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The Ultimate Phone/PDA?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hardware-to-lust-after dept.

P800guy writes "Psion Place has a review of the SonyEricsson P800 available in Q3, this looks to be the best PDA/phone combined in the world. Running Symbian OS v7.0, 208x320 color touchscreen, triple-band GSM compatible, Multimedia Messaging (MMS), Bluetooth, GPRS always-on internet connection, built-in digital camera, support for HTML, xHTML, Java, iMode, WAP, Word, Excel, PPT. Check out the pictures, open, closed. In the US it'll work on Voicestream, ATT Wireless, and Cingular just don't expect it to be offically supported from day 1 of release." Getting closer- now if it just had a few gigs of memory for MP3s ;)

3 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Saw it in Action by Teut · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On GDC (Game Developers Conference) I saw this thing demonstrated and had time to play with it.

    Its small, smaller than the image suggests. Its fast, screen is awesome. The biggest worry "running time on one battery charge" couldn't be answered, the guys said the hardware wasn't final they had.
    Also the flip cover with the keys simply presses the touchscreen below it. Advantage: saves hardware, disadvantage: flimsy plastic look on the back and the display has to be fully powered all the time.

    They showed Lord of the Rings as MPG on it and demonstrated some PC-Phone connection stuff which looked pretty polished.

    This is a phone for me, can't wait :)

  2. 900lb gorrilla vs. Godzilla by pubjames · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fighting in the domestic entertainment appliance arena today are:

    Microsoft:
    XBox - success uncertain

    Other attempts at (non-hardware) domestic entertainment products
    MSN - dissapointing - not very profitable - failed to unseat AOL
    Microsoft Bob - 'domestic OS' - laughable failure
    Pocket PC operating system for phones and PDAs - moderate success, not a significant revenue generator yet
    Various TV/cable ventures - moderate success or failure
    Microsoft games - successful and profitable

    Sony
    TVs, music systems, VCRs, DVD players etc - very successful globally over many years
    Sony Walkman, personal stereos, mini-disc players - very successful globablly over many years
    PlayStation 1 and 2 - very successful worldwide
    Mobile phones - increasingly successful collaboration with major service providers

    Other domestic ventures (not hardware):
    Sony entertainment products (movies, record lables), generally successful or very successful over many years.

    Who would you bet on winning in the domestic appliance ring - the 900lb gorrilla or Godzilla?

  3. As comps and phones collide, who's # Pad wins? by SamIIs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Look at the number pad on your keyboard, and then look at the number pad on your phone. They're opposite. The keyboard starts at the bottom and works it's way up, while the phone starts at the top and works down.

    Each are standard in their own field; You'll never find a keyboard with a phone-style pad and you'll never find a phone with a keyboard-style pad, but they're opposite from eachother. When I finally get a computer/phone combination, what kind of pad will it have? And who was the monkey that allowed these standards to differ so drastically?

    Sam