Sony Ericsson P990i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Pro Duo Slot-International Version with No Warranty (Premium Silver)

I love this phone. I've wanted a p-series phone for like 4 years now and once i got enough money, i bought it from amazon. Before buying it, i read all the negative and positive reviews about it on this and like 10 other websited. i made myself research for like a month on the phone because i dont just want to waist 600+ dollars on a phone that turns out like crap. But i went for it anyways and it turned out great. It is very easy to use for a pda. Before this i had a sidekick 3. After the sk3 i bought a t-mobile mda, but returned it because it was too confusing. That was my biggest fear buying the p990, but it proved me wrong. I also have NOT been experiencing and random shut-downs or long wait times. It's actually alot faster than my sk3! The screen resoulution is outstanding for a touch screen. the camera is awsome and i love that it doubles as a flash light. The buisness card reader ACTUALLY WORKS! I tested it with a buisness card with a website, e-mail, phone, name, and company name and the damn thing read everything and saved it in the phone book flawlessly. Wi-fi works great too. I connected to my Hotspots account and the phone performed great. 3G is kinda usless for me right now scince t-mobile dosent offer 3g, BUT! i just read that t-mobile just signed an FCC contract to roll out a 3G network in 07!!! So the video phone with soon come very handy. Overall, its the best phone ive had yet. Great look, intuitivness, and sound quality. It truly is THEE PDA Killer.

When I first heard about the P990i and the specifications, I was really impressed. After I received it, this became less and less. So many bugs and crashes with a cell phone! Incredible! So I waited for the long promised firmware update, everything should be ok then, at least they promised. But this phone is still of minor use. Here are some major reasons why: 1. No transflective display, barley to use outdoors in a sunny state like CA! 2. Far away from the promised 14 day standby (6 days in best case)! 3. Restarts quite often when using it with 3rd party applications! 4. Also built in applications do crash sometimes! 5. No icon "appointments today"! 6. A backup saves only a part of the settings and no third part applications/settings (and even worse: all recorded voice commands are lost)! 7. Crashes sometimes during a phone call! 8. User buttons can only be defined with a few and different functions, dependent on the button! 9. Number keys can only be defined for phone numbers, no additional functionallity like "Bluetooth on/off"! 10. Office sync does not work for international phone numbers! 11. Have you ever had a phone that takes almost 2 minutes for booting after turning it on??? These are only some of many problems this phone still has. After all that trouble I wish I could give it back and buy a working phone from a different vendor. It really seems like this phone and its software was built up in a rush and nobody ever was testing it in real business conditions (leaving the SQA for the stupid customers). This is really poor after all that long development time. I will definitively never buy a SE phone again, the market is full of much better working devices. And it will become even better in June... Good to know that there are at least some companies who really know what counts to keep their well paying customers!

I had the opportunity to play with this phone, as well as extensively use the Treo 680 and a Nokia N80 Internet Edition phones. By comparison, this phone feels so outdated. It is big and clunky, and the user interface and experience leave a lot to be desired. The phone is made of a plastic, but the quality of the finishing is bad in my opinion, making the phone feel cheap. With a 320x240 resolution and such a big screen you're going to see the pixels, making all the icons and images look so 90s. The graphic toolkit used by the phone doesn't feel polished. If you scroll too fast, portions of the screen will get messed up for a few fractions of a second, until a refresh happens. The applications are placed in weird locations. By default the web browser is hidden under "Entertainment", and I had to read the manual to find it there. Trying to type in a URL didn't work as expected. Overall I found the phone to have too many annoying features. Comparing it with the Treo and the N80, the engineering team that designed this phone is in serious need for a user interface experience guru. The phone is just not user-friendly. At this price, you could do a lot better with other devices. I ended up returning the phone.

I have used Nokia, Samsung, and now Sony Ericsson-the P990i being my first Sony Ericsson. I read many negative reviews and a few positive reviews of this phone. I finally determined that almost all negative reviews were the result of owners not updating the firmware and not using the phone properly. This phone does everything it is advertised as doing and it does it very well. The picture quality is amazing, the WiFi works perfectly, (after getting used to the operating system) it is easy to navigate around the screens, and the battery lasts for days with my normal usage-an hour of talking, 30 minutes of internet, take a few pictures, look at the pictures, etc. I removed the keypad and think it looks great and can use it with one hand, thanks to the touch sensitive screen. It is not too large-fits in my front jeans pocket easily and the price is the best I found for all that it does.

I've had the phone for a week now. Did quite a bit of research before I bought it. Read all about the bugs and stuff. But I just had to try it out myself. And am I glad that I did! It's been working great for me. The phone came loaded with the latest firmware updates, so I've found no bugs so far. The OS is nice and smooth. The features are quite easy to learn, considering that this was my first smart phone/PDA. The interface is quite user-friendly and visually appealing. It's got lots of cool features, many listed out in this website. Some came as a pleasant surprise, for example, you can transfer your information from you old cell phone using bluetooth! While I was typing this review, a colleague walked into my room and wanted to check out the business card scanner feature. I tried it out for the first time, and the both of us were blown away! :) The basic phone functions are very good as well. My callers said that they could hear me more clearly than on my old Nokia. Speakers seem good for voice calls, havent tested out for music yet. The only major challenge I faced was in installing an email utility. I struggled with Blackberry Connect for a day. Installed it, but could not get it to work. Finally, I installed the Exchange ActiveSync that came free with the phone, and it's been working great. I called SE customer service a couple of times. They took the calls promptly and seemed eager to help, but they had to lookup manuals for every question I had. I was bummed that they could not help me with the Blackberry Connect problems. That's why I'm giving this phone four stars instead of a five. Overall, it's a great phone/PDA and a cool toy!!

Is the best phone ever! I have more than I need and exceded my expectations by far. The interface is very friendly and the only thing is that with the keyboard close, it limits the phone utilites ánd to acces to other needed stuff, you have to open the lid and the menu appears completed.

Excellent functionality. This is an upgrade from my previous Sony Ericsson 900 phone. Access to contacts and all information is much faster, the operating system provides much easier use of all features. Camera has much more resolution. Wi-Fi is the main reason I bought this product and it works great.

I am a fan of sony ericsson, I love the cellphones they make I bought the P990 and I regret it, it constantly freezes, turns off on its own, I can't call because when I try is like if I have no service and I do have all signal... So I don't recomend this Item. I believe sony should make something better, the phone looks nice and it is not so big I guess that if sony could fix all the problems it has, wich I believe might be related to software problems It could be a great phone, (I tried everything, I even upgraded the software and It's still the same) In my personal opinion this phone still has a lot of work to be done on it. Sony should have waited longer and tested it a little bit more. To finish this I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS PHONE, buy something else instead the W series work, I am using the W300 instead and I have no problems.