Sony Ericsson P1i review

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October 29, 2007

Posted by: davinist

"Perfect for me"

What I like:

Qwerty Keyboard, Interface, Battery Life

What I don't like:

Backlight stays on sometimes, a reboot stops this but is a bit annoying.

Review:

I got this phone primarily for business but also for its multimedia apps.

Business wise it's been exactly what I need. The qwerty keyboard is NOT as difficult to learn as I've read in other reviews, it just takes a little getting used to. Handwriting recognition has been fine, with only a few errors, although I don't use it much as the keyboard is just as quick for me. WiFi connectivity is very good, having set the unit up for both home and work in just a few minutes. GPRS is just as easy and provides good speeds. All messaging functions work smoothly and easily, with email being particularly good for me. I haven't used the business card scanner as I don't need to. Call quality has been very good. It's easy to use excel, word and PDF files and the docking facility is great/

Multimedia use has been just as good. Music playback is nice and clear, although the volume could be a bit higher. The Music player interface is easy to use and works well. Unfortunately it's necessary to use the SE headphones, unless you have an adapter, as the jack is SE's proprietary unit. The camera is excellent and almost makes my digital camera redundant for day to day shots.

Battery life has been very good so far, and a real bonus has been the spare battery that came in the box, meaning that even with heavy use I can go for three or four days without charging.

Don't listen to the gripes about the interface, just spend and hour or two playing with it and it'll be fine.

All in all it's the best phone I've found for me, someone who needs a business phone 75% of the time and a MM phone the rest.