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I'm wondering if the P990 will be the end of the line for the P series?
In real terms I feel that the P990 has taken two steps forward but also one step back.
With all the hype and delay surrounding the release of the P990, and the fact that it lacks certain latest technologies such as HSDPA and 802.11g I'm guessing one minor incarnation will be made available (should we call it the P990iv2!). However, I do feel the style, the flip, the whole device is now past its prime and the evolution of the M600 to include wifi etc is the way forward for the
flagship business product line
do you think P990 will be the end of the line for the P series?
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:41:08
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Nope. It will always be the flagship of SE imo. It is a shame that it was delayed so much, i really though they would be ontop of their game from this model, but no.
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:43:57
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Maybe! There is a indication of s60 v4 inside SE(info come from great source),in next smartphones, uiq is to complicated in development! And s60 v4 support touchscreen
Cheers
This message was posted from a K750
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:45:37
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Could be.
I heard that Clie series might be the next lineup.
We will see anyway soon enough.
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:45:48
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next generation of flagship phones should all include gps, touchscreen, wifi g and hopefully better cameras and native vga 640x480 resolution, more memory (ram) wouldn't hurt either
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:48:26
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On 2006-08-18 13:41:08, masseur wrote:
With all the hype and delay surrounding the release of the P990, and the fact that it lacks certain latest technologies such as HSDPA and 802.11g I'm guessing one minor incarnation will be made available (should we call it the P990iv2!).
that's the main reason (for me) not getting the phone i'm concerned this might be true considering the way that sony thinks, for me (and sorry if i'm being a little rude) they dont respect us... but hey that's just me
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:49:16
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I hope not that this isnt the final p series as i feel that they could possibly do another unit similar to the p990i but incorporate newer tech but with the way SE delayed the launch of the p990i. I think they were better off scrapping it and re-designing the p990i to have the latest tech ie 'G' WIFI and bigger internal memory.
But lets see what happens, im sure SE are going to be announcing a replacement for the p990i soon.
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Posted: 2006-08-18 13:49:33
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At Mobile-Review.com MR has said that an SE insider told him that SE were thinking of moving away from UIQ3. But this seems odd as UIQ is owned by Symbian and originated from Ericsson. There was a rumour (member Satsuma from the What Mobile forums) that SE had about anoher 6 UIQ devices under development. I think UIQ3/Symbian 9.1 must have caused people within SE to re-think cost/benefit of this platform given the delay with the P990. I think there is a chance of SE re-visiting their platform strategy as Sony did with PalmOS and also given that the PSP and MyLo both use a version of Linux. It is unlikely that SE would not use Symbian as it is technically very advanced (only real-time OS for Smartphones) but they may re-think the use of UIQ3 in the future.
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Posted: 2006-08-18 14:02:51
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first of all i have to say after k750i the designs have given a new look....the OS also in the mid range has a new look so all together they have done something new...but why? i dont understand that very well ...still a good change everybody accepted... good new technologies they came out like cyber shot in a cell phone.. and misc...
they corrected themself with small features like to select all and then send to a device via bt, and also a major one can select a ringtone for message....accepted by everyone!!!
but what went wrong with P series ? i totally agree its not one of the best cell phone in P series to be honest i regret i sold my p910i cause i think i like the p910i more than p990i...
UIQ 2.0 was good to use was fun to use...while when i surfed uiq 3.0 in my frd's cell m600i.. i dont like to use it..!! i miss the chess game...the solitaire game which i use to play everyday in my p910i , forget the games... i miss that 5-way jog dial...and...secondly..the jog dial is so small..oh cmon m really disappointed with the jog dial thing..!!!
i miss everything of p910i, to be honest i liked the keypad also..of p910i.. it wasnt so comfortable but when u needed u cud use it properly ... ok i m commenting a lot...but still i can be wrong cause i havnt even touched p990i but i didnt like UIQ 3.0....m not dat happy with the OS... ders task manager ders menu...but..no option to switch off the task manager , i personally dont like task manager..!!...
any which ways i always prefer to buy SE and so definately m goin to buy p990i but all my hopes are on applications now... the 3rd party i hope they make me feel betta
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Posted: 2006-08-18 14:09:07
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I think everyone going on about 802.11g wifi is nonsense! The P990 should have come with WiMax! Then it would have been a great device!
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Posted: 2006-08-18 14:30:55
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