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5.0 stars
"Still cheaper then SE first Smart Phone; P900i !"
Pros: Off the bat are the key board and the optical joystick and the Panels!
Typical Sony's Styling and Design makes this phone very attractive and worth the money. I know it is very expensive phone but comparing to the Son P900i, it is a bargain.Cons: The Cons in this phone is the short coming of the OS and nothing else.
Summary: Here what I have to say;
1. Media Player lacks the EQ control.
2. Camera can't save images onto Storage Card directly!
1. Media Player is a joke. Lacks of EQs control !!! Had to buy others to have that function. iPhone got this department down and locked! What surprised me was that Sony didn't included its own Walkman Media Player along with this phone like in the W980. With this kind of performance and hype Sony just can't relied on MS to delivered all the goods. Oh well, may be an upgrade may change things.
2. Camera, only to be used in the case of emergency only. It is just slow and can't be propgramedt to save images onto the Storage Card! Images are saved automatically onto the internal memory, but can be transfers onto the Storage Card manually, but why? Image Quality is ok. Best to bring a real camera along :)
At the end, it is a typical of Sony's Styling and Design that made this phone very attractive and worth every peny. I know it is very expensive but comparing to Sony's first smart phone then the P900i; relatively, this phone is a bargain. It a combination of Sony engineering and details combined with powerful processor which mades the MS Mobile OS very liveable, and sometime you may forget that it is running on Windows OS.. I had a HTC Diamond prior the X1 and I can litterally felt that my blood pressure had gone down the moment I start toying with it. The Panels are very nice and I so far had used only 1 of the 7. To think of it, that is the only part of the software that is really Sony's! Battery life is excellent, and call quality is also very good.
Overall, it is a very solid product which is far better then the P's series. But I just wondering what would it be like to run on Symbians or Android? But as far as MS Mobile 6.1 Professional concerns, this phone is making the software looks good! Kudos to Sony Ericsson :)
Updated on Dec 26, 2008* With the upgraded Pocket Player I don't have a need to use my iPod any more, and the 3.5mm earphone plug is great!
Updated on Jan 15, 2009After a month of using it like a mad man (8,000 minutes), the phone is a solid Sony's product but the weak link it is still the OS. And user must download Spb Mobile Shell Panel, it is by far the most useful panel comparing to the rest, it has an iPhone feels to it and no need to use the MS pull down menu for anything! Battery life is very good, and reception is execellent, but the OS is too slow to accomodate this beautiful phone which is suck!
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I do not have but wonder about whether I would be happier with it than the samsung epix or the HTC fuze which I am trying. What do you think. you could email me at jsrutch@neoma.com. Obviously money is an issue but not really in love with fuze. Epix was simpler frankly.
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