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Visual communication like never before with the Sony Ericsson Satio |
gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
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On 2009-10-26 11:13:35, titus1 wrote:
On 2009-10-26 10:21:36, gregpot2000 wrote:
Hi
A Couple of annoyances I’m having:
Geo- Tagging = Why is it there? Yes you can activate it, but yet there is no option to “view on the map”, ok I know people have said you can use PC software to view the data, but who actually does this? I loved this feature on my c905, as i could just use “view on map” to look at the data.
The GPS I am impressed with, Wayfinder on the c905 was pretty poor I always thought. I forgot my TomTom yesterday, and I found a restaurant nearest to me quite easily using the WisePilot on the Satio, it wasn’t that much worse than my TomTom, and to be honest if it didn’t have a TomTom i would quite happily use it all the time for Sat-Nav if it wasn’t a limited 30-day trial.
The Geo-tagging on my c905 was only flawed as it would take ages to get a signal, meaning alot of the time it would use the approximate network signal to calculate my position, as I would have taken the picture before it had the signal. The GPS on the Satio is lightening quick and gets a signal straight away, so this feature would work brilliantly I’m sure
Conversation view: Again, after using the C905, getting used to this feature and loving it, disappointed it’s not here, Yes i can use it , but I want it integrated into messages so it’s used all the time, not just as an afterthought if I decide to open the app up.
Smiley’s: not there, pretty basic flaw it would seem!
No recently texted list: Again, pretty basic feature not there. And quite annoying.
I know alot of people would say these are flaws of all Symbian phones, but this is supposed to have been customised by S.E, they have had plenty of time to adjust the software to implement these features. So why haven’t they?
Overall, I am impressed with the handset though and wouldn’t go back to my c905, just hope these problems can be sorted with updates.
Why not install Free I-sms? and see if it works flawlessly.
Hi there, what is this programme and what does it do? I've never heard of it, where can it be downloaded from?
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titus1
Joined: Jul 27, 2008
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It's threaded sms like on Iphone and with new SE phones
take a look
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gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
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Thanks, I am at work at the moment but will try installing it when i get home.
Once installed, will SMS always open in this threaded program? Or do you need to open it seperatley when you want to use it?
Thats my problem at the moment, the Satio does have a conversation view program, but there is no way to set it to always open SMS in this view as a default, if i want to see the threaded view, I have to specifically open up the app to do it
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jmcomms
Joined: Mar 12, 2002
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Is this your first Symbian 5th Ed (touch) device? If it was, then i don't know who's really lame....the phone or the person who's using it 
I've been using S60v5 for about a year, and the web browser hasn't changed at all (Samsung excepted with the push to zoom). It's a lousy browser for a number of reasons, and I'm concerned that anyone would defend it - doing so only means it will never improve.
That said, Nokia has made some changes and included kinetic scrolling which must make a big difference - but that's Nokia specific, not platform specific, which means it's unlikely we'll get that on the Satio.
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Bonovox
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I recently used the Nokia 5530xm and found the browser fast with decent scrolling which was very brisk. Is the Satio using the same browser?
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iqmaster158
Joined: Jan 18, 2008
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Look at my new avatar  Its finally here:) |
hammera
Joined: Oct 21, 2007
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From: Wolverhampton
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For those bemoaning the absence of the Facebook app, I've just noticed it advertised on symbian.org. Go to http://www.symbian.org/applications/facebook. Not a Facebook user myself but for those who are....
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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@ hammera - very good, but it only links to the Nokia download and not for the Satio. Bizarre !
@ jmcomms - i hear all your views and agree with some of them. The difference is with me im far more willing to live with the current issues with Symbian's touch version of S60. Im guessing you've been using other devices such as the iPhone and possibly gotten used to things working much more smoothly.
Personally after four days of owning the Satio im growing to like it more each day. My main issues still remain (buggy software, silly things you cannot do when normally on a S60 phone you can, lack of stereo speakers, poor loudspeaker volume, truely awful standy themes forcing you to use SE's own etc) but im starting to understand where S60 touch fails it excels in other areas. Ive just been playing around with the Google maps app which i like very much (couldnt find street view though!) and Wisepilot is very good too. The speed in which both apps work is impressive if like me you've used a directional control pad such as the one on my N95 to view maps before. They're much much more smooth and zooming in and out is a doddle. Im even thinking of investing in Wisepilot if its a decent satnav.
Ive just been using the built in web browser. Personally i like it. The lack of hardware number keys means i dont have the luxury of shortcut buttons for back, page overview etc.. but the extra screen size and more fluid control over the web page has won me over. Sure it might be clunky and hard to use compared to other phones such as the iPhone, but its more than acceptable for me. I might give Opera Mini a go though see how it gets on.
Which brings me to my final point. If the user doesnt like what the Satio can do by default im pretty sure an app will be just around the corner to enhance it. Im happy with the Satio, its not perfect but then no phone ive ever owned has come close to being perfect. But its another step in the right direction.
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janke1
Joined: Nov 10, 2005
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Nice phone satio but i miss two things geotagging no option to watsh it on the phone.strange......
And no RDS radio i can live without it but it seens that every phone have it..
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etaab
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Theres a few phones these days do not have RDS, even if they do have a radio function. Its a bit like IR ports, some people cannot live without them and really its something you think every phone would have as standard but they're slowly being left out of most new handsets released these days.
As for viewing geotagged images on a map.. on the phone, i never did that anyway on my old S60 handsets as AFAIK you couldnt do it, so again another feature i dont miss because i never had it - unless i uploaded pictures to google or Flickr and then browsed them.
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janke1
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RDS is a good funktion these days with tons of channels.It was easy 15 yeras ago when we only had 3 channels but now we have 30 ...............
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etaab
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Its a hardware thing AFAIK. I think RDS is a nice feature if you're a heavy radio listener. But im not, so i have no use for the radio at all.
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volume100
Joined: May 30, 2005
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@etaab, I don't own a Satio nor I intend to any time soon, but I couldn't help noticing how you find excuses for everything Satio can't do No hard feelings 
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Bonovox
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The RDS was a nice feature on the Nokia 5530xm Symbian phone. The text and station name would scroll across the screen in all directions in a very cool funky fashion which looked really good. Nice eye candy. Whats the eye candy like on the Satio? Not that its important i just wondered.
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jmcomms
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On 2009-10-26 21:00:13, hammera wrote:
For those bemoaning the absence of the Facebook app, I've just noticed it advertised on symbian.org. Go to http://www.symbian.org/applications/facebook. Not a Facebook user myself but for those who are....
Cheers for that, but even though SF has listed it for ALL Symbian devices, it actually takes you to the Ovi store and then it turns out to be only for Nokia devices.
Doesn't this just go to show how pathetic Symbian is? Even THEY think apps run on all devices, while many things are Nokia-only!
So, to save people the time and effort, it won't run on the Satio (or indeed the Samsung I8910 HD/Omnia HD).
(For what it's worth, the Nokia FB app is different to the one shown running on the Satio - although I'm not sure which one was more advanced).
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