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jep900
Joined: Apr 10, 2004
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the p1000 should have wap n internet in widescreen format,duo pro,1.3mp cam,wifi,spell checker on keyboard.
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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I agree with everyone, that the P900 should have more of everything, and more new features like Wi-Fi..
..but what i really hope is, and these are two of the reasons i sold my P900, they increase the size of the stylus (bigger than your average toothpick to a more professional PDA size) and build the whole phone more solid. My P900 creaked like a rusty gate when i pressed hard on the case.
Maybe Nokia 8910i style titanium ? 
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Symbiatico
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Greetings all
As much as I love my P900, there is still more that SE needs to address with the proposed P1000.
First off, NO Windows Mobile or whatever! I hope they stay with Symbian UIQ. It's small, efficient, fast, and very stable. None of these adjectives apply to the Windows Mobile edition.
One serious weakness the P900 suffers from is how the most important built-in organizer apps behave. Calendar, Messages, Jotter, Contacts and others, all default to their very starting point if you switch to any other app for a second.
Suppose you're in the middle of writing an email and wanted to copy and paste a little info from another app. You go back to your email and the Messaging app takes you to the very begining, to the Accounts list! You will then have to open the account, go to the Drafts menu, find your email, and get to where you were. Or maybe you're editing a contact, or a Calendar entry, and had to switch to the Phone log to copy a number or something. When you get back to Contacts it takes you to the very beginning top of the list. Sad, but very true ...
This annoying behavior is sadly consistent in all the major apps. To my knowledge, as much as we like to bash it, Nokia's 6600 does not suffer from this silly amnesiac behavior. In fact, you can edit something with the 6600, switch to another app, and get back to exactly where you left off.
I really hope SE fixes all this with the next major or minor update. That and definitely more system RAM. Maybe 32 or 64, as Opera or the Picture viewer/editor seem to take more than half of what's there. I'm not really concerned much about the camera or a qwerty keyboard, but it should have at least a 1-1.3 MP camera and maybe WiFi. |
shinyspoon
Joined: May 03, 2002
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@ Bigfeat
Seriously? Which area was this shop in? What phone did you get? So if you leave Japan with the phone and return, say 4 months later, can the prepaid credit still be used?
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On 2004-06-19 16:42:14, BigFeat wrote:
I have to say after coming back from Japan two weeks ago I couldn't believe I could buy a pre-paid vodophone clamshell with a 2-megapixel camera for a little over $100USD. The Foma and AU 3G series phones had the whole package with built in videophone, dual-cameras, GPS with full screen display, 200K plus colors, mem stick pro compatible, all under $400 USD. I didn't seem like the Japanese version of SE phones sold that well at all. I did find a P900 inside an import shop there that was selling for about $900. I can't imagine that they could sell that many knowing that Japanese travelers can take certain Japanese phone models with GSM/WCDMA (ie Vodophone V-801SH) capabilities abroad.
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danberte
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
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first of all: NO MICROSHAFT OS ON PXXXX!! should SE include smth else than UIQ as OS, it will definitelly lose its closest customers. why not speed up uiq apps using a, lets say, 400Mhz proc, whilst Win mobile would just barely start breathing @ this processing speed. then, they say memory is expensive... hmm, sure it is, but sony is producing it.and anyway pxxx is expensive, little memory jus cant be justified by cost cut either way. then on, it.s sad that i barely have time to use all that.s there on my p800,although i.m a tech freak.
my pick would be (i wonder if this isnt the secret afterall) faster and better common apps, better and robust common hardware. all those awesome features mean sh** if u dont build a robust, agile and user-friendly machine. i like my phone to be packed-up with features, but i miss the good-ol "phone" interface the t68i had ie. work on these aspects and then u.ll have a real smartphone. i repeat: my p800 i so cool, i does so much, it has this and that, it soooooo versatile, expandable and configrable, but yet i cant really say it.s @ my fingertips, completely obedient and at my service. know what im saying? ever had this feeling?
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neo001
Joined: Aug 07, 2003
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From: tijuana , mexico
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All i would really want . . . will be to have 2 things . .
that the picture i have assigned to a contact will appear when i receive a message like my t630 and that i will have a at least 1.3 mpx camara . . . i mean if we ask for too much then is easier to get dessapointed . . . hehehe cheers !!
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BigFeat
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On 2004-06-21 01:17:33, shinyspoon wrote:
@ Bigfeat
Seriously? Which area was this shop in? What phone did you get? So if you leave Japan with the phone and return, say 4 months later, can the prepaid credit still be used?
