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Hi!
I too have had a P990 since august 06. I use to change phone every other year. I have started the search and the phones who are standing out for me at the moment is SE X1 and HTC Touch pro. I'm reading everything I can find about these two phones but since they're not out yet it's mostly guesswork. I have read a lot about the touch diamond since the pro should be more or less the same phone save the ram and qwerty....
The search is exiting....
[ This Message was edited by: Osmano on 2008-07-07 08:41 ]
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Posted: 2008-07-07 09:40:45
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Yes, HTC Touch Pro seems to stand out if I start considering the WM platform. With regards to the X1, I would not be in the first bunch to get it. Considering SE's lack of experience with WM, I'd like to see what shape it comes out in and whether there may be any compatibility issues with WM software.
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Posted: 2008-07-07 15:21:10
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@makbil
I've actually resolved to getting the X1 after having my P910i for three years now, it's time to pack it and put this excellent device away for the grandchildren
. After the Symbian Foundation developments I really don't want to buy any UIQ/S60 phone now without knowing exactly what's going on. This backward compatibility thing with S60 means nothing to me at this stage as things can easily change as they more often than not do.
You're right SE doesn't have the necessary expertise in this area but for me the X1 looks the part- I always want the QWERTY keyboard since the P910i- the metal frame and the features complete the package. I never really warmed up to the HTC diamond and I also find the 'Raphael' not to my liking either.
One mistake I will never make though is jumping in with my eyes closed. I mean I'm not going to be among the first ones to buy it, I'll wait and research about it. Reading about the consumer feedback and reviews will determine if I will purchase it or not.
One thing is for sure, this is my next device until the Symbian foundation sorts itself out.
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Posted: 2008-07-07 15:38:00
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@EMS06, it probably makes more sense for you as you are upgrading from the P910. Now that I have a P1, I'll probably hang on to it for about a year. Things should have sorted themselves out by then.
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Posted: 2008-07-07 21:00:18
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I went from a P990 to a W960i rather than a P1 as I wanted a proper phone keypad & the Walkman player with 8GB. Prefer it to the P990 & super stable for me with great multi-tasking.
I'm closely wathching the Samsung Omnia for I'm likely to stick with the W960i.
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Posted: 2008-07-08 00:49:00
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On 2008-07-08 00:49:00, psikey wrote:
I went from a P990 to a W960i rather than a P1 as I wanted a proper phone keypad & the Walkman player with 8GB. Prefer it to the P990 & super stable for me with great multi-tasking.
I'm closely wathching the Samsung Omnia for I'm likely to stick with the W960i.
Well W960 is better than P990, but not the P1 too. I don't say it is worse... These 2 phones are the same in my opinion. Now it depends what do you need when buying them. If you need fancy phone for music and multimedia you should go for the W960. If you want phone with better smartphone features and qwerty keyboard you go for the P1. And if you want everything I from a phone, you go for P1 with W960 walkman installed
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Posted: 2008-07-08 08:09:03
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Yeah... the X1 looks great, but as I said, it focus too much on the qwerty, which I don't use and don't need...
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Posted: 2008-07-09 14:08:00
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I was a massive fan of "Jot" (the handwriting recognition used by SE in UIQ) on the old P800, when it was the only decent input method, and kept it up on the P910 and M600 after that.
Since moving to the Windows Mobile world last year with a Tytn II, I don't find handwriting quite so pleasant. It's very similar in WM, you have a field at the bottom of the screen rather than using the whole screen but most of the character strokes etc are the same, but, well, it's just not quite as slick and comfortable as Jot, and I certainly make more mistakes. Perhaps that's just because I'm coming from Jot and have bad Jot habits, perhaps not.
It's a shame there is no P successor, but the harsh reality is I think - with the recent news - UIQ is now dead. It would be foolish for any more development to go into the platform when the Symbian Foundation have made it clear the future is a descendant of S60, not UIQ, and of course the redundancies at UIQ rather point that way as well. We may of course get new UIQ phones in the interim, but they'll be based on the same 3.x platform as born in the P990, and as such will continue to fall behind most of the smartphone competition. We won't see a true UIQ flagship again.
For me, WM is the next best swiss-army knife of an OS, but I'm seriously considering something completely different again next time - in the shape of an Iphone.
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2008-07-09 13:49 ]
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Posted: 2008-07-09 14:47:37
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