Sony Ericssons P1i

Finally, i proudly announce to the public that i have upgraded to the very first Symbian phone, the first of its kind in my life. Some civilization at last some might say. Why? Because i never had anything up to a normal camera phone whose tasks simply are just for making phone calls or taking some lousy shots. Now with the new P1i, i confidently can say that things can pretty much be done faster and easier.

Integrated with the ability of surfing web, installing applications and 3G, this phone is such an ideal phone for tech people. I repeat, ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND PASSIONS IN TECHNOLOGY. If not, please stick to your current phone.

However, i would like to spend this moment to show some sympathies for anyone who have bought this phone before with a **** expensive price. May you learn this painful lesson later on that best phone does not mean it has to be expensive. By the way, i traded in my old Nokia 6270 and got the price of RM800 for this P1i, to me it is a good deal and surprisingly enough that Nokia phones are worth so much more than Sony Ericssons.

No more spending time searching for comps in campus nor waiting for the stupid labs to be free to use the turtle-speed internet and god knows why it's so slow, i finally can enjoy my peaceful time surfing the net whenever and wherever i desire. Sigh, i wish i were in Singapore but Malaysia is fine too.

After few days using it, allow me to point out some of the pros and cons just in case any one of you are planning to get one:

Pros:

1. Beautiful design, sleek look.
2. Sensitive touchscreen that could detect almost any movements that happen on the surface on the screen.
3. Nice package which comes along when purchasing the phone: charger, charger stand, usb cable, headset and extra point pen
4. Widely supported by the community which means you can find almost anywhere on the web topics related to this phone and that also means good troubleshooting.
5. 3.2 mp camera is a non-complaint part. I could never ask for more. Auto-focus is another plus.
   
6. Good at taking video.
7. Operated under Symbian OS.
8. Supported by a wide range of 3rd party application. Java supported.
9. Wifi implemented.
10. 1Gb memory stick
    

Cons:

1. The size is quite big.
2. No protection for camera lens
   
3. QWERTY keyboard which has never been in the list of my favorite things about mobile phone
4. Can be very complicated for the first time user
5. Music player is hard to use.
6. Cannot view some languages namely Vietnamese unless a specified application is installed.

There you go, i wanna stop here since i like this phone and do not want people to think that this is bad phone. In fact, it is way good enough for me. So go ahead, get one and be amazed.