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Here are my wishes for future firmware/software updates, in order of priority. Please add yours.

* Higher receiver volume during phone calls -- The K790i sounds clearer than my T637, but I have to switch to the T637 to talk to my low-spoken girlfriend. If there is any noise in the environment then it can seem like the phone receiver has shut off.

* Slower battery drain when taking pictures -- currently, my Canon S400 can take 100 pictures on a single charge, whereas the K790i can't handle more than 30 or so, IIRC. This was a huge disappointment to me because I bought the phone with the intention of totally replacing the S400.

* Better overall battery life.

* Faster keypress response times (I usually press "* Unlock" faster than the phone can sense it).

* When using the web browser, I want to be able to select a phone number off a web page and dial it. (Currently, if you look up a phone number on a web page, and then try to dial it, the phone-number entry box covers the entire web page so you can't read the number off of it).

* Enable me to download firmware updates using SEUS in English/US even though my phone is imported from China.

* Enable 850 Mhz band (if it is disabled by firmware only, of course)

* Get rid of seperate "Transfer Mode" and "Phone Mode" so that I can do USB file transfers while all phone features enabled (camera and sond/video playback can remain disabled if necessary).

* Support for 2GB/4GB Memory Stick Micro M2


Bonus features:

* Manual camera controls
* Japanese input method, with support for Hiragana and Katakana.
* British English learning software so that I can call a flashlight a "torch" in everyday conversation and spell every word with at least one extra "u."
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Posted: 2006-08-13 23:45:13
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I think it already has support for M2 cards over 4GB, it's just that there are none that big. Sony is/has released a 2GB version now though.
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Posted: 2006-08-14 18:37:11
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As mentioned it does support bigger memory cards. Bigger cards will be available soon.
The battery on my K800i is great. I took over 100 photos a few days a go, made a few calls and about 1 hour of wap and didnt even use half my battery.
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Posted: 2006-08-14 18:43:03
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Thanks for correcting me guys.

You are right about the battery drain--if I don't use the flash then I can take a lot of pictures.

Where did you hear about M2 cards bigger than 1GB? Has anybody tested it out? The spec sheet on the SE developer site says "up to 1GB:" http://developer.sonyericsson[....]s/phonegallery/k790/p_k790.jsp

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Posted: 2006-08-14 20:49:47
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on the link u gave, it says "Memory Stick Micro™ removable storage (up to 1G available)" and this page probably was prepared when there were no micro cards with bigger capacity than 1GB.

so that "up to 1GB" refers to the availability of maximum storage capacity for the micro cards on the market, not the phone itself.
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Posted: 2006-08-14 22:14:00
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I heard about 2GB M2 from a store in Sweden that I have ordered a 1GB from. Too bad Sony can't deliver any cards, they are now nowhere to be found in Sweden (if you don't want to pay double price).
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Posted: 2006-08-14 22:38:53
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Quote:* Faster keypress response times (I usually press "* Unlock" faster than the phone can sense it).
I can't recreate this. I've tried unlocking with two fingers, nearly pressing the buttons at the same time and it still detects it just fine.
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Posted: 2006-08-15 13:48:28
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On 2006-08-13 23:45:13, briansmith wrote:


* Faster keypress response times (I usually press "* Unlock" faster than the phone can sense it).



Ive found that on my unit as well but i think its due to the fact that i have a matrix animated theme, havent tried it with a standard theme though yet to see if its slow-ish. I also find with the animated themes that the menu system kinda slows down...anyone else find this??
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Posted: 2006-08-15 14:00:41
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I dont have the unlocking problem, the phone detects the key presses no matter how fast i press them.

I also noticed the animated wallpapers do slow down compared to the speed they are played when viewing the images in saw the filebrowser.
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Posted: 2006-08-15 14:04:03
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my major "want" is to be able to do what the P990 can do and that is to stream the radio to a BT stereo headset... can't be that hard!
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Posted: 2006-08-15 22:00:54
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