Which smartphone?
I’m thinking about buying one. I find Sony Ericsson P1 fulfilling most of my demands. It’s packed with all the goodies (WiFi, touchscreen etc), yet it’s still relatively light and small. The LCD display is supposed to be very good, as well as the user interface. QWERTY keyboard is supposed to be excellent it just needs a bit of getting used to. The only thing I miss is built in GPS. And last but not least, it also looks pretty good.
What do I want from you? To correct me if I’m wrong. I haven’t had the chance to use it (I’ve just held it in my hand briefly and played around with the menus), so all I know about this phone is from one of the reviews, specs and user reviews/opinions. So all of you that own it or have at least used it more extensively, please fill free to fill me in, at least about the most important pros and cons. Does it support an external GPS module? Is it even usable on such a small screen (2.6″)? Or advice me to buy something else. But not Nokia E90, it’s a freakin’ brick! N95 also doesn’t feel right, it’s abit too thick for my taste, but it does have GPS and nice player controls. But no touch screen and that really sucks. I can’t find any other phones in this range. But then again, I don’t really know that much about (smart)phones. Just don’t suggest iPhone. Because it’s pretty “dumb” compared to these smartphones. I don’t even consider it as a smartphone - how stupid is it to have bluetooth which is usable only for using the wireless headphone (you can’t transmit files), to not be able to load your own melodies, to lack UMTS, MMS, SMS functions are so limited…There’s really to much to write it all down and you’ve probably already read in this post that I wrote a while ago.
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Andraž said
am December 11 2007 @ 7:55 pm
Got one, been using P series (P800, P910i) from the beginning, very satisfied with it.
It’s got Wayfinder Bluetooh GPS module and Wayfinder software with it, satisfied with use, all I miss are downloadable maps of bigger areas, so you need data connection open for routing and searching.
Covers all my needs, web browser and WiFi are a perfect combination. All I miss is a multi-calendar sync from various sources.
I like the keyboard so much, I mostly don’t use the stylus for writing any more, except for quick-access to some contents.
Peter Bernik said
am December 11 2007 @ 8:15 pm
Can u tell me more about the GPS module? How much does it cost, which countries are covered by the maps, are they accurate. And what do you mean by:”you need data connection open for routing and searching”? Do you need operator’s services like Si, navigator etc?
Andraž said
am December 11 2007 @ 8:20 pm
The GPS module was included, so I do not know about the price and availability.
Most of european countries are covered, maps are quite accurate (based on 3 bigger slovenian cities).
You need data connection for web access to Wayfinder services for route calculation and seraching. More info available on their website.
Application wants a data connection also for already downloaded maps, even though they work without it. Haven’t played with it more than that.
Gregor Harih said
am December 11 2007 @ 8:29 pm
Pomoje ne boš kaj dosti zgrešil, če res potrebuješ max. nabiti telefon. Jaz imam SE W850 in mi je zakon. Not imam 1Gb kartico, kar mi zadošča, da mi ne zmanjka glasbe čez dan. Predvajalnik glasbe je zelo dober, zvok je odličen (sploh s priloženimi slušalkami). UMTS deluje lepo hitro. Velikokrat povežem mobitel preko bluetooth z laptopom in grem na net (pri mobitelu je 1Gb prenosa na mesec do konca leta zatojn). Zelo dobra je tudi HID (human interface device) funkcija, ko ga povežeš na pc. Tako imaš lahko pc na remote (Media player, presenter (powerpoint),…) Nazadnje sem na faksu imel prezentacijo in sem jo v celoti kontroliral z mobitelom. Delovalo je super in še stat nisem rabil pri compu, da bi klikal naprej po slajdih. Všeč mi je dober koledar, ki ga lahko sinhronizraš z različnimi progiji. Skratka mobitel rang pod P1, pa zadovolji vse moje potrebe. Tako, da dvomim, da P1 ne bi zadovoljil tvojih.
Anže said
am December 12 2007 @ 12:07 am
Vprašaj se zakaj rabiš telefon. Ko si odgovoriš na vprašanje poglej par telefonov in naredi seznam featurjev, ki jih pokrije. Potem ti pa predlagam da izbereš najlažjega in z najbolj vzdržljivo baterijo izmed filtriranih.
