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Sony Ericsson P990 discussion |
J273
Joined: Apr 06, 2004
Posts: 354
From: Swadlincote
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don't fancy going through all these 400 odd pages but are Vodafone still offering the P990 free on contract?
don't want to be paying any more than Ģ20 a month over 12 months.....Ive had 2 p990s before but fancy another lol
Think this maybe the cheapest option
Or what's the deals like on o2 and orange ...are these handsets externally branded?
Thanks
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Marc_SE
Joined: Mar 30, 2006
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From: Around the way, UK
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Can anyone confirm which branding/network a P990i handeset (bought from CPW) has a CDA with /68 at the end?
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Sainty
Joined: Nov 30, 2004
Posts: 485
From: UK
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@J273, I doubt any store or direct would do it free on Ģ20 a month. That was a mess up with the online store. Cheapest I think you'd get it would be free on a Ģ30 a month price plan on an 18month contract. But go try in a store  Depends how desperate that store is 
Sainty - Ex Vodafone Sales Advisor
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Mac Rocks
Joined: Nov 20, 2006
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Does anyone know how to use push email on P990. I just cant find any serivices to use, everything is made for palms or blackberries.
Oh before I forget, what does everyone think about MAC's iphone? which one is cooler P990 or iphone??
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scroitoru
Joined: Jul 11, 2003
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From: Chicago
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there are so many topics and discussion on this same forum. do a search and you will find out that P990 supports active sync, blackberry services. etc.
u should also consider the pull option in case you have POP3 accounts.
as far as your last remark, again there is another topic. feel free to add your comments there. let's not hijack this one..... |
makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
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From: Istanbul
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I would like to hear what your opinion is about the 2 MP camera of the P990. I have a mixed opinion. It seems that in good lighting conditions (natural light) the pictures really are good, however, especially indoors even with flash the pictures are of inferior quality. Macro mode is a gamble, sometimes it's OK sometimes not, I guess again depending on light conditions and surface of the subject. I've taken test photos with the P990 and with my Cannon IXUS 60, just comparing the focus to the objects, most of the time the P990 photos are really good, but every once in a while they are just not acceptable. I really think this condition is also firmware related. Another thing I'm puzzled about is the size of the photos. About 250KB seems awfully small for a 2 MP picture at 1600x1200. Could this be related to the fuzzy pictures for contacts? Again an issue for the future firmware update.
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace  So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
ares
Joined: Dec 11, 2003
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From: Coimbra, Portugal
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Regarding the camera, i think macro mode kicks ass, and that you can get great images with it, but:
It has focus problems, k750 focus better
It uses too much compression on the JPEG files, thatīs why they are small
I think the noise reduction system is too stong sometimes, even with good light, causing some landscape photos to appear too soft
I do thing SE didnīt gave any work to the camera software since early firmwares, and they should be doing it...
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scroitoru
Joined: Jul 11, 2003
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From: Chicago
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aside from the pic size, there is another setting for pic quality. i have mine on fine and the pics are usually bigger than 500 K. |
makbil
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
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From: Istanbul
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On 2007-01-19 17:50:00, scroitoru wrote:
aside from the pic size, there is another setting for pic quality. i have mine on fine and the pics are usually bigger than 500 K.
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The other settings are "Good/Normal/Economic", I have it set up at "Good", resulting picture size is 429 KB with FC and 457 KB with FO, same scene 5 seconds apart. As @Ares pointed out, the compression does seem a little too much, I would expect a 2 MP photo at 1600x1200 to be around 1 MB at the least with compression.
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
intelegent115
Joined: Mar 01, 2002
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From: Slovenia
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I am sorry to change the flavor of the discussion. I am wondering if SE is wokring on P990`s FW or are they working on new/upcomming models? I realy dont know if i made right choice when buying a P990i. When do you guys SE is gonna release a new and hopefully improved FW? I hope i didnt make my second mistake when i ordered a 4GB card. |
makbil
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On 2007-01-27 23:47:38, intelegent115 wrote:
I am sorry to change the flavor of the discussion. I am wondering if SE is wokring on P990`s FW or are they working on new/upcomming models? I realy dont know if i made right choice when buying a P990i. When do you guys SE is gonna release a new and hopefully improved FW? I hope i didnt make my second mistake when i ordered a 4GB card.
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No one outside SE would know that for sure but all indications are that SE is working on new fw. Hardware wise, P990 is still state-of-the-art so there is no logical reason why SE should abandon it.
Since the last fw update, the phone's performance is quite acceptable. The only areas that are in urgent need of updates are:
1- Opera
2- WLAN
3- Camera (focusing and picture quality)
P990i: A mistake, a curse and a disgrace So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD |
c0mm0n
Joined: Jan 14, 2003
Posts: 216
From: Paris, France
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In FO mode how can i silence a call ? |
Osmano
Joined: Jul 22, 2006
Posts: 252
From: Trondheim, Norway
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I don't know if this have been covered: My old P800 had to different types of vibration so it's was easy to feel the difference between call or message. I don't know if this was the case with P900/P910 but I really miss this feature on P990. I have my phone in a pouch and often on silent mode. Is it possible to have different vibration on P990 through sofware? Any thoughts on this?
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locoworks
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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dunno about that, but usually a message only vibrates once. if it keeps vibrating it is a call. |
c0mm0n
Joined: Jan 14, 2003
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From: Paris, France
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Plz how to silence an incoming call in FO mode ? |
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Posted: 2007-01-15 23:34
So I lowered my expectations and settled for a P1i. I couldn't keep my expectations so low for a long time so now I have an HTC Touch HD 
