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The P990 was a bug fest, but in specs it was far less outdated at release than the P910 was.
Guys, I think the G series has a lot to offer UIQ users, with better touch features. I also think it's worth waiting to see what P5 has to offer before writing off UIQ.
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Posted: 2008-04-06 07:23:38
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UIQ is very slow in releasing updates.Its trailing behind s60 big time..
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Posted: 2008-04-06 07:25:24
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I am following this for a while now without talking but after these last posts I have to say that I absolutely agree with MIK-3 and the whole article in the first post. I agree with it 1000%
Sony Ericsson completely lost it with smartphones.
P owners was the most loyal customer of Sony Ericsson but never, never got what they wanted.
P800 was amazing for its time and even after the dramatical delays people waited patiently and got it, they loved it its high-end powers; for its time; its usability, they loved the revolutionary UIQ.
P900 was a good/ok following. And most of the people updated for its better design and quality.
Then P910 had nothing new to offer it was a complete copycat of the P900 completely outdated for its time. Sony Ericsson completely ignored its costumers demands for 3G, better camera from that crappy VGA and many more. Even though a lot of P-users updated to P910 because of the UIQ.
Users of P910 waited more than two years, users who stayed with P900 waited more than three years(!) for the next successor in P series.
2-3 years stuck with a non 3G phone and VGA camera!!
Then the P990 comes out after MANY DELAYS with ok hardware updates, finally 3G and 3.2Megapixels camera and wi-fi. Nokia's lineup by that time included upcoming phones with 5Megapixel cameras VGA video recording, GPS, QuadBand EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA, TV out... etc etc.
Even though Sony Ericsson did it again and ignored its costumers demands for major additions like EDGE support along with other updates, most UIQ users ignored the competition, stuck with UIQ and got the P990...
What they end up with??
Nothing more than a barely working device. The RAM issues of the problematic UIQ 3.0 and Symbian 9.1 made the $800 P990 worthless, not even for business but for basic use as well! Thousands of restarts during web browsing I use to had restarts even within calls and SMS... Firmware updates offered no major improvements and not only that but Sony Ericsson made a statement a couple of months after announcing that they are stopping the development of upcoming firmwares for P990. I remember the worldwide forums going crazy about P990 support even threads with Law suit actions against Sony Ericsson!
So because of all that and many many more the first article is 10000000% correct.
I am UIQ fan, always was and I was UIQ user for many years of my life before SE blow me out...
I am glad to see some news these last days regarding UIQ 3.3 and P5.
I hope P5 will come with many features, UIQ needs a true high end phone that can proudly stand in the market and most importantly to come on time.
The competition is very strong today, especially from Nokia, already offering magnificent devices with everything you can imagine and the promising S60 touch interface to be very close with a fall release.
[ This Message was edited by: n|ck_xp on 2008-04-06 06:58 ]
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Posted: 2008-04-06 07:47:59
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I agree with max wedge...
The G900 is about to come on the market now... That's pretty cool phone with excellent features...
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Posted: 2008-04-06 11:02:13
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UIQ is not SE.
UIQ is a good platform that SE ruined.
Lack of UIQ phones is a problem. And so far SE and Moto strategies to roll out units with sub- par features is the problem. SE and Moto's failure to recognise the value in enhancing existing units is the problem.
But as a matter of fact, UIQ and UIQ tech. is more available now than it ever was, even though it's still hopelessly held back by moronic phone- makers who seem to have difficulties with seeing an opportunity to earn money, if they can piss of their customers and do something else instead.
Allright?
UIQ is not SE....
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Posted: 2008-04-06 13:05:52
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On 2008-04-06 07:47:59, n|ck_xp wrote:
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Then the P990 comes out after MANY DELAYS with ok hardware updates, finally 3G and 3.2Megapixels camera and wi-fi. ...
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Posted: 2008-04-06 13:16:28
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@Mizzle
Let us see if SE implements UIQ 3.3 on P1 and W960 that are not even 1 year old products. Remember what they did with P990.
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Posted: 2008-04-06 17:41:33
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On 2008-04-06 17:41:33, MG7 wrote:
@Mizzle
Let us see if SE implements UIQ 3.3 on P1 and W960
..hey? There's actually some small chance they would do that? Awesome! (Excuse me while I go outside and wait for it to start raining vodka in different flavours).
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Posted: 2008-04-06 17:48:57
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@Nipsen
This is not to much to ask for. N95 user have not been forgotten though suffering from low RAM.
When will UIQ users get flash support?
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Posted: 2008-04-06 20:29:46
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Yep, but the N95 is made by - NOKIA......I think right there, you can see my point....
Flash support - there have been excuses for the lack of it amounting to ' mumble mumble....we don't want to pay Macromedia for the rights....mumble'
[ This Message was edited by: AD on 2008-04-06 21:10 ]
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Posted: 2008-04-06 22:05:38
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