Jaz imam Nokio E65 in pokrije VSE za kar jaz rabim telefon. Mel sem Smartphone v pravem pomenu besede pa me je razočaral. Kar nekaj ljudi ima dlančnike za telefon, pa noben ni posebej navušen, tudi prednosti niso takoj očitne, razen tega da v prvih dneh ful navdušeno tipkaš po Qwerty tipkovnici, hehe.
Ne pa kupit “smartphone”, ker se ti zdi da je pa to zdej trend. Boš razočaran. Let us know.
Natrix said
am December 12 2007 @ 12:41 am
“Vprašaj se zakaj rabiš telefon. Ko si odgovoriš na vprašanje poglej par telefonov in naredi seznam featurjev, ki jih pokrije. Potem ti pa predlagam da izbereš najlažjega in z najbolj vzdržljivo baterijo izmed filtriranih.” By Anže
Tole si pa prov povedal. Vedno več ljudi gleda kaj se da dobit za določen denar. Potem pa samo gledajo katera stvar ima več funkcij nikoli pa ne pomislijo za kaj stvar rabijo, potem pa kupijo nekaj kjer izkoristijo 20% funkcij in vržejo stran 50% denarja.
mihaaa said
am December 12 2007 @ 11:27 am
kar se tice nokie n95,.. sem jo mel na testu in mi ni bila vsec, gps dela bolj tako tako, poleg tega je tisti drsni mehanizem deloval precej svoh.. poleg tega imas na n95 in podobnih zemljevide zastojn, vodenje in govorjenje pa moras placati po dnevih, tednih mesecih, torej na cas zakupiti..
kar se tice gps-a, jaz imam garminov modul in dela ok,… zraven je zemljevid, ki dobro pokriva evropo, dobra je tudi ljubljana in mb, ostalo po sloveniji je zanic, ampak to je z garminovim softverom, za podrobnejse zemljevide rabis adriaroute mobile, ki pa ne vem lai je zunaj ali ne,… ce bos imel windows mobile OS (erikssoni ga nimajo) lahko uporabis kar nekaj drugih programov…
sam ga uporabljam na nokiji (symbian) in imam kar garminov originalni softver
kar se tice delovanja modula je ok, kdaj mu sicer zasteka (ce gr ebaterija h koncu)
tega p1 sem tudi drzal v rokah, mapak samo na hitro pa me ni prav extremno impresioniral
lp
Peter Bernik said
am December 12 2007 @ 5:31 pm
Anže&Natrix: imata popolnoma prav. Samo se tega ne mislim držati hehe - namreč še do nedavnega sem bil mnenja, da je vse kar rabim na gsmu, sms, klic in budilka. Zdaj pa pač hočem imet nekaj bolj oreng in si bom to pač kupil - čeprav vem da pol stvari sploh ne rabim. Samo touchscreenu, Wi-Fi-ju, solidnemu MP3 playerju se ne morem odpovedati - tega pa nimajo modeli izven top ranga.
mihaaa: tnx za obsežno mnenje.
Dragan Z. said
am December 13 2007 @ 2:52 pm
ja tudi jaz sem malo “technick addicted”.. vse kar dela na baterije in elektriko bi menjal 3x tedensko če bi se dalo.. gsm, dslr, pc, mp3, itd, ipd.
mene precej mika e61i, samo verjetno večini ni všeč oblika.. mene itak me ne moti več kot tolko. Pa zdaj tale iPhone mi je tudi zanimiva zadeva, je pa za enkrat še malček močna cena.. še sreča, da so cene malo višje pri vseh stvareh, tako da večkrat ko dolgo časa razmišljam, se na koncu premislim in si rečem: “ma ne bom menjal.. furam mojega dok ne crkne!:)” Živel Nokia 6230i..
(vsaj mislim da se tako kliče)
Gregor Harih said
am December 13 2007 @ 3:03 pm
Tudi jaz sem taki tech frik. Še sreča, da nisem ravno bogat. :)))