P 990 release date?

"Oliver Brose" <brose@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> Papou schrieb:
>> Is the P 990 now available somewhere?
>
> DAAAADDYYYY! ARE WE THERE YET?!
>
> You still want it? Admittedly, I'm also still considering it, for the sole
> reason that there is no Symbian-based alternative (spare us all the
> Winmobile suggestions, thanks). For some reason I think SE has become so
> ashamed about the hunk'o'junk the 990 represents by now that they are
> simply going to deny it ever existed.
>
> Oliver

Oliver,

Would you explain the reasoning behind your comments for us non enlightened
people. In particular, why do you see the P990 as a "hunk o junk" and why
do you think SE are going to deny it's existence?

Thanks,

Robert

>>> Is the P 990 now available somewhere?
>> You still want it? Admittedly, I'm also still considering it, for the
>> sole reason that there is no Symbian-based alternative (spare us all the
>> Winmobile suggestions, thanks). For some reason I think SE has become so
>> ashamed about the hunk'o'junk the 990 represents by now that they are
>> simply going to deny it ever existed.
> Would you explain the reasoning behind your comments for us non
> enlightened people. In particular, why do you see the P990 as a "hunk o
> junk" and why do you think SE are going to deny it's existence?


Maybe coz of this? http://forums.mobileburn.com/showthread.php?t=12586

Robert Cameron schrieb:

> Would you explain the reasoning behind your comments for us non enlightened
> people. In particular, why do you see the P990 as a "hunk o junk" and why
> do you think SE are going to deny it's existence?

Some complain that it is "just" UMTS, my main reason is the ancient WLAN
standard which makes it inadequate for usage in wireless networks that
require more than 4mbit of realworld performance. The devolution of the
jogwheel might also be irritating and lowering usage efficiency if you
had one of the previous models. Considering the enourmous time this
thing takes to get to market it better be freakin' brillant, but instead
it just looks old.

OTOH SEs P-line still seems to be the only reasonable approach to
touchscreen symbian phones. I wonder why that is, and why there are so
many winmobile monstrosities lately instead. Maybe it is about the
interesting things you can do with green stuff, I have no idea.

You can find some enlightenment if you search this group for "p990",
there are several threads about it.

Oliver

Oliver Brose wrote:

> Robert Cameron schrieb:
>
>> Would you explain the reasoning behind your comments for us non
>> enlightened
>> people. In particular, why do you see the P990 as a "hunk o junk" and
>> why do you think SE are going to deny it's existence?
>
> Some complain that it is "just" UMTS, my main reason is the ancient WLAN
> standard which makes it inadequate for usage in wireless networks that
> require more than 4mbit of realworld performance. The devolution of the
> jogwheel might also be irritating and lowering usage efficiency if you
> had one of the previous models. Considering the enourmous time this
> thing takes to get to market it better be freakin' brillant, but instead
> it just looks old.
>
> OTOH SEs P-line still seems to be the only reasonable approach to
> touchscreen symbian phones. I wonder why that is, and why there are so
> many winmobile monstrosities lately instead. Maybe it is about the
> interesting things you can do with green stuff, I have no idea.
>
> You can find some enlightenment if you search this group for "p990",
> there are several threads about it.
>
> Oliver

Oliver, I agree with most of what you said. The 990 would have been the
best phone on earth if it were released when the 910 was. But like you
point out, where's the competition?

Can you explain the "devolution of the jogwheel" comment? I was lead to
believe the 990 had one.

Ed Chilada wrote:

>>Can you explain the "devolution of the jogwheel" comment? I was lead to
>>believe the 990 had one.
>
> It does, but it no longer clicks fwd/back, - only in.

Ah ok. That doesn't bother me much, I never really used the fwd/back feature
anyway. So long as the wheel is still there and clicks in, that is what is
important for me. Bummer if you did use that old feature though...

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:55:05 +0200, "Papou" <papou.vauchel@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:

>Is the P 990 now available somewhere?
>
>papou

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...=pp1&pid=10336

Spoke to SE last week and it's on for realese this summer (UK)

Tym

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