saw in the U mobile advertisement...got 2 SE models advertised...mentioned with aGPS, and the other one with google map
built in.... so...since G900 is of higher end....got no GPS or built in GOggle map ??

Not bad on the pics, but all were taken during daylight. Any link to pictures taken during night time?

Any suggestion on where to check the price and availability of an ori set?

Thanks.

Guys, is there any way to prevent the sent sms from entering the sent folder? Mafan have to delete it all the time .

Also, is there a symbian app that can manage your smses instead of the stock function?

The SE G900 does not have GPS, not even the P1i and W960i. I don't remember any of its UIQ-based phones have GPS feature built-in. The Google Map for Symbian is available for download free of charge. Now this is a native symbian application which is great and stable. The default application supports GSM triangulation in the form of approximate location feature. It'll roughly tell you where is your current position. If you need detail information, no doubt a GPS is required.

You can get an external GPS bluetooth receiver for around RM250~ and install your choice of navigational software. I've did this and it works great.

@davidmak

i am curious to know what's your next phone?

read that you plan to get the black G900 instead?

Well if you have been checking the sales thread, I am getting rid of my phones hahahaha! Well, actually I like the G900 a lot but I got the red one which doesn't suit me. The APs don't seem to have black the last time I checked. Now I am checking for good deals for HTC Diamond. Will still get a G900 in the short future, probably for my wife. She wants it black too.

Before I got accused of changing phones as often as I change underwear , I usually get an ultra-high-end phone every 2 years. Thats just me though. Just too bad we don't have mobile plans like in Singapore. I remember Maxis and Celcom have one of these offers 5-8 years ago. But its a double rip off because you pay for the plan and still pay a hefty sum on the phones which is supposed to be heavily subsidized. End up only cheaper by a few hundred dollars. Now APs are quite reliable, so might as well get those and not bounded by contracts. Then again, Singapore's call rates are more expensive than in Malaysia.

So you tried using a router broadcasting only G band? Erm... perhaps something miss out with the website and the box itself. Normally, you sure check the white paper of the phone, since it shows the most detailed information of the phone. Anyone can clarify?

here's the screenshot of G900 whitepaper comparing the spec of G900 and P1i,
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Here's the whitepaper, (I'm not sure it's legal to distribute, if cannot pls tell me ^^)
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do you guys know that the built-in Note-It application (the sticky note) on G900 can be installed on any UIQ 3 phone (P1i, W960i), amazing isn't

Yup, it was ripped out the G900's ROM. In fact, you can have Walkman 3.0 installed on P1i too! Hehehe

yayaya, just went thru P1i Discussion Thread. alot of nice hacking materials there

haha...if lyn n mod allow it, sure there will be more nice hacking with ahem2 software version...
JK only

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Added on July 4, 2008, 8:19 pm

yeah..we are waiting more apps can be rip out from g900 that can be ported to p1i
nway, i really like g900 sticky note way nicer than default p1i note

sticky note? wat's it for?

jot down something and put it on your phone standby screen, like this

Waa!!!! so yeng~~~ wat's de difference of sticky note compare to P1i?

any1 tried quickoffice 4 n wifi internet browsing on this fone?
i tried my friend fone just on wifi internet browsing... n its dead flat within +-2 hours from full charge
is this normal? a bit disappointed with the battery life......

this fone is nice..... but the battery is a bit of a let down... hopefully is only his phone


@louis6....
"minyak naik sikit jer, korang dah kecoh"
boleh kira banyak lo, dan kononnya minyak akan naik lagi..... masa tu, tak tahu la apa akan terjadi

i think its normal 4 wifi net browsing (continuous)...even p1i more or less around 2-3 hours from full charge

for those dearest YB is sikit coz they got allowance mah n use tax to pay it.... tats y~~~

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Added on July 5, 2008, 5:02 pmcan g900 consider 5MP PDA phone?

SE has enhanced the note application a lots on G series


Yup, by using phone's WiFi = battery killer, even the WM phone with large 1500mA battery could finish within 2-3 hours.

thnx 4 the info,
at least im more convinced abt UIQ platform now....
unlike previous version which is famous for lag n hang
well, still have to wait for the ori set to settle down b4 i get my hands on it

if oni g900 have c702 casing n housing.... that would be the best fone ever
(nice marketing plan they have)

ori G900 is RM1.5k++ (with free bluetooth headset)

while AP G900 is around RM1.4k++

definitely more worthy to go for ori, imo.

