Sony Ericsson P1i – reviews

Recently Sony Ericsson unveiled P1i to extend its range of P Series handsets. The P1i boasts of having push email features and also delivers on the multimedia front. But is it 20 to P990i? Check it out further

When you will buy the pack it will typically consist of the Sony Ericsson P1i handset, Stereo headset (Standard Sony Ericsson), 1GB M2 Sony memory, USB cable, Carry pouch, Cradle, Extra stylus, Charger and a CD and manual

Technical specifications sums upto Network of UMTS/GSM 900/GSM 1800/GSM 1900, with the dimension of 106x55x17 mm it weighs just124 grams. The Screen is 2.6" 262K color LCD touchscreen (240x320 pixels). It runs on Symbian 9.1 UIQ 3.0 OS. Battery is 1120 mAh. Lets see each and every dimension.

Aesthetics and quality

Sony Ericsson P1i is svelter in comparison with P series previous models and looks like hybrid of the P990i and an M600i. This is gotta be an ideal shape for a PDA. It has a beautiful aluminium/matte black finish.

Input and Output

The touchscreen is the primary interface. It has a resolution of 240×320 displaying 262k colours making it quite readable in bright sunlight as well. What can disappoint you is the dual handed operation by means of the stylus as some icons are too small. It’s also got a full QWERTY keyboard which is slightly weird if you are new to the format.

Performance

The phone features a 208MHz processor with 128MB of RAM alongwith 256MB of ROM and 160MB of internal memory, it fuels it enough to power all applications. The phone is an effortless multi-tasker. The battery is a Li-Ion 1120 mAh unit and is rated for up to 10 hours of talk time and 440hours of stand by time.

Business and Connectivity

The P series is known for their seamless business productivity applications. This holds well here aswell. Quickoffice, as always, is charismatic. Powerpoint slides with the option to transfer the output to a projector. You also have a PDF reader, a note making application, a to-do application, a wonderful and effective business card scanner and the option to use BlackBerry Connect.

For connectivity parallels, the phone offers GPRS, Wi-Fi 802.11b, 3G, USB 2.0 , Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and IR. And this also happens to be the first SE phone to support iSync to connect with Macs.

Entertainment and Multimedia

Although, the phone is a business phone but it renders all multimedia applications with impeccably. It will play your video’s, music files with that Walkman-ish interface. It also has an FM player.

Coming to the camera, the 3.2MP unit is one of the best cell phone cameras around. The images produced are clear and crisp.

Conclusion

Coming out with a perfect blend of business and pleasure is’nt that easy however, Sony Ericsson P1i manages both with amazing alacrity. It intermingles both these tasks quite seriously, its turn ons are much ahead of turn offs.

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