Mobilemagazine: First week with Sony Ericsson P1i

Sony Ericsson announced the new generation Symbian UIQ3 smartphone P1i in May and it should be out in Q3. Before you buy the phone, you probably want to read some reviews to find out if the phone is what you expect it to be. Many users were dissapointed with P990i, because the firmware wasn't ready. According to Mobilemagazine it looks like Sony Ericsson didn't do the same mistake with P1i.

Sony Ericssn P1i - fast and bug free?

So the first question I think most people ask themselves is: how does the P1 feel? Fast and bug free? Yes, actually surprisingly fast and bug free. How can that be, when Sony Ericsson struggled a year with software updates to the P1 predecessors? Partly, the answer is exactly that. Tiny bugs in the system (UIQ 3.0) has been fixed during this year.

Or is it all just because of the bigger memory?

But most of all, it is something that Sony Ericsson does not want to mention itself. The P990 and M600 were probably equipped with way too little memory (64 Mbyte) to work well for all of us that want a lot of features and many programs running at the same time. With the P1, Sony Ericsson has doubled the working memory (RAM) to 128 megabyte. In addition, out of the 64 Mbyte memory in the P990, most of it was used by the system, so in practice, in the P1, the free working memory has probably not only doubled, but increased four times. The fact is that we during the past week have had about fifteen applications running simultaneously without any memory problems or sluggishness.

P1i isn't just a smartphone:

The thing that is enjoyable with the P1 after having used it for a while (during vacations) is that it is not just only a useful smartphone. It has also been spiced with some entertainment features. A good camera, for instance. In principle, the images are just as good as those taken with the Sony Ericsson K800 and K810.

I have to admit this sounds great! Looks like Sony Ericsson won't make the same mistake with P1i that they made with P990i/M600i.

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19.07.2007. 11:36