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Sony-Ericsson P900 Released

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

phil-trick writes "The Sony-Ericsson P900 was released today. Here is a detailed P900 Review. Also, to make linux oriented, here is a pice on how it Syncs with Linux"

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  1. 'Death of the PDA?' question revisited. by rastakid · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Geez, with this many features one starts to wonder if it's still possible to call with this thing ;-)

    Seriously though, this brings back the same question as posed on last Monday, in this article: Death of the PDA?

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    1. Re:'Death of the PDA?' question revisited. by macrom · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It does make me wonder if a lot of these new phones are designed without American transportation habits in mind (not that the world should cater to our habits, mind you). It seems to me that all of the features on these new "smart" phones cater more to a population that relies on public transporation, ie, someone else is doing the driving.

      Personally, I'd rather see phones with more emphasis on less expensive wireless headsets, better voice dialing (the ones I've used all suck) and bigger buttons so you can dial by touch while watching the road. The Nokia 3650 is a good example of a phone not really catered to people who shouldn't look at the phone while dialing.

  2. MP3 support by Dreadlord · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What I've found the most interesting after reading the article is MP3 support, both of Nokia's Symbian OS based phones (3650, 7650) don't have it, and it's even more cool to be able to use MP3's as ringtones.

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    1. Re:MP3 support by n0wak · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I assume there'd be a size/length limit to the ringtones, but even then... I can imagine many, many people using Simpsons quotes as their ring tones. As if their constant verbal references aren't enough, we'll have phones saying things like "I bent my wookie!" or "We're sorry, the fingers you are using are too fat." oi.

  3. it's as pretty as a bitch, but by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 2, Interesting

    how long can the battery last? i have my cell phone running pretty dark and quiet, and it still drains power like mad.

    if one was to use this as advertised, what could we expect in terms of battery life before having to recharge it?

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  4. Palm is dead in the water by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting


    with devices that look this good with that amount of functionality to boot, iam sure there are some worried faces in Palm computing

  5. services in the u.s. by simpl3x · · Score: 2, Interesting

    does anybody use the p800 with services in the us? i assume these would be t-mobile and att&t. the p900 is supposed to be available here in january, but i have never seen anybody with a p800.

    i imagine that the linux version would be a requirement for the chinese market, since thay have a chinese specific version--p908. apple needs to get itunes (lite where required) everwhere, including linux and devices. beat sony to the punch with their mobile initiatives.

    more memory would have been nice!

  6. Pricepoint by W33dz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ok...it is way cool.
    But how much is the damn thing going to cost me?

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  7. SSH? by sleeeper · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I am guessing you can pull up a virtual keyboard, and use an SSH client on this phone. Am I right? Details (i.e., SSH v.2, open source?).

  8. Are Java Apps usable ? by OMG · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It does support Java, great!
    But what does "support mean?

    Can I run a Java application (J2ME/MIDP ?) after one or two buttons pressed ? A lot of phones I saw with Java support force you to navigate through dozens of menus until you are able to start a Java application.

    Can the application run in the background? What happens if the application runs and the phone rings? If I use it for ICQ or such stuff, do I need to stop the application before beeing able to look at my address book?

    Thanks for any insights on these questions.

  9. Re:Best hybrid device yet? Just one deficiency by CowBovNeal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Its camera is not still 640x480.
    Sony Ericsson can do better in this dept.

    When most people get camera phones, their picture taking interest drops exponentially after the first 1-2 weeks. If the camera resolution is higher(1 megapixel), like the 505i, FOMA terminals that NTTDocomo offers (nttdocomo.com), then it might make the camera offering worthwhile.

    Other than that, I'd say its a decent phone.

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  10. Re:Bleh, too big. by TonkaTown · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you're concerned about phone size then the new generation of Symbian phones are a fair bit smaller than the Nokia 3650.

    I wrote about smartphone sizes on Mobitopia the other day with a table of sizes here.

    The P900 is slightly smaller than the "elderly" P800, the real surprise is the new Sendo X which is only marginally bigger than a Sony Ericsson T610 and packs far more capabilities.