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GSMArena team, 04 August 2006

Sony Ericsson P990 review Comments

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  • manjita
  • nE%
  • 29 Oct 2006

luks like a beast

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  • Anonymous
  • Rxf
  • 29 Oct 2006

WOW! Its a cool phone. Im a sony user , ive almost used all SE's phones. Im sure its a perfect phone. Its just like a computer, the options, the folders, I mean its better than i-mate, as afar as i think so.

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  • Anonymous
  • w4t
  • 29 Oct 2006

all you guys just go to www.my-symbian.com
u willll get all your answers ...
all the freakin answers.
latersssss.

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  • Anonymous
  • TS%
  • 28 Oct 2006

will sony ericsson upgrade their wirless b to wirless g.
it is too slow for this smart phone.
it is possible they using software to upgrade it to wirless g?

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  • SIMON WELCH
  • nE1
  • 27 Oct 2006

having used the previous p-series phones, i bought the p990i last week. it has been useless. slow, hard to use, will not synchronise. it is going back, so i will try something else instead. maybe palm trio? sony - what have you done??

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  • P-series fan
  • PRQ
  • 21 Oct 2006

Hi Lexcute,

I'm interested in buying the P990i. where did you buy it for 31K pesos in the Phils? I'm also from Manila, and so far, 35K is the lowest price I found for the P990i.

thanks :D

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  • Octavian
  • Ihj
  • 18 Oct 2006

Hey,
I bought it for a couple of weeks. It's amazing. Everything is great, except: - poor quality on WIFI signal, quite slow menu, and the incompatibility with older software's. Except that it's great.

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  • Lesko
  • MmR
  • 13 Oct 2006

Hello,

I own P990i now 2 weeks and it's great. Only thing I miss is navigation software. Is there any? I couldn't find it. Does anyone now if Tom tom or others will have navigation for symbian 3 UIQ phones?

Alex

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  • RMF
  • U2{
  • 12 Oct 2006

This is the *worst* phone I have owned in the P800/900/910 series. It would take pages to write down all the failings of this phone and I will be returning it and going back to my P910. Given how late the release is, it is unforgiveable. Some key points:
* Very unstable - always running out of memory with only the basic apps running, very frequent Kernel Exec errors.
* Unbelievably slow compared to previous models (you click the screen to do almost anything and have to wait).
* Phonebook is appalling from usability perspective - no alphabetic "letter" tabs for quick access; can't enter brackets (), spaces or dashes in phone number fields to make it easier for a human to read; synchronisation has unpredictable mapping from Outlook fields; can't change number type (e.g. work->home) from quick "drop-down" lists next to number anymore; useless and distracting (h) or (w) added to end of *every* address field line in display mode; adding extra address fields is way too cumbersome; birthday field is unnecessarily prominent and can't be removed once accidently added (it wasn't obvious to me!); no intelligent handling of "0" from area code - ie. drop when including country code.
* What happened to the very useful clock screensaver from P910???
* Miserly battery (half the milliamp hours of previous) included.
* Stylus is now on wrong side for vast majority of population.
* Business card scanner is a joke - low accuracy means you spend more time correcting than you would have entering in the first place.
* Common settings are hidden down in too many depths/layers of menus. This is ok for rare settings but not for core functionality.
* Change from P910 focused too much on worthless aesthetic "gloss" (graphics which slow everything down) and not enough on getting device to work fast, efficiently and with streamlined workflow for common tasks.

I have worked in HCI/usability for almost 15 years and could mention many more points but don't have the energy to waste...



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  • the_gooze!
  • mxn
  • 11 Oct 2006

Hi, Jez!

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

Cheers!

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  • Jez
  • nHB
  • 11 Oct 2006

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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  • SUPERTANNY
  • mGx
  • 04 Oct 2006

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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  • mike
  • ntq
  • 03 Oct 2006

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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  • Gaby
  • mGq
  • 30 Sep 2006

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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  • Gaby
  • mGq
  • 30 Sep 2006

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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  • Dan
  • m%x
  • 25 Sep 2006

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

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  • Mr a
  • ntq
  • 25 Sep 2006

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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  • luch
  • PA$
  • 25 Sep 2006

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

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  • Rofox
  • mYc
  • 23 Sep 2006

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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  • Lexcute
  • wYE
  • 21 Sep 2006

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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