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what are the big differences of these two phones?
coz i also wanna buy one of them (w960/g900)
it's really confusing!

by the way.. i read all the comments..
i've a question, what are 'mods'?
and what does the G stands for?
w=walkman/c=cybershot..

[ This Message was edited by: strange on 2008-11-16 00:23 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-16 01:18:55
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G stands for - Generation Web

Majority of G Phones come with no different web experience to a C or W phone just really a gimmick
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Posted: 2008-11-16 01:53:35
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haha ok! thanks for the explanation!

i read anywhere else that the w960 doesn't have wlan only wifi, while g900 has
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Posted: 2008-11-16 02:31:39
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In the context of your question, WLAN and WiFi are the same thing. Both phones operate on 802.11b if I'm not mistaken.
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Posted: 2008-11-16 04:58:47
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W960i is more than a Walkman, it´s a business phone with WLAN too.

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[ This Message was edited by: Maratonmannen on 2008-11-16 17:57 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-16 18:57:00
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Guess it depends on your definition of a business phone. For me a business phone has no or very little play features and focusses on productivity and business features. Such as a business card scanner, qwerty keyboard. When the focus is shifted towards playing music and doing fun things with a phone it is no longer a business phone in my eyes.

A walkman phone can never be a business phone as much as a P1i can never be a walkman phone (even with mods it will always be a full qwerty keyboard yielding phone).

To me it depends on where the phone has its focus on; taking pictures, listening to music, being productive. That is what for me decides if what type of phone it is.
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Posted: 2008-11-16 19:09:42
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Yes, you are, g900 has wlan 802.11b/g while the other uiq phones comes only with b.

"For me a business phone has no or very little play features and focusses on productivity and business features. Such as a business card scanner, qwerty keyboard."
In g900 there is a business card scanner and qwerty keyboard doesn't mean something is made for business, it can be there for messaging too. In your definition, isn't nokia e51 a business phone cuz it lacks qwerty keyboard?
"A walkman phone can never be a business phone as much as a P1i can never be a walkman phone"
It is wrong, you have symbian to personalize your phone to be business or walkman or gaming or whatever you want.

[ This Message was edited by: Lirion on 2008-11-16 20:30 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-16 21:28:16
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But you can never change the hardware, guess you did not get my point about how a product is marketed and focusses on. A walkman phone (hence the name) does not focus on business/productivity, it focusses on music. A cybershot phone does not focusses on music but on images. This is why there are many models targeted at different groups of people. Of course one can modify their phones, there is only a very small number of people that will actually do it.

To simply state that its wrong is not cutting the cake. I've not said the phone was made for business and I've not said a qwerty keyboard equals business or the lack of it equals non-business. I've said it was being focussed on it, or targeted at. There is a big difference there. In the end is is all about marketing and what target groups SE aims at.

Sure you can use your W960 as "business" phone simply because it has the same guts as the P1i, just like you can flash the P1i with the W960 firmware, but that was not the point I'm trying to make.
The Gxxx phones are being targeted at trendy/fashion people, whilst the W960/W950 are being targeted at music minded people and the P1i to business people, that is not how I want it to be, that is how SE markets the phone. Just have a look at the Gxxx/W9x0/P1i pages on SE's homepage and you will see how they aim.

Anyways, to debate about this here is futile in its own respect. You can try to understand what I'm trying to say, or simply be defensive, that is up to you. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad or attacking anyone and their phone, I was only giving my opinion with (imho, good) arguments.

Long story short I would go for the G900.

[ This Message was edited by: blerk on 2008-11-16 21:13 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-16 21:55:12
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thanks for the great opinions!
so overall G900 has better functions than W960?
so acutally what W has, also contains in G? only W has a bigger screen?

ok! i think i made my final decision! i'll go for the G
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Posted: 2008-11-18 00:39:59
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Not quite. The has a jog dial on the side which makes for superfast scrolling and navigation, although going back up is a pain in the ar*e, thanks to some stupid bloke in upper management at . However, if you haven't used a Pxxx/W950 UIQ phone before, the D-pad on the G900 would seem equally comfortable.
The walkman standby screen looks nice too.

All said though, the G900 wins in a price/feature shootout.
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Posted: 2008-11-18 06:07:34
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