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Have you guys checked in your messages in the menu? I thought my C510 and W995 didn't have it either, because I had to "activate" it by going in to the menu and chosing once to view them under "conversations", after that they all came in the threaded way

This might be why you aren't getting it. If not, then it's strange.
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Posted: 2009-10-20 22:44:56
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Guys guys This SMS conversation feature availability is a well known "problem".
It depends on the CDA of your phone.
remember that was the same thing when it appeared on the C905.
Some region/country/branding have it, others don't.

Unfortunately there is no way (yet) to enable it via a simple customize_upgrade.xml file like it was the case on the DB3210 platform, because Aino is a new platform : DB3350 which is not (yet?) supported by A2Uploader

Same thing goes for the facebook app. Not available for every CDA.
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Posted: 2009-10-21 00:02:18
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Yeah that must be right because mine is R1BA049 as well, and there's definitely no conversation style messaging. My girlfriend has a W508 with it, so I know how it works and where to activate it and so on. It's just not there.

So far that's the only disappointment I have with this phone.
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Posted: 2009-10-21 02:00:09
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My 2 cents:

I have now owned this phone for one week. The best part is that it arrived in 1½ days from Hong Kong to Minnesota, USA. I was shocked at how quickly it arrived!

This phone does NOT have stereo speakers and the loud speaker is located on the bottom of the phone. It is also not very loud. Both of these facts are disappointing.

The user interface is a little sluggish. And there are weird instances with functionality because of the nature of the phone being open or closed. All of these instances could have been solved if Sony just allowed for a full touch interface.

First of all, you cannot truely lock the phone. There is a lock button on the top but only works when the phone is closed. However sliding the phone open always takes the phone out of lock.

Second, if you receive a text message when the phone is closed, the only thing you can touch on the screen is a "x" which closes the message. If you want to read the message you have to open the phone. WHY??

Third, if a call comes in when the phone is closed you can touch the screen to answer it (kind of cool - you slide your finger across), BUT, there is a huge rectangular box at the bottom of the screen that will end the call if you touch it. My cheek or chin ALWAYS touches this box and the call ends. This is because the sensor by the ear speaker is not sensative enough. This sensor is supposed to notice proximity to your face/ear and disable the screen, but the only way I can disable the screen is by holding the phone in an unnatural position or by jamming it into my ear. Not cool!

Fourth, the screen is sometimes unresponsive to touch. I cannot determine why though, because in the service test menu there is a way to test the touchscreen and even the slightest touch is recognized every time, and on every part of the screen.

Believe it or not the Aino is replacing my W800i that I bought over 4 years ago. I have experience with other Sony phones however so I know what to expect. I purchased a K850i when it first came out but sold it within a month. In hindsight I did like that phone.

I also just noticed that you cannot assign a video ringtone. When did Sony do away with this? I know the K850i could do it.

I guess I'm surprised that aside from 8 megapixel that the functionality is not much different from my 4 year old W800i. And the W800i was WAY faster!

The positives are a very large screen which looks great! And really, that's the only thing I care about. I was getting sick of my 1.8" 176x220 screen. Also my camera didn't work anymore so I like that I have one again, however, the camera on the Aino is very sluggish. It takes over 5 seconds just to be able to take a picture, and almost twice as long to process and save. You also cannot take pictures with the slider open, instead the screen will tell you to close the phone.

Oh, someone asked about the possibility of HD video. It cannot do that, but the reason it says that in the picture menu is because 3.1 megapixel is just barely over HD spec (1920x1080). 2.3 megapixels = 1920x1200. And the video menu lists nHD as one of the options, which equals 640x360 (half the width and height of 720p).

Well, hopefully an update will fix a lot of these issues. Because of this I am hopeful and will keep this phone. I can't see why Sony would not make this phone full-touch capable!
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Posted: 2009-10-21 03:39:05
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TO GET THE CONVERSATION's TAB


Main menu -> Messages
The second item will be either "INBOX" or "CONVERSATION".

If it is Inbox, go into it.

There will be two 'tabs'.
Choose the second one,
Exit that view by pressing the cancel call button.

Now when you receive a new msg, the conversation tab will pop up.

If you want to go back to 'Inbox" view, just choose the other tab as above.

Nice Options by SE, but they should have documented it!
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Posted: 2009-10-21 04:15:32
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+1

I hate the activity menu!
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Posted: 2009-10-21 04:21:18
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Does anyone have the MMR70 FM Transmitter?

Does it work on the Aino? Sony Ericssons website says it does (and to be honest I have no reason to dispute it as Sony Ericsson seems to be quite good with accessories)
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Posted: 2009-10-21 06:37:04
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Isn't stereo speakers like GSM Arena said?
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Posted: 2009-10-21 13:49:18
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I want pop-up instead of activity menu, i don't like activity menu. it seems that sonyericsson forgot the new events option.
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Posted: 2009-10-21 15:54:50
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^^^
yes seems to be missing. not sure if SE delibrately left it out though or if it was left out by mistake. i much prefer pop up
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Posted: 2009-10-21 15:58:06
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