Hi-Mobile.net sent us over for a review the first ever phone that ships with UIQ 3.0: the Sony Ericsson M600i. This 3G SymbianOS 9.1 smartphone is one of the most popular this summer (selling at below 375 USD) and so we decided to give it a whirl too. Read on for more info, pictures, screenshots and a video of the device, the P990's little brother.
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Member since:2005-06-28
It could be better (e.g. the menu system, task switching/closing and the virtual keyboard), but it is already pretty usable and worlds away better than UIQ 2.1. My personal beef is only the bluetooth files ending up on Messaging instead of in the normal file system. If you send via bluetooth a file that there is no app for it to deal with it (or if MIME types are not correctly configured), then you are screwed. You can't do anything with that file. Same problem goes for S60 phones though so it's not a UIQ-only problem.
Edited 2006-07-28 08:10
Member since:2006-05-19
I've seen some P910 users say they really like this UI. I must say I use a Series 60 device 6630 and I found the M600i's UI a little tricky to use... but I guess that it just takes a bit of getting used to.
After using T9 for so long I found the qwerty kb odd with one hand...
it's amazing what you get used to.
Edited 2006-07-28 08:16
Member since:2006-04-06
My personal beef is only the bluetooth files ending up on Messaging instead of in the normal file system....
Same problem goes for S60 phones though so it's not a UIQ-only problem.
Not really. On S60 phones you can use the freeware program FE explorer, which lets you open the inbox folder and copy/paste attachments anywhere you would like.
Not sure if there is a UIQ version tho.
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2006-06-13
That UI looks plain awful.