Huh??
really? where u get that price....
coz the i've check in shops.... abt 1.7k
while in lyn..... most of them still dun hav ori.....
if its true, its sure tempting...

SS2 Atlantis, PJ.

guys, do you know what is the song in the G700 advertisement?
here is the link.

Sony Ericsson G700

cudn't not resist anymore. back home yest and bought a dark brown unit. RM1.7k with 2GB M2 and bluetooth + the rest of the std blah... blah... blah...

my first eva PDA phone. previously got a dopod but give up after 2 week. i am so used to SE after after 7 years using E and SE model. Still trying to figure out how dis Symbian thing work.

anyone know where i can get free theme?

try this out

www.mobile9.com/

or even mobile88.com

So far got the phone for my gf yesterday, she's happy with the features and the interface for the G900.

For me i like the speaker quality of the G900 and the photo taking quality, must say its really sounds good and pics looks alright for me.

your price should be a Ori set, ya?

welcome to explore the UIQ 3.0

You can start with uiq.com, there are a few standard themes which is quite eye-catching, particularly the Red Chillies theme which is actually a smoke art photography.

Guys, i'm currently owning K850 and im quite interested with G900 so i wanna ask, how about the speaker loudness and quality??? is it better if compare with K850i?? can anyone clarify this?? hope u guys can help.. thanks notworthy.gif

nid u guys G900 owner help. since i got d phone on Sat, life is running on 25hr a day. no time to even find out abt d phone.

i have some number stored in my SIM. i cant seems to view my SIM number. in the end i hv to pinjam a phone to retrieve the number. I notice when i go into the contact, i got to "more - view folder - SIM"... nothing came out. any advise.

i'll be settled in a couple of day. hopefully then i can install my software and all.

does this fone hav any problem to sync with outlook?
as this is one of my main concern b4 im getting this fone.

of course, i would have to wait until the price settled down
now out of budget range

The sound quality at maximum volume is way better than the K850, even at mid level you can hear the quality of the speaker, nice bass and treble.
Sounds like those quality material they use for the speaker this time


Is it bro? from what i encounter my gf's phone she just stored all the previous contacts into the sim and then put it into the G900, can read all the contacts.

1) Ok try this bro. Go to Main Menu, Contacts.
2) Open Contacts and click on More.
3) Then select view folder.
4) Go to Sim and your contacts from sim will appear.
5) Now select More and copy to contacts, then your sim card contacts will be copied to the phone.

Give it a try bro. Hope it helps

If your contacts in sim still dont appear, meaning previously your stored contacts was using the phone memory. Put back the sim card in your old phone and have them copied to the sim. Then it should appear when you access it using the G900

Guys, my G900 won't display message received notification or some sort, meaning that when a new message comes in, it won't display anything on my phone, i need to check in my inbox for any unread messages. I've check the settings and certainly ticked "display notification". Care to help guys?

The G900 is living proof that even a sole speaker can sound very well.

Yes agreed. Thats why it has a large speaker diaphragm which helps a lot. Also the THD is quite low which results in more natural sound. So far the only stereo setups I like is N95/8GB. Very clear.

yeap... G900 speaker is rather good. even when i try Madonna's 4 minute its still reasonably OK for a speaker phone.

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Finally found some time to install the software. I have the same problem with my previous W850 when installing the PC Suite, somehow my connected phone is not detected. I have the same prob again last nite. realli fuming ler... oni after i un-installa nd re-install the PC Suite i manage to get both file transfer and phone mode to work.

A word of advise... if you plan to update your phone software for the first time, find time like 2hr to spend. Downloading that update service software will take some time.... then install and downloading update will take sometime again. not forgeting b4 u update backup and this also take a while.

