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Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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From: UK
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@tan
Bt sync works fine with my laptop's built-in BT radio (Vaio laptop with Toshiba Bt chip).
Under 3G the P990 gives me 1 business day of use and I usually have 40% battery charge left (Bt on 12 hrs, 1.5hrs of music listening over BT, 15/20 mins of web browsing, 20 mins of ebooks, 20 mins of PIM and 10/15 mins of calls). Don't use wifi very often but does not seem to hit the battery that much and its very quick.
Be aware that the P990 only has 15MB of RAM and if you run multiple power apps (Media Player, Messaging & Opera) the P990 does still suffer memory leaks. Running them one at a time seems to have less impact on memory leaks. This means even now you may have to re-start you P990 say on the second/third day.
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Enrique
Joined: Dec 27, 2002
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Guys, please how to release the battery cover?
I press on the upper part and slide, but it won't release!! Tried many many times with no luck.
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tkao2025
Joined: Jul 15, 2005
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From: NYC
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I have the same problem. You just really have to yank it hard to take off the cover. I think the problem is that there is a rubber pad inside the cover that help to keep the battery in place. I wonder if this was done because BST-34 was not ready and BST-33 was thinner and thus they needed to add this extra pcs? |
hoba7777
Joined: Aug 18, 2006
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SPAWN Do you have a link to some of these forums?
and why not from this thread?why cant anyone spell his opinion impartially and in details? |
Jah
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On 2006-09-09 18:04:22, hoba7777 wrote:
SPAWN Do you have a link to some of these forums?
and why not from this thread?why cant anyone spell his opinion impartially and in details?
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It is difficult to be impartial as logic is not the only decision making criteria. E.g. sound reproduction on the P990 for many people is very good, better than other Smartphones but not everyone agrees.
Here are some thread to look at these for comparisons and views:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=127261&start=495
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=126664
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=129981
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=129122
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Enrique
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On 2006-09-09 17:06:16, tkao2025 wrote:
I have the same problem. You just really have to yank it hard to take off the cover. I think the problem is that there is a rubber pad inside the cover that help to keep the battery in place. I wonder if this was done because BST-34 was not ready and BST-33 was thinner and thus they needed to add this extra pcs?
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Actually I tried really hard, and was about to break the flip! the damn thing just won't release!
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ianbrooksy
Joined: Sep 15, 2004
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any ideas how to get wireless internet working on a wlan. i am in bangkok and wanted to use the local pubs network to access the net but had difficlutly getting.
cheers all.
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joel80
Joined: Nov 30, 2004
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From: Sweden
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On 2006-09-09 21:32:09, ianbrooksy wrote:
any ideas how to get wireless internet working on a wlan. i am in bangkok and wanted to use the local pubs network to access the net but had difficlutly getting.
cheers all.
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Hi..
well, if it's an open network all you have to do is to scan to find the wifi-spot and then connect to it. If it's encrypted you need the password and if it uses static IP you need to know what range it accepts.
I'm surfing from a wifi-spot at a hotell in amsterdam right now. they use wep..
/Joel
X1 user since 2008-10-12
P1i user since 2007-12-15
P990i user since 2006-08-07 |
joel80
Joined: Nov 30, 2004
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On 2006-09-08 11:03:00, Johnex wrote:
poor suckers. ive had mine for like a month now lol!
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And I have had mine for 1 day longer then you! Hahaha.. I win! 
/Joel
X1 user since 2008-10-12
P1i user since 2007-12-15
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jesse6666
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
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Okay, so I know there are several P990 experts around here. I was hoping someone could help me with two things:
1. I am using DataViz Activesync, but it is programmed to update every 15 minutes. Isnt this Push email? And if it is Push email, shouldnt it be immediate and not a scheduled interval?
2. On a different note, are there programs for messaging (SMS) that work similar to the treo messaging programs?
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antz88c
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
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SEUS not available, 1146am, Philippine Time. |
chrisv
Joined: Feb 21, 2003
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Hi Jesse,
I was playing around with this the other day with a trial exchange mail account.
I can confirm that when an email was sent, it would automatically be pushed to my phone. I did not have to wait 15mins for the next update cycle.
Might the update cycle be for OUTGOING messages? just an idea.
Or maybe it does a connect every 15 just for housekeeping and doing a sync verfification or something.
These are all just possibilities.... i did not do more than some testing with a trial account. It seemed to work ok, i was impressed.
This Activesync option seems better than blackberry where you need to subscribe through your carrier i believe.
THe activesyn version works via any connected method, including wifi.
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1. I am using DataViz Activesync, but it is programmed to update every 15 minutes. Isnt this Push email? And if it is Push email, shouldnt it be immediate and not a scheduled interval?
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jesse6666
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
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Thanks, I think I worked that out.
Any idea if the Opera Browser came with the P990 or if it needs to be downloaded separately? Does it work better than the other web browser? |
joel80
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On 2006-09-10 08:12:27, jesse6666 wrote:
Thanks, I think I worked that out.
Any idea if the Opera Browser came with the P990 or if it needs to be downloaded separately? Does it work better than the other web browser?
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Yes it comes with the p990. I think it works really good after updating the firmware. with the first firmware it took over 30sec to start it. But after updating it takes only 3-5 sec.
And if not using more then 1 another big and memory-demanding program it works pretty well most of the times. If it crashes it usally doesn't lock up the phone, it only close down the program.
Writing this from the browser on the phone and there isn't any problems. 
/Joel
X1 user since 2008-10-12
P1i user since 2007-12-15
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jesse6666
Joined: Aug 10, 2006
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I suppose this might seem like a stupid question, but on my P900, there was the SE web browser and then a seperate Opera browser.
Is it the same on the P990 or am I supposed to look on the memory stick for an opera install? |
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