Sony Ericsson P990 review: A coveted smartphone

04 August 2006
Highly awaited as it is, Sony Ericsson P990 is going to be the flagship of the Sony Ericsson product line. Equipped with every possible current connectivity features, an autofocus 2 megapixel camera, a second video calls camera, a conventional keypad and a QWERTY keyboard, Memory Stick slot, FM radio with RDS, the latest Symbian 9.1 OS, and last, but not least with a large 2.76" TFT touchscreen with a QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution it surely made the news for many impatiently waiting fans when it finally hit the market.

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  • Lexcute
  • wYE
  • 21 Sep 2006

Jasper,
Just free up memory. Opent the task manager and close all running apps. The game should start quicker. The game eats up alot of ram.

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    • BRIMMO
    • mcC
    • 21 Sep 2006

    I am a fan of the P series and I have been using the series since P800. I have just bought the P990 but I have found it to be simply the slowest and the most difficult to operate of all the P series. The keyboaard and the screen freeze too often. Sony should please do something urgently to save our belove P series.

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      • jasper huang
      • 2Am
      • 20 Sep 2006

      hi, im having a hard time starting the vijay singh game, have to click it several times before it starts. I tried other units but the same problem occurs. and another thing, what is the maximum memory card that you can put? but to cut the story short, im a sony user, and im pretty satisfied with the p990.

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        • Lexcute
        • RKn
        • 20 Sep 2006

        Galleon,
        Yah. I experience some sort of instablities. Especially when trying to use the web browser using either the WLAN or the network connection(3G) on net browsing. And it automatically restarts itself sometimes, then displays...'The phone has restarted to improve performance. Newiey, I hope it'll be fixed with the new phone software update. I'm in your situation before, trying to choose between p990 and n73. But then I realize that i need the smart phone capabilitiy than the half-breed (camera/multimedia and smart phone) n73. Y? Because i believe that something(like the n73) that tries to do-it-all, always have something to compromise to. And that frustrates me. It'll not perform the way you want it to, so I just have to buy a digicam and a 'smartphone' instead. About the speed, its ok, but I recommend on investing on high capacity memory card. Because when i try opening a word doc that is above 150kb, it shows 'not enough memory'. I have'nt bought a mem card yet.

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          • Galleon
          • npG
          • 17 Sep 2006

          Hi K.C.
          Also I will have to buy the euro P990i. Pls tell me something about P990i' OS. Does OS run properly? You have any major trouble , while you are using it? Non - EDGE is a major problem for me because We dont have mobile operators which has UMTS only EDGE and GPRS but P990 has no EDGE. but I will buy P990i inspite of without EDGE. Now I have just a doubt about OS. If You have seen any serious problem pls inform me.

          BR

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            • Galleon
            • npG
            • 17 Sep 2006

            Hi Lexcute

            I would like to buy SE P990i in a few days , I m considered about it's OS. It's major problem is no EDGE for me. And I dont know other disatvantages. I m really afraid of OS. p990i will be the first PDA mobile for me. Pls Make me clear. I have not decided which mobile to buy. SEP990 or NokiaN73.

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              • Lexcute
              • Rxn
              • 14 Sep 2006

              Woah! I just bought the p990 for 31k pesos (around 520$). I'm a first timer of the P series but the OS is easy to get into. I used to own a PDA. I chose it over a pda because of the keypad advantage. I find it hard to type an sms (using a touchscreen alone) on the go. That makes me bump to someone while walking. Laughs. The only problem I have is the device's speed, else are good. Go SE! Cheers! World peace.

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                • K. C.
                • keq
                • 14 Sep 2006

                I believe I've the Euro P990i. I'd like to install Chinese support (either through re-flashing the unit or additional language). Anyone knows where I can get more info about that?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • iA@
                  • 13 Sep 2006

                  Nothing new here really.. best SE phone anyways for sure.

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                    • ScarySoul
                    • PGH
                    • 13 Sep 2006

                    can somebody email me the link for the firmware upgrade? thanks

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                      • Pinoy
                      • w0Q
                      • 09 Sep 2006

                      Question:

                      Does the p990 send multiple files using bluetooth/infra?

                      I think there selling the unit(P990) for 36kpesos in greenhills.

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                        • Dr_WJS
                        • mck
                        • 06 Sep 2006

                        Does the P990 synchronise with Macs? Can't see anything in the review. Thanks.

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                          • Amro
                          • SYq
                          • 04 Sep 2006

                          For more information about EDGE please visit: http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/edge/index.shtml

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                            • Validolis
                            • nt@
                            • 30 Aug 2006

                            Does P990 support 2GB (or maybe even 4 GB) MS Duo Pro Cards? I have one left from my W800 and if it supports such cards I'd buy it.

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                              • Thang
                              • P%f
                              • 26 Aug 2006

                              Long long ago, when P800 came out, the phone was unique with what it had to offer, then P900, updated but disappointed with so few updates and a long wait. Then it comes to P910, a complete waste, same now, P990 is some sort of waste to me, compare to many other PDA fones, the size of this fone is too big, slow, and too expensive. Eventhough I'm a huge fan of SE, since the time of T68i, when every1 were using Nokia 8210, 8310. I had to admit that P990 is rubbish, after I looked, hold and tried to used it for a day... I'd go for Qtek PDas or Motorola A1200, and if it's the qwerty keyboard that you are after, many other PDAs offer better....

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                                • Tarantula
                                • P9p
                                • 23 Aug 2006

                                Yes Dreadnought, somebody was writing with my name in N93 forum, but no problem with this... it makes me laugh.

                                Thanks

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                                  • Dreadnought
                                  • niA
                                  • 23 Aug 2006

                                  Tarantula, if you see this be advised that someone is spamming with your name in N93 forum... Or then it was sending from another ip or something.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • RKn
                                    • 22 Aug 2006

                                    steff..are you disappointed with the performance of the p990 you purchased at greenhills?

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                                      • steff
                                      • RK3
                                      • 22 Aug 2006

                                      you can get it at 2nd flr of greenhills shopping centre stall no. 2...

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                                        • Yakuzah
                                        • kAa
                                        • 22 Aug 2006

                                        NICK! who need EDGE? ppl who live in america , There is no 3G over here ....