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Sony Ericsson P990 discussion |
adnhk1
Joined: May 23, 2002
Posts: 447
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@etaab,
Not to start a flaming war, but as I've mentioned earlier, I find PPC apps more "bloated" than "sophisticated" and this means sucking more battery life out of the phone which in turns does not last even a single day. CAD app is perhaps being catered for a smaller market needs, but a CAD app available for PPC platform does not make PPC more professional over any other platforms. A PDA app more sophisticated than Desktop version? Oh, please tell Microsoft Windows team, graphics card like ATI and Nvidia and CAD/CAM developers about your findings so that Microsoft can drop Windows Vista, ATI, Nvidia can stop making FireGLs, etc and CAD/CAM developers can drop making any more desktop applications cos all they needed is a roughly 2MB PPC software, running on Windows Mobile 2003 with perhaps an ATI Imageon graphics chip to do all their engineering works 
So what apps for "professional standards" are you requesting P990i to have? |
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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I wouldnt say its a flame war adnhk1, its more turning into a discussion about Symbian vs Windows rather than focusing on the P990i. One ive had on many forums many times over the years.
When i speak of sophistication, im not referring to the extra hardware power that a PPC has over a slower P series phone. Im speaking about the actual capabilities of the operating system itself. From a developers standpoint, Windows, Palm and Linux are all more sophisticated than Symbian. They all offer better support for developers, more open programming environments, better socket support and access to more APIs. Symbian isnt aimed at being a replacement for Windows PPC or Palm, but it is meant as a convergence operating system into standard phones to make them available to the masses.
Its not that Symbian could not have the same types of apps developed for it, they simply would not be as feature-rich.
In regards to your comments about my CAD package, the one i used on my pc was a rather basic one, it was not an expensive program and had rather basic features. Im sure if i spent £2,000 on a professional suite it would be many times more advanced than the CE version i used on my PPC - theres no need to mock what i said. I also used the fact i needed a CAD program on my PPC to illustrate the shortcomings of Symbian - at the time (and probably still true to this day) there are little or no CAD programs available for Symbian devices. At the time, i could only find one, and it was a simple viewer that offered no editable functions.
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adnhk1
Joined: May 23, 2002
Posts: 447
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I think I got it. It is more of a developer support issue than OS sophistication. The problem with Symbian is that they are the market leader in the mobile phone segment, hence they seem to be doing things as they wishes. Yes, I do agree that both Symbian and UIQ are not giving as many hidden and non-hidden APIs out openly as developers had wished. I can recall a very simple API which SE and UIQ were ignoring all developers, i.e., the simple Flip Open Keylock API. Hence, no developers till date can tap on this API to work out some solid screenlock utilities, such as when the screen is locked, the background light cannot be permanently killed.
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peepboon
Joined: Dec 07, 2004
Posts: 94
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still any word on what network its out on? Hope its te UK's three network  |
etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: UK - South Yorkshire
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@ adnhk1 - i think you could define an OS as more or less sophisticated in relation to how much it offers developers.
@ peepboon - why on earth would you want it on 3 ? its a relatively poor network. Im sure all the major networks will get the phone, but id guess Vodafraud will be the first, since they have a good friendship with SE at this point in time and have signed exclusivity deals with quite a few handsets, most recently the W900i. 
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Guy H
Joined: Feb 19, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: UK
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have to say my excitment for this handset has now changed into anger about the length of time it is taking to launch it! |
etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: UK - South Yorkshire
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Do what i do, forget about the damn thing, and before you know it, it'll be July..
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SL33PYH34D
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
Posts: 486
From: Berkshire, UK
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Whats the latest on the release date then (SIM free of course)? |
peepboon
Joined: Dec 07, 2004
Posts: 94
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P990 is teh future
I saw pics of it scanning a text image and then being to convert it into notepad text and correct spellings, etc...does it come with the phone or is it addition software which one would have to pay for? |
se-fan
Joined: Sep 01, 2004
Posts: 116
From: Sweden
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The scannig comes with the phone! |
p900 lover
Joined: Jan 08, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: London
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Do you think we will be able to set up a RSS feed to strem music via wifi in your house? |
Supa_Fly
Joined: Apr 16, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Toronto, Ontario
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Why would you when you can use html likes that are 'clickable' to stream over WiFI? But I'll bet if you could code well the data medium shouldnt be the problem. Its how your linking to the content.
My main concern is can I NOW click on a web link to stream or download into cache memory for WMV video or QuickTime video files to view. I'm really getting pissed off about doing ftsp:// links which just dont have the content that most of us are looking for. From what I said above ... previously with ANY Symbian OS phone it was a limitation based on REAL Networks standard (UIQ or S60).
I'll be shortly working with my friends for streaming LOTS of content that eventually I want to partner with my upcoming provider!
SO what say you?
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Guy H
Joined: Feb 19, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: UK
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Just spoken to Voda Uk. I'm going to wait for the P990i but told them I was not happy with the delay due to being out of contract now. They have offered me half price line rental for 6 months to stay while the phone comes out and then preferential rate for the phone. |
munkimatt
Joined: May 30, 2005
Posts: 29
From: Cumbria
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spoke to SE the other day, they said June/July time |
ambyzown
Joined: May 11, 2005
Posts: 231
From: Lagos-Nigeria
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We waited so long for this phone to arrive, another couple of months wont kill  |
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Posted: 2006-03-23 13:24
K750|Z500|Z520|K700|K790i|K850i, :Ericsson: T18z|T28World|T36m x3|T68m (Ericsson, not the rebranded 
