*** The Official Sony Ericsson Satio Thread ***
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Mine is in the post, according to Vodafone email
So it was worth it then?
Snap, well i have two on the way by the looks of things
As i have had the phone now for just over a day, i thought id add some comments about the phone 
Where do i start, first of all compared to my Nokia N97 i am now able to make / receive calls at home with no problem. The phone its self is very impressive, it’s very quick and snappy. However, one little grumble i do have with the phone is the Vodafone software on it. To start with i found the phone a little clunky with the Vodafone standby menu active once i swapped this back to the Sony Ericsson one the phone is fine and very user friendly. So i think this is a must for all Satio users. Texting with the phone is excellent the on screen qwerty keyboard is very good. The touch screen even though the phones screen is based upon resistive technology is surprising very good. Ids go so far as to say it is as good as the one on the iPhone.
So far ive been unable to get the navigation to work on the phone, as it look like its trying to get to a webpage to download the software and all i am getting HTTP 503 errors (HTTP Error 503 - Service unavailable) Is this a problem with the page its trying to contact or is this a problem with the Vodafone branding?
Multimedia wise this phone is fantastic its a complete dream to use for playing MP3 / Videos. Once i am up to speed with the software it will be replacing my iPod.
However, as i said earlier i believe the phone would be much better IF it didn’t have the Vodafone software branding.
Andy
Where do i start, first of all compared to my Nokia N97 i am now able to make / receive calls at home with no problem. The phone its self is very impressive, it’s very quick and snappy. However, one little grumble i do have with the phone is the Vodafone software on it. To start with i found the phone a little clunky with the Vodafone standby menu active once i swapped this back to the Sony Ericsson one the phone is fine and very user friendly. So i think this is a must for all Satio users. Texting with the phone is excellent the on screen qwerty keyboard is very good. The touch screen even though the phones screen is based upon resistive technology is surprising very good. Ids go so far as to say it is as good as the one on the iPhone.
So far ive been unable to get the navigation to work on the phone, as it look like its trying to get to a webpage to download the software and all i am getting HTTP 503 errors (HTTP Error 503 - Service unavailable) Is this a problem with the page its trying to contact or is this a problem with the Vodafone branding?
Multimedia wise this phone is fantastic its a complete dream to use for playing MP3 / Videos. Once i am up to speed with the software it will be replacing my iPod.
However, as i said earlier i believe the phone would be much better IF it didn’t have the Vodafone software branding.
Andy
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What's wrong with resistive, it's not as bad as iPhone users make out.
As long as it's on a decent specced phone its perfectly fine.
I am very impressed with the touch screen on this phone, its as good as the iPhone one i currently have in my hand at the mo.
Well, ive been hammering it today and its lasted about a day. So id say under normal uses it would last a fair few days.
By hammering it i mean, ive had the brightness up to full and ive been pretty much had a solid 3g connection all day with surfing the web.
Ahh thats one thing i have forgot to mention. The web browser on the phone is great. I am really impressed with it. Its very quick and simple to use.
Ive done the same with my old N95.
I would recommend this phone to anyone, my friend was soo impressed with it this evening he is getting one in the morning.
Yes, the phone does come with a pc suite. Its very good esp for loading music and videos on the phone. Yes the phone support firmware upgrades. The vodafone software on the phone has a app store on it. Going back to the pc suite, it has all the normal functions you would expect. However, the software comes on the phone rather then a cd with is pretty cool. So you just plug it in and it fires up like a normal usb stick. I am writing this from the phone now ha ha.
Andy
Yes it does.
Hi Mate,
Yes, I’ve set this up with my personal email account. It’s very quick and efficient and it’s just like a mini outlook really. The setup is no different really from setting up outlook to be honest. It’s up to you how often you can set it to check for mail. One function I do like with the email is it comes in a text version with the original HTML attached. If not tried it with Exchange yet, so I cant comment on that yet.
I hope this helps.
BBC iPlayer is available for the Satio.
Link: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8196_BBC_iPlayer_for_S60_goes_live_.php
It works really well, but needs a 3G or better connection
Link: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8196_BBC_iPlayer_for_S60_goes_live_.php
It works really well, but needs a 3G or better connection
I believe their are a number of new services launching at the end of the month and this includes Voda 360 i think.
Its well worth the wait for the handset
you still have not told me wether it will be compatable with this handset
Looking at this post on the Vodafone forum i am not sure now.
Ive noticed mine does that, one other little annoying thing. Using the music player it seems to put a 2 second plause between tracks. other then that i cant really find a lot wrong with the phone