accessories. Most companies were waiting so they didnt have to buy all new car kits... Like us, however with this revelation (taken from an official SE document) it seems we are no longer tied to the the SE route. Even my beloved Car-100 doesnt work 
I can see what will happen though, the boss will get a new Treo or something, decides he doesnt like it, give that pile of poo to me and get himself my dream phone.  |
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mario2002
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Masseur is absolutely right on the other hand I don't quite agree with 'NEILS7'. I know now 5 people using the N80 and 2 the N91. I agree is not a lot, but this are no 'normal' users. They try just about every thing on the cell's and apart of 1 annoying 'fault' if one can call it a fault, they only say nice things. Undoubtelly 'hardened' power users may exposience crashes here and there, especially if they will install cracked applications, but at least for now that does not seem to be the norm. (even if some members of this forum wish that) On the other hand SE have always had all sorts of 'connection' problems since day one (P800) I want to see/hope they manage to implement wifi (for the begin 'b' will be just fine). As a qualified radio technician comm. I have a idea what it means to put so many vco's, frq syntesisers on such a confined space ! Yes it looks like it can be done, but don't compare them to Nokia because the 2 companies are not in the same league. Is simply unfair !
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Jah
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I am amazed at how many people I see in London using a P9xx - these are business people and as far as I can tell not the kind of people that would be early adopters. I suspect that many people who bought the P800 were early adopters and they could tolerate some issues/problems with a leading edge device. I think the P990 will be a replacement purchase by many 'normal' people and they will expect a solid device. So I think it make sense for SE in the long term, if they want to sell their devices in high volumes, to make sure they have a quality product before they release it. I know this may upset a lot of us 'geek' types but I am sure SE will have even more leading edge devices for us in the near future (SE - how about a Communicator type devices running UIQ3?).
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nils7
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@ Masseur:
Official presentation was the 6th of february 
http://www.sonyericsson.com/s[....]1_1&zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid=4638
Yes I've seen also this one:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/s[....]1_1&zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid=3982
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masseur
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nah, thats just a press release announcing some previously unannounced content (applications and entertainment) for the P990
London, 6th Feb 2006 – Sony Ericsson today revealed a host of unannounced applications and entertainment content features for its flagship Wi-Fi enabled UMTS smartphone, the P990, which was introduced to the Global Developers community in October 2005
if its was the press release and presentation for the P990 then it would not be titled Sony Ericsson reveals new productivity, imaging and entertainment features for the P990 Smartphone
clearly in the press release I previously linked to from October 10th 2005, that is the announcement of the phone and it was there for all to see next day at the show I went to (I am no developer and did not have to show any developer credentials to gain entry)
anywhcihway, there is no need to argue this point because clearly we have known about, and discussed in detail, the phone since that 10th October press release and it clearly stated availablity of Q1 2006 and we are still waiting!
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chriswg85
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@ nils7: I don't understand why you say that the P990 is not delayed. It was supposed to be out Q1, but SE had to push it back to Q2. Their site currently claims a release in June, but everyone says they will not make it, thus a delay into Q3. If they aren't going to make the June release, they should change it on the site.
Another thing: I obviously don't have inside knowledge of how the OS is progressing, and I don't mean to speak for anyone here...but it seems that the basic user who knows nothing about the P-Series and just buys the phone would not run into the difficulties that the rest of us might. What I mean is that the phone will probably be ready enough so that a new buyer will not run into serious complications. Those of us that install tons of applications and intensively use the phone will find the problems first; but we are also the ones that can easily solve these issues and often update the firmware online. Oh well -- that's just my two cents.
Back to the actual phone...I have a question. Now that the headphones connect through the charging port, is it possible to charge the phone while they are connected? Is there some sort of splitter or something? |
Gabster
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As masseur said it is shaping up to be exaclty like the P800...the way I see it, we had to wait AGES for the P800 (SE first venture with Symbian) it took them time to sort out the bugs (remember that error message saying to press the power button)...by the time the P900 came out the OS was more stable, buy the third version (P910i) it was generally a stable OS. The time gap between these three reduced signifantly
Now the P990 is coming out on a new version of the OS, built from almost grounds up...we are waiting for AGES (again)...the device will prob be full of bugs that wont really be ironed out until the P1010 (or whatever they call it!).
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Jah
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Not true, I believe the R380 probably had the first Symbian OS Ericsson deployed. But UIQ2 was new for SE (new to Motorola as well)
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On 2006-04-28 16:02:14, Jah wrote:
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Not true, I believe the R380 probably had the first Symbian OS Ericsson deployed. But UIQ2 was new for SE (new to Motorola as well)
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Be very careful .... the original 2 R380s werent Symbian nor even its predecessor Epoc. It was based on some other C++ code. the 3rd version or the R380W (World) was based on EPOC OS > from which Symbian spawned. But the design and the P-series heritage is from that same smartphone; hence the P series popularity.
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Jah
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Prom1 - thanks for the information. Looked on Google but could not find a reference to a non-Symbian R380. But I did say 'I believe...' and my R380 is Symbian (model R380s, purchased in the UK as soon as it was available).
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spine6
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i just contact the sonyericsson service center and they told me about the phone that it will be release in mid-july....
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting Sony Ericsson Call Center.
With regards to your inquiry,
The phone will be launched in Mid-July, the pricing and the what's the
exact standard package will be known when the phone is available.
Best regards,
Desmond Ang
Sony Ericsson Call Center
If we can be of further assistance, please email to us at
questions.sg@support.sonyericsson.com
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PeterKay
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Called CPW today, they said it will be here by end of May..
Whom do we believe?
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zyavar
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On 2006-04-29 23:58:44, PeterKay wrote:
Called CPW today, they said it will be here by end of May..
Whom do we believe?
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well, i work in the CPW and i have had access to the May's buyer's guide! guess what! P990 is listed as coming soon, and in "july"
CRAP!
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xtemujin
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PeterKay,
It is all a mindgame.
I have also emailed Sony Ericsson in January and they gave me a March launch date before the official delay in February.
I emailed them again in March and was given a late June/early July launch date.
If the rumour of a delay to Q3 is true, I believe that Sony Ericsson will email and say that the launch date be September or if it is delayed to Q4, a December/early January 2007 launch date. There is a pattern here.
I think that it is better to remove the paperclip note in this photo and replace it with the word TBA as there is no truth in it only misinformation.
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