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Ruvjet

Joined: Mar 22, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-29 00:18

Here is an article I found on
http://www.mobilenews.uk.com/ , a UK trade paper.

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SonyEricsson has admitted its P800 camera phone will not reach the high street until late January.
The news is a further setback for the joint venture which initially promised a third quarter 2002 release for the device that integrates phone, digital camera, PDA and MP3 player.

Following an announcement that it wouldn't be able to make the original launch date, SonyEricsson said it was looking at the fourth quarter to be on shelves in time for the Christmas market.

Sony Ericsson marketing director UK & Ireland Peter Marsden said:

"It is true we are not going to see the P800 in the channels before Christmas. We had hoped to have some operator samples out in December but that isn't going to happen. We are now looking at it coming out a few weeks later than we had forecast. It would have been nice to get it out before Christmas and it is a little disappointing. But the most important thing is ensuring that everything works.

"It is a complicated product that requires a complex integration. It is working on a new operating platform and now it is a matter of making sure everything works. The P800 is so different to anything that is out there that we think it will be able to stand on its own for six to nine months".

The P800 will be available to other markets in Europe before Christmas. More stringent demands from UK operators meant this date was impossible in the UK.

"They have to evaluate any bugs that are particular to the networks. The UK networks are some of the most demanding in the world. it means the product will be that much more reliable when it hits the shelves", said Marsden.

So it will be out in Europe before xmas, but not til Jan in UK.
End of speculation, no?

wapchimp

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Posted: 2002-10-29 00:21

sounds about right - like the rest of us - I'll believe it when I see it [addsig]

pinolo77

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Posted: 2002-10-29 01:03

At that point they shouldn't have told a word about the P800 and kept it as a concept phone. They could have implemented it very calmly and not under pressure of journalists asking when it will be released...

And they could have added a TFT screen...

So, they just shouldn't show phones at CEBIT that they will most probably not even release at the next CEBIT except if they tell that it is just a concept phone.
This is my opinion of course.

Ruvjet

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Posted: 2002-10-29 01:23

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On 2002-10-29 01:03, pinolo77 wrote:
At that point they shouldn't have told a word about the P800 and kept it as a concept phone. They could have implemented it very calmly and not under pressure of journalists asking when it will be released...

And they could have added a TFT screen...

So, they just shouldn't show phones at CEBIT that they will most probably not even release at the next CEBIT except if they tell that it is just a concept phone.
This is my opinion of course.

I fully agree. This doesn't just go for

, but for all European manufacturers who think its good business to announce phones 10 months before they are released.

caff

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Posted: 2002-10-29 01:24

P800 has TFT screen according to the user manual and the white paper !!!!

Spacer

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Posted: 2002-10-29 07:55

Well this is true only for UK because thay have "demanding operators"
whatever that means....
as said other markets will get p800 before Xmas and i dont think hardware is the problem for them rest of us are enyway prepared tu upgrade firmware .. with device like this its like with computer

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