P990 I - Release date anyone?

I have been hanging on before renewing o2 contract for the prices on the new
SE P990I. Anybody heard when in Quarter one it is likely to be released. Also any ideas of prices.

Well as i work for vodafone the last date i saw was late jan early feb for it. hope this helps.

[Adam_uk]

clearly you work for a different part of Vodafone to me.

I work in EBU at it wont be out until April/May time according the device roadmap I've seen.

I've had a go on one, its rubbish- the keys are to small to use

[modeus]

Adam, keyboard aside, how good was the P990? e.g. its new OS, screen, jog-dial and other features? Thanks.

There is a review of the P990 at BengalBoys site.

Its NSFW tho.

http://www.bengalboy.com/modules/new...er=ASC&start=0

also a thread running at esato

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=105886

Also videos and caps at

http://www.p800.info/index.php?s=143

The phone looks awsome.

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rmg.

[wrongturn]

I think its too early read these reviews because the firmware is far from being finished and things will improve. However, it gives you an idea about the phone.

It gives you a very good idea IMO!

[dood]

interesting comment about the keys. I couldn't wait so boughty a treo 650. Aside from 3G, does the 990 offer much more than the treo?

[Tunney]

Originally Posted by dood

interesting comment about the keys. I couldn't wait so boughty a treo 650. Aside from 3G, does the 990 offer much more than the treo?

Yes, it does.

It has a 2MP camera, WiFi, radio, 4 times the RAM and a fully multi-tasking operating system.

But I feel your pain when it comes to waiting for new gadgets to hit the market.

[proximo]

No way they made a big mistake by shrinking the screen that much, I wanted a screen the size of p910s now its just like all the othe rs but a wee bit bigger. For me I wanted a bigger screen but everything else about it looks great

UPDATE: I just chedked out one of the above links and I was to early to go on like that the screen looks great, i guess I just never saw it in perspective like that, great phone i cant but


but by the time it comes out 2mp wont be the shiznit will it?

[Tunney]

No way they made a big mistake by shrinking the screen that much

The screen is physically the same size as on the P910 - slightly shorter but wider at the same time.

but by the time it comes out 2mp wont be the shiznit will it?

We'll probably see a lot of 3MP cameraphones by then, but in PDA terms it will be unbeatable. Every PDA-phone I've seen from the likes of HTC, Palm, etc. takes terrible photos and the P990 looks just as good as the K750i/W800i.

[gurka]

I personally think it looks the D'B's and as I currently own a P910i I can't wait to get this (Just for the Radio and 2mp camera alone !!!), BUT and the big But is that 3rd party DEV's will have their work cut out porting over the apps to this new Symbian O.S,

[suniil]

me to was very keen on getting this, but found O2 EXEC in a very good deal (£210ish), though not comparable

Originally Posted by gurka

I personally think it looks the D'B's and as I currently own a P910i I can't wait to get this (Just for the Radio and 2mp camera alone !!!), BUT and the big But is that 3rd party DEV's will have their work cut out porting over the apps to this new Symbian O.S,

Originally Posted by Tunney

Every PDA-phone I've seen from the likes of HTC, Palm, etc. takes terrible photos and the P990 looks just as good as the K750i/W800i.

Actually the HTC Prophet (Magician/Jam/Compact/Mini replacement) has a 2MP cam and is meant to take awsome pictures.

The Jam has a ***** camera :-(

[mimi]

SE 990i has no EDGE !