Sony - Ericsson P990i

Ok, this site is about smartphones. And right now, Dwayne is screaming about the Sony Ericsson P990i. Looks like a badass update to the P910i, with a more standardized screen resolution (QVGA 320 x 240 - so no 16:9 widescreen ratio either).

The things we want to see are the WiFi, which is thankfully included, a better quality camera with a flash. and I guess the design is pretty good.

One thing that plagued the P-series in the past was the sluggish operating system. This isn't strictly true, but it is a fact that Symbian Operating systems do require more housekeeping than many users are prepared to do. While there are third party solutions out there, it will be interesting to see what Sony-Ericsson themselves have done to address the issue - with more RAM and a faster CPU, that alone could solve the issues for most people. Fingers crossed.

The video capture runs at an astonishing 30 frames-per-second - which is easily good enough for a phone.

And yes it does use Memory Stick Pro Duo, although, I've lightened towards them since getting a PSP, and also (most likely related to PSP sales) the recent price drop. But SD cards are soooo much cheaper. And if you're going to use this phone to it's full potential (Movies, Photos, Music), you will need a 1Gb stick.

Briefly, on the subject of Music, let's hope they sorted out the native music player. That was verrry slow.

With phones like these, it seems like The prophecy is nearing fullfilment.

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