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Sony Ericsson P990i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Pro Duo Slot--International Version with No Warranty (Premium Silver)
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Manufacturer: Sony Ericsson Mobile

List Price: $449.99
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Name: Trentonn Smith
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: 2007-02-21
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Best Smartphone Package!
Comment: Even though I purchased and grew fond of the Nokia E62 and E70, I decided to give this smartphone a try due to my good experience with the SE W810i model.

My first impressions on the first couple days were absolutely DISMAL from the numerous crashes that required taking out the battery to cut off the phone. After the 15th crash, I called SE customer service and calmly gave my opinion on the performance of this phone. By suggestion from the operator I downloaded the firmware upgrade from the SE website and must say that all is well. The technology packed into this phone is amazing, and not mention the eye-catching looks of the silver covering.
The ability to input info via the qwerty keypad and the touchscreen/stylus is a HUGE draw for me, a former Palm pda/Treo 680 owner.

Accessing WiFi and setting up bluetooth with my MacBook Pro was pretty simple, but synching the address book and calendar is a different story. In lieu of no Mac iSync support I am using a third party software called p990iCal to sync my calendar data and using bluetooth transfers for my address book vcards, and both methods work just fine.
Navigating the phone does take some patience and time, but using the manual with good common sense is usually enough to suffice.

The bright, crisp screen is relatively large compared to the Nokia E70 and the qwerty keyboard, though small, is a joy to type on with my thumbnails. There is one gripe about typing on this keyboard: I love the support for Quickoffice on the smartphone, for I am addicted to writing on the go with Word. Where the Nokia E70 and E62 shines concerning text processing on the qwerty is where the SE p990i rests on its laurels. The SE cannot keep up with my typing speed whereas the Nokias could without a doubt. After pressing each button there is a taskbar that pops up at the top of the screen showing the selected character being highlighted and then placed into the document body. This truly slows up the typing process...and if you keep typing as the p990 tries to catch up, it gets lost and inputs jumbled letters. I have disabled the predictive text feature, but that apparently only handles the words and not the individual characters.
I have deducted one star for this reason alone.

The screen that shows spectacular imagery in clear color cannot be seen at all in outside sunlight, so be aware of using this outdoors. The photo quality is amazing and the flash is very strong while the video quality is great but not stellar. The media player application plays mpeg4 video files that my Nokias were unable to play, and the music player and FM radio is great as long as you have good headphones(the speaker is in mono). I surely took advantage of the space I had in a 2GB memory stick I had used with my previous W810i model.

The task manager is an absolute godsend! Instead if having to go through the menus to access recent apps you can go here and reopen them again! Voice dialing is good but must be programmed for each contact entry which the Nokias did not require at all. Handwriting recognition on the touchscreen appears to be the same as any other Palm device.

This is definitely a neat little tech package for those who love gadgets. Downloading the firmware upgrade should alleviate any problems concerning its performance.

Update for May 2007:
I have long since this review sold my p990 device and returned to Nokia. I am currently using the E61i until my preorder for the E90 Communicator is fulfilled. The p990 was and is still a great device, but just not for my purposes. This is a real shame, for I will always have a soft spot in my techie heart for touchscreens and styli in navigating that p990. I just couldn't tolerate the inconvenience of no Apple iSync support and a slow Quickoffice Word interface in writing my poetry and blog entries. Nokia has provided reliable stability in both these areas and I plan to remain with them as a loyal customer. The p990 is still a capable device for what it can do, only as long as it is updated to the current firmware and can adequately meet one's needs.


Name: Cajie B
Location: Kuwait
Date: 2006-11-05
Customer Rating: -

Summary: All I could ask for in a phone...
Comment: I bought this item from Amazon when it first listed for $649.99, and after reaading all the negative reviews.
I have been using iMate for the past 3 years, and wanted something similar but something that looks like a normal phone. The P990 is just that. All the power of the PDA with a great phone, MP3 player, FM Radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, good camera, and if you load the correct software, it makes coffee for you.

I have faced some problems mentioned in the other reviews, and the phone has rebooted couple of times. But then again, I am a Windows user :)

I connected the phone to my laptop and it synched all my outlook (calendar, contacts, email). The FM radio is great, and the MP3 player is as good as my iPod - and ever since buying this, I find myself listening to lots of music - something that I never did with my iPod, simply because it is there!.

I put in a 2 GB memory stick and there is plenty of space there for photos, music and other stuff.

If they had released it with a more stable firmware, it would have got 5/5.






Name: Brosamj
Location: East Coast
Date: 2007-01-10
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Terrific phone with a learning curve
Comment: I have owned several different types of phones (Cingular 8125, Cingular 3125, Cingular 2125, Sony 600i) and this has moved to the top of phones that I have used.

