Life is still trucking along and I am still waiting for my Nokia E90 preorder to come through from mobileplanet.com. Despite my rant on the Nokia series, which led to my ordering the Sony Ericsson p990, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Nokia and new gadgets and won't mind giving the E90 a try. I guess the techie in me just wants to play with a new toy...so why not go for it just this once? I can always return it if I'm not happy. It is interesting to see people's impressions of the E90 on the My-Symbian.com forum and I have been keeping a close eye on the website for any worthwhile insights into this new device. I still feel strongly about what I had written in my previous blog, but my curiosity is unbearable at this point and I refuse to go on without the chance to hold this E90 lovingly in my hands to softly stroke forever and ever...and no I am not crazy!
3 hours later:
I have been back home awhile looking over the internet at reviews for the Sony Ericsson p990. Of course there are opinions that span the emotional spectrum to either love or ridicule this device, but I actually find myself to be quite eager to receive it next week via UPS. At that point I shall devote the entire evening to updating the firmware, synching PIM information, downloading DataViz trial software and testing it in comparison to the Palm Treo. If that p990 version of DataViz so much as shows a trace of that text completion fiasco like on Quickoffice, it is going back into the box and being shipped off IMMEDIATELY! I will then go for a Treo 680 and make that my permanent phone.
The only reasons for my p990 choice are multimedia applications such as a music player, pictures gallery, auto-focus camera and games and just a refined ease-of-use that cannot be matched by the Nokia Eseries. While the Palm may match it hands down in the efficiency department, there is no comparison concerning the beauty of the interface and menus. The p990 indeed gives off a clean elegance in its fonts and icons like the Nokia Nseries if not better, and it simply puts the Treo to shame with its radio, wi-fi and 2 megapixel camera (video capture may not be great, but I still have my N93). Once again, the ease of using a touchscreen is just too awesome to be taken for granted and I am ready to adopt it in my permanent smartphone device. That E90 may still be calling my name, but I have the feeling there’s only going to be a one-night stand.
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