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I purchased a pre-paid phone (J model) with 65k screen res and camera with a resolution over 1meg at a Vodophone shop in Narita airport as soon as I landed. I think the phone was only a little over $100usd. I had to get a minimum 3,000 yen pre-paid card which the system sais would retain my # for over a year before I have to refuel the account. I then purchased a V801sh at a shop in the Akihabara district. I got a great deal on it and it's the creme of the crop when it comes to WCDMA/GSM 3G phones. You do need a Japanese address in order to get those non pre-paid units though. I was able to use my Tokyo apartment address even though I'm only there a few weeks out the year. But it seems like High res cameras and color screens were common even in there cheapest of phones. The line of 3G phones compared to what I've seen in the West are comparable in price, but the technical specs are far more advanced in the Eastern market phones.
Lots of 3G phones with hi-res cameras, screens, 2-way videophone applications, built in GPS software and module, Mem DUO PRO capable phones stacked on outdoor stands for less then half the value of P900.. I saw a P900 on display at a department building for close to $1k. Being that they are not functional in the Japanese markets I don't think consumers would pay that much for an import when their in-house phones have more features for half the price. They are making headway in developing the technology to allow these phones to roam globably. It's available in a few models right now.
Picture quality sux, but this was one of hundreds of phone stands laid out on the streets... They were really promoting their videophone and phone tv features. I have a mobi player type of TV streaming service with tons of channels that I subscribe to when I'm in the states. However, I noticed the stream quality to be much smoother in the Eastern market.
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steelcage
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Better Camera and WiFi smaler design. |
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Definitely Wifi, a slightly bigger screen and a 4megpix camera with 4x digital zoom and 32mb internal user usable memory. A faster processor wouldn't hurt either. 
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n|ck_xp
Joined: Feb 16, 2002
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-GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100/1900
-260K TFT Display
-1.3 or 2.1 Megapixels Back camera with flash
-0.3 Front camera for video call
-aGPS
-Support for Memory Sticks Duo Pro
-64/128 Internal Memory
-FASTER PROCESSOR
-Wi-Fi
-Symbian 8.0
-UIQ 3.0
Nothing more, nothing less.
Thats how a $900-1000 smartphone of the year 2005 has to be.
Thats how the upcoming P1000 should be... |
Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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Key requirements are
1. Connectivity - which means 3G and WiFi and an add-on GPS. Plus improved email support and better internet browsing with landscape support.
2. Content - which means greater storage capacity and RAM and improved camera. Also improved quality MP3 and support for ATRAC+ (Sony's secure digital music format).
3. Business appeal - which means improved PIM and more consistent and stable synchronisation software.
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steelcage
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Yes this sounds great but when will sony be relesing ANY information about it? ANYTHING just tell us it is there one pic please. |
shinyspoon
Joined: May 03, 2002
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Are you using the V801SH in your home country with the Japanese sim, or have u put in your own sim to use in it?
Sorry for all these questions... you've been a great source of help!
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On 2004-06-22 01:35:23, BigFeat wrote:
I purchased a pre-paid phone (J model) with 65k screen res and camera with a resolution over 1meg at a Vodophone shop in Narita airport as soon as I landed. I think the phone was only a little over $100usd. I had to get a minimum 3,000 yen pre-paid card which the system sais would retain my # for over a year before I have to refuel the account. I then purchased a V801sh at a shop in the Akihabara district. I got a great deal on it and it's the creme of the crop when it comes to WCDMA/GSM 3G phones. You do need a Japanese address in order to get those non pre-paid units though. I was able to use my Tokyo apartment address even though I'm only there a few weeks out the year. But it seems like High res cameras and color screens were common even in there cheapest of phones. The line of 3G phones compared to what I've seen in the West are comparable in price, but the technical specs are far more advanced in the Eastern market phones.
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BigFeat
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@shinyspoon:
I use a Vodophone sim when I'm in the UK. The roaming fees for the Japanese sim is ridiculously expensive, but at least it works in the UK. You won't be able to use the phone with a UK sim when in Japan however. I use my P900 in the states. The phone is GSM capable so it technically works with any GSM carrier. You will have to get it unlocked if you want to venture out of using Vodophone sim cards.
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Rooney
Joined: Jun 22, 2004
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so it must be unlocked in Japan and will any other GSM sim work in it in say UK? | |
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