Pros
**Styling: Love the styling of it. It is a good looking phone that is a little funky but has a nice clean look.
**KeyPad and touchscreen: I love having the keypad on the front so that I do not have to type a phone number on the screen. It is convenient. Then to be able to flip it open and be able to type in on the screen or with the small keyboard. Nice.
**Syncs with Outlook: I have had few problems having it successfully sync up with Outlook and to have all the contacts for easy access...very nice.
**Phone quality: So far so good. My calls sound good and people tell me that it sounds good when I am tlaking to them.
**WiFi: I love it. It still surprises me that the high end smart phones don't carry t (such as the Palm phones) but this phone does and it works well and is easy to use.
**Lock feature: It is a quick slide action on the side to lock the keyboard so you don't accdiently dial. There is no need to press 2 buttons to unlock as it is just another flick on the side of the phone and it is unlocked. Easy to use and quick to use and thats appreciated.

Cons:
**Kinks: Yes, there are some kinks with the software but this is to be kind of expected in that it really is a computer that acts like a phone at times. But, I haven't had the problems that others appear to have had in regards to slowness, etc.
**Camera: Good quality, but it takes a bit to get comfortable in using.
**Learning Curve: I have used windows mobile and I have been comfortable using that software as an interface for my phone. Now switching over to Symbian has taken me a while to get use to icons and functionality. It is a good operating system from what I have seen, but it has taken me some time.

Overall, it has been a terrific phone and I plan on using for it the next year. Well done Sony.


Name: EntropyMan
Location:
Date: 2007-09-12
Customer Rating: -

Summary: I Love Surfing, and the P990i Takes Care of That
Comment: My wife bought this smartphone for me as a present. I love it! And the glitch? Non-existent!

However, I didn't feel that way in the beginning. I thought this phone was a waste. For one, it was slow. Additionally, it kept hanging up and crashing. Finally, this darn thing was so complicated.

After I downloaded the phone's software on my computer and did an update, it fixed everything. It got rid of the glitch, and this awesome gadget is now operating the way a laptop-slash-phone machine is supposed to be running.

Generally, here's what I think about this phone:

The Good
Wi-Fi - imagine sitting at the airport, reading your RSS feeds, checking your e-mail or your favorite Web site, and talking to your loved one -- all at the same time. And since you have wi-fi capability, your Internet is free. You can't beat that.

Picture - this phone allows you to take a picture, crop it, enhance it, save it, and send it to your friends. It's all done in the phone. And since you have a wi-fi, you can upload your newly-taken picture onto your blog and share it with the rest of the world.

Multi-media - good video capability, but I haven't tried streaming videos; you can also talk on the phone while viewing pictures or surfing, to name a few.

File Manager - it's easy to move files from your your laptop. Basically, go to the File Manager, click and drag, and you're done. That goes for all the other documents that you want to move or copy to the phone. I tried copying and pasting MP3's, videos, spreadsheets, Word documents, and PDF files, and they turned out just fine.

Synchronization - unfortunately, I haven't tried synchronizing with the Outlook.

Contacts - you have speed dials, and it's really easy to do a search for one of your contacts.

Antenna - I have Cingular, which is now AT&T, and I don't get a lot of dropped calls. I owned a smaller, regular Sony Ericsson K700i, and that thing kept getting disconnected. Not this one.

Screen - it's crisp. Also, you can change from portrait to landscape when surfing, which is nice, too.

The Bad

It's complicated - you need some time to learn how to operate this phone because the manual and the Website don't tell you everything.

Screen Visibility - you can't see what's on your screen under bright conditions. So, when you're taking a walk under the sun and you want to call somebody and you need to search that number, good luck.

Speaker - it lacks the "oomph" factor. The company certainly could have done better.

Camera - at 2 mp, this is anemic. Heck, smaller, regular phones now pack in 3 mp.

Memory - you can only install up to 4-gig memory stick. Why not 8 gigs, like the I-phone?

The Ugly

Size - Size doesn't matter, right? Wrong. In this case, bulky is bad. I usually put my phone in my pocket. After a while, it feels like I'm dragging a dead cow.

Qwerty Keyboard - it's small, and it's challenging hitting the right letters.

Crash and Hang-Ups - you'll experience them with this cell phone, so update it right away to prevent them from happening.


Name: Alan Edwards
Location: Miami, FL United States
Date: 2006-09-29
Customer Rating: -

Summary: WiFi ROCKS!
Comment: Make sure once you get it you download the latest firmware. New Symbian OS is slow. Camera is very good, and the WiFi ROCKS! Excellent wifi reception range. Better than my HP iPaq. So it replaces a lot of gadgets. Outlook sync works fine. Boot time is eternal, but overall a very good next gen phone. Mac users will have to wait for isync to catch up in Leopard to be able to sync with it.


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