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Sony Ericsson P800 Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-lust-on dept.

Ch_Omega writes "For all those who have been waiting, there is now an in-depth and detailed review of one of the most anticipated connected handhelds of 2003, the Sony Ericsson P800, over at Infosync. Does it live up to the hype? According to the story, the answer is yes." I've been lusting after the t68i for awhile, but maybe I'll wait for this one. It just looks so cool!

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  1. Sony-Ericson Phones by vohlish_n · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have owned a T68i for 5 months, and I must say it is the worst purchase I have ever made. I cannot believe Sony is ruining their brand name with such an awful product. The reception is terrible, the UI is awful, the speed at which it responds to anything is horrendous. Unfortunately due to my contract I have to wait another 7 months before I can get a replacement.

    The reviews for the T68i are obviously done by people who do not actually use phones. Superficially it is very light, has fairly good battery life and a good feature set. Trying to make a call from it is awful. For some reason the sequence to lock the phones keypad is different from the sequence to unlock it. In fact, the sequence to lock it regularly deletes numbers from my phone book, because it is the same sequence (clear and then yes). Even when locked the phone can be turned off by accident.

    The only thing I have ever seen with a worse UI, is the communicam I mistakenly bought to test a friends website (http://www.phlog.net). This camera is unusable. Its no good for anything. I tried wedging a door open with it and it wasn't even any good for that. Sometimes things are so bad they're funny... unfortunately this phone even surpasses that level of "badness".

    I know various people with this phone and they all hate it. They all have the same problems.

    I can only think that any other phone in there product line is going to be just as bad, as they have zero idea on how to program an interface. The 68i was supposed to be an improvement over the T68. It wasn't.

    I really could go on for a long time, but there's probably better things you could all be doing that reading my post.

    Just make sure you don't buy a T68i, and please talk to a serious phone user who already has the P800 before purchasing it.