P800 vs. P910i comparison

Hello,

I intend to get a new phone soon. My P800 has been a major letdown in
many ways. The synchronisation with my Mac via iSync is infuriating,
I've been through more than five replacement units due to various
quality problems (random crashing, dim backlight, faulty speaker, faulty
screen, faulty jogdial, faulty AC connector, phone would not turn on
etc.) and while my current one has been more or less stable for a good
amount of time, it now starts to act up. The problem is that I do not
want to miss the functionality. Therefore I would like to know whether
the current P910i

-> crahes randomly
-> syncs well with OSX
-> has any known design faults
-> gets as slow as the P800 over time, especially when editing in the
calendar
-> has any other abhorrent features one should be aware of.

Basically I am searching for P910i owners who had a P800 before so they
are qualified to compare. I am not searching for general SE praise.

Oliver

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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:10:04 +0100, Oliver Brose <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I intend to get a new phone soon. My P800 has been a major letdown in
> many ways. The synchronisation with my Mac via iSync is infuriating,
> I've been through more than five replacement units due to various
> quality problems (random crashing, dim backlight, faulty speaker, faulty
> screen, faulty jogdial, faulty AC connector, phone would not turn on
> etc.) and while my current one has been more or less stable for a good
> amount of time, it now starts to act up. The problem is that I do not
> want to miss the functionality. Therefore I would like to know whether
> the current P910i

> -> crahes randomly
My P910i has been rock solid since day one. I am also an ex P800 user and
that did get the yellow triangle of death from time too time. So far (5
months) my P910i has not crashed once.

> -> syncs well with OSX
I am a Windows user so I don't know. Try searching at Esato
(http://www.esato.com); I have seen iSync mentioned in a few topics there.

> -> has any known design faults
None that I have found.

> -> gets as slow as the P800 over time, especially when editing in the
> calendar
It takes longer to boot up but once it has got going everything runs fine.
I have not noticed the calender slowing down.
> -> has any other abhorrent features one should be aware of.

Again, none that I am aware of.

> Basically I am searching for P910i owners who had a P800 before so they
> are qualified to compare. I am not searching for general SE praise.
>
> Oliver

I hope this is of some use to you.

Darran West

Darran West wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:10:04 +0100, Oliver Brose <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Therefore I would like
>> to know whether the current P910i
>
>
>> -> crahes randomly
>
> My P910i has been rock solid since day one. I am also an ex P800 user
> and that did get the yellow triangle of death from time too time. So
> far (5 months) my P910i has not crashed once.
>
>> -> syncs well with OSX
>
> I am a Windows user so I don't know. Try searching at Esato
> (http://www.esato.com); I have seen iSync mentioned in a few topics there.

It seems to be a bit of hit&miss. Most people say the P910i syncs fine
though.


>> -> has any known design faults
>
> None that I have found.

Does the shell still start to squeak after a while?


>> -> gets as slow as the P800 over time, especially when editing in the
>> calendar
>
> It takes longer to boot up but once it has got going everything runs
> fine. I have not noticed the calender slowing down.

Oh, that is nice to hear. Entering a new appointment on my P800 takes ages.

> I hope this is of some use to you.

Quite, thanks!


Oliver

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:11:06 +0100, Oliver Brose <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>>> -> has any known design faults
>> None that I have found.
>
> Does the shell still start to squeak after a while?

Mine squeaks but I think that is because it fell off the passenger seat of
my car at flew into the foot well. I don't remember it squeaking before
but it does now.

Oliver Brose wrote:
> Oh, that is nice to hear. Entering a new appointment on my P800 takes ages.

Perhaps because you have old entries that you haven't cleared out yet? Try
clearing the entries before today's date and see if that helps.

n|ck wrote:

> Oliver Brose wrote:
>
>> Oh, that is nice to hear. Entering a new appointment on my P800 takes
>> ages.
>
> Perhaps because you have old entries that you haven't cleared out yet?
> Try clearing the entries before today's date and see if that helps.

Cleaning out the old entries does accelerate access to the calendar and
switching bewteen the day/week/month views. What it does not accelerate
is the time it takes from the appointment editing screen back to the
day/week/month view. I also think it's quite pathetic for a device with
such oddles of memory (and even if by today's standards the P800 is not
memory-rich, it *does* pack a lot of memory from a realistic
perspective) to be slowed down by a handful of appointments. One should
be able to *keep* one's appointments.

Oliver