The update procedure is rather tricky and need some patience. at time instruction ask u to remove batt la, press "C" button and u sit and wonder why no progress.... thing will take some time to come back alive...!!! oso when doin backup... for a while there is like nothign happeing during the phone reset...!!! so be patience...

after sitting thru like 2hr... my update finally tell me "there is no update. your phone is using the latest software". well, i take it a learning how to use G900 lesson...

haha, solved already after some 2hrs++ software update, yeay

Yeah thats a total nut job from Sony Ericsson's part. It works fine on some PCs and not with the other. It won't detect. Until I found out the item in device manager named G900. Right click it and then you should see that it is disabled. Enabling it, will trigger the appropriate detection. However, it doesn't always work that way on other PCs. So yeah, I am fuming too.

It should work out of the box, not like I had to such and such of a procedure in order to get it to work. Not only G900 got this problem, even other models too. Windows would detect the phone's GSM modem, not the PC connection. Thats why a lot of SE users have migrated to SEPhoneExplorer which is an excellent piece of software. However, it doesn't support UIQ phones yet at the moment.

It is my 1st SE phone, and i kinda hooked-up to it, at 1st i'm considering of buying P1i, but a 2nd thought at shop really hindered my thought a bit, i've been looking in this thread for a while before i made my decision, hehe... i'm not very techno-savvy, but i can say that its features really served me a lot... looking forward to this phone updates i.e. theme customizations, softwares etc... thanks all to you guys

today pondering to get the wireless bluetooth or wired stereo headset. the default is earpiece is not "stylo" la... HBH-DS980 sell for $152 (offer price). me staring @ another empty wallet soon.

I am still undecided between a G900 smartphone and a C902 cybershot (now using K810i)....

i prefer to have better photo taking quality and if possible some smartphone function too !

(and I am also considering Nokia N82...which is a value buy now...)

It depends on how you will be using it for. If you want convenience just for the sake of communication, then a bluetooth serves the purpose well not to mention the style it provides. If you want good sound quality as well as using the radio function, you'll need a good wired stereo headset. I would choose SE's finest wired earphones costing around RM300 complete with remote commander.

you try the wireless stereo bluetooth before? how's the quality. I was using W850i and the default earpiece is good enough for me. Radio is not too important to me.

I just don't want to buy a wireless then regret about the sound quality. These wireless thing, most shop don't allow testing, unlike the phone. All wrap in boxes nicely.

Thank you for ur reply guys.. this makes me wanna buy G900 more.. still considering though.. what do u guys think? should i go for G900 or should i wait for C905 thanks again

Yeah, I tried the bundled HBH-PV708 bluetooth headset. Sound quality is not remarkable. Usable only. I guess you need to buy higher end models to have good voice quality. Even the music playback is worse. No amplification and the playback sound muted. The W850's default earpiece is good because it is a in-ear configuration. But it is too boomy.

You can always try your friend's one before buying. Oooh! I remember, Cliptech (I think this is the name) is popular for bluetooth handsfree but utilizing earpiece. It consist of a bluetooth transceiver main body with the mic integrated. Then it provides a 3.5mm earphone jack for connecting to the earpiece of one that you prefer. That way you can have both wireless freedom and not sacrifice on music quality.



If you want good imaging, then G900 is not good enough. It is decent in my opinion. But the color rendering is not accurate enough unless you practice post-processing using PC software. The C905 would be highly anticipated in my opinion.

Maybe i'll go for this one and then C905 later.. i really desperate to change phone.. sick of K850i already.. one more thing.. is the touch sensitive button oki???

if imaging is of prime concern, get a compact camera. I have not try the new C-series phone but at teh time of release even the K8xx series phone quality is acceptable. Its good among camera phone but if you are picky about picture quality, compact camera is still better.

those are not touch sensitive buttons, unlike the k850i. the g900 has a touch screen. although the screen is rather small for a touch screen, but believe me, it doesnt hinder usability most of the time. although some icons might appear to be small, but trust me, you will have no prob 'touchin' them XD.

The touch screen sensitivity is good enough. Not too sensitive and still responsive. I like screen very much. It is a transflective display so legibility in the sun is still good without loosing too much color contrast. If you diligently study the screen surface, you'll see that it has an angled ribs all over it. That is to protect the screen. As a result, the screen is not like those PDA phones soft type. Its hard and feels like glass.

As a result, it'll respond to touches from the stylus, finger nails and fingers.

any way to modify G900's menu icon?

i'd tried the method in P1i's thread. Cudnt work...