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Sony Ericsson P990 review: A coveted smartphone

04 August 2006 | Read the review | Post your comment
Sony Ericsson P990 review: A coveted smartphone - read the full textHighly awaited as it is, Sony Ericsson P990 is going to be the flagship of the Sony Ericsson product line. Equipped with every possible current connectivity features, an autofocus 2 megapixel camera, a second video calls camera, a conventional keypad and a QWERTY keyboard, Memory Stick slot, FM radio with RDS, the latest Symbian 9.1 OS, and last, but not least with a large 2.76" TFT touchscreen with a QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution it surely made the news for many impatiently waiting fans when it finally hit the market.

 

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Hi, Jez!

You've done better than I have! Only 3 handsets in under two weeks!!

Cheers!

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  • 2006-10-11 16:13
  • mxnt

My 4th handset in only 3 weeks arrived today and it has pretty much the same faults as all the others!
The OS is VERY slow and as a result it takes 2 or 3 rings before the CLI is linked to your contacts to display the callers name. This means that most of the time, personal ring tones cannot be used. The phone constantly crashes / locks up. The middle button that is the most freqently used is hard to press. The screen saver/lock keeps flicking on and off wasting the battery. Also, I find if you answer a call too quickly, then the call is rejected.

Mmmm. Roll on the P995 !!!

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  • 2006-10-11 01:20
  • nHBB

Hi all,
As a full experienced Sony P-series fan i have to point out a few items. The p990 works slower then every other P-series. Has multiple software problems and restarts out of the blue. I have used all p-series manufactured in history and have never experienced these problems before. Now the good part: firmware upgrades wil be available at your service points most probably.So don't be afraid, this phone is still the best around and has all the connectivity this world has to offer.

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  • 2006-10-04 16:46
  • mGxi

hi.. in some p990 pics.. i see that at the bottem of the phone writes QUICK SHARE and in some other pics, it Writes P990i..what is the diffrent betwee these 2?

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  • 2006-10-03 23:34
  • ntqk

Hi everyone.
Can anyone tell me if I can sync it with my outlook? and does it work well?
Thanks.
Gaby.

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  • 2006-09-30 12:46
  • mGqq

Hi everyone.
Can anyone tell me if I can sync it with my outlook? and does it work well?
Thanks.
Gaby.

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  • 2006-09-30 11:33
  • mGqq

Hi, Anybody know can I use the Igo navigation system with this phone? I know I need a gps too.

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  • 2006-09-25 21:34
  • m%xJ

hi guys.. I'm going to buy a p990i .. should I do that?it seems that p990 has a lot of bugs... how can we solve this bugs? are day fixable?

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  • 2006-09-25 17:45
  • ntqk

why we can't load the word file with 500kb.
please help to answers.
Thank u before hand

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  • 2006-09-25 05:55
  • PA$q

When I start "Radio", after 1 sec of music, the phone restarts. In rest, inclusive WLAN and 3g, works fine. Camera is great.
Software information:
Phone R4B001
Blue R4F01
PDA R2A04
CDA R1A05
Anyone better ? thx

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  • 2006-09-23 16:49
  • mYcX

Jasper,
Just free up memory. Opent the task manager and close all running apps. The game should start quicker. The game eats up alot of ram.

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  • 2006-09-21 16:34
  • wYEg

I am a fan of the P series and I have been using the series since P800. I have just bought the P990 but I have found it to be simply the slowest and the most difficult to operate of all the P series. The keyboaard and the screen freeze too often. Sony should please do something urgently to save our belove P series.

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  • 2006-09-21 08:11
  • mcCM

hi, im having a hard time starting the vijay singh game, have to click it several times before it starts. I tried other units but the same problem occurs. and another thing, what is the maximum memory card that you can put? but to cut the story short, im a sony user, and im pretty satisfied with the p990.

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  • 2006-09-20 18:29
  • 2Amv

Galleon,
Yah. I experience some sort of instablities. Especially when trying to use the web browser using either the WLAN or the network connection(3G) on net browsing. And it automatically restarts itself sometimes, then displays...'The phone has restarted to improve performance. Newiey, I hope it'll be fixed with the new phone software update. I'm in your situation before, trying to choose between p990 and n73. But then I realize that i need the smart phone capabilitiy than the half-breed (camera/multimedia and smart phone) n73. Y? Because i believe that something(like the n73) that tries to do-it-all, always have something to compromise to. And that frustrates me. It'll not perform the way you want it to, so I just have to buy a digicam and a 'smartphone' instead. About the speed, its ok, but I recommend on investing on high capacity memory card. Because when i try opening a word doc that is above 150kb, it shows 'not enough memory'. I have'nt bought a mem card yet.

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  • 2006-09-20 09:59
  • RKn3

Hi K.C.
Also I will have to buy the euro P990i. Pls tell me something about P990i' OS. Does OS run properly? You have any major trouble , while you are using it? Non - EDGE is a major problem for me because We dont have mobile operators which has UMTS only EDGE and GPRS but P990 has no EDGE. but I will buy P990i inspite of without EDGE. Now I have just a doubt about OS. If You have seen any serious problem pls inform me.

BR

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  • 2006-09-17 17:25
  • npGx

Hi Lexcute

I would like to buy SE P990i in a few days , I m considered about it's OS. It's major problem is no EDGE for me. And I dont know other disatvantages. I m really afraid of OS. p990i will be the first PDA mobile for me. Pls Make me clear. I have not decided which mobile to buy. SEP990 or NokiaN73.

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  • 2006-09-17 17:17
  • npGx

Woah! I just bought the p990 for 31k pesos (around 520$). I'm a first timer of the P series but the OS is easy to get into. I used to own a PDA. I chose it over a pda because of the keypad advantage. I find it hard to type an sms (using a touchscreen alone) on the go. That makes me bump to someone while walking. Laughs. The only problem I have is the device's speed, else are good. Go SE! Cheers! World peace.

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  • 2006-09-14 13:05
  • RxnX

I believe I've the Euro P990i. I'd like to install Chinese support (either through re-flashing the unit or additional language). Anyone knows where I can get more info about that?

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  • 2006-09-14 08:53
  • keqK

Nothing new here really.. best SE phone anyways for sure.

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  • 2006-09-13 17:08
  • iA@X

can somebody email me the link for the firmware upgrade? thanks

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  • 2006-09-13 16:03
  • PGHJ
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