Sony Ericsson P1i Review

The Sony Ericsson P1i is a Symbian OS powered smartphone device. This touch screen device, like a few other Sony smartphones, looks more like a normal mobile phone than it does a smartphone. Its dimensions are 106 (height) x 55 (width) x 17 (depth) mm which translates to 4.2 x 2.2 x 0.7 inches. It weighs 124 grams (4.4 ounces) making it good median between the lighter and the heavier designs out there.

The keypad of the P1i uses dual and even tri functions. They use a rocker function so that if you press to the left you get one letter and if you press to the right you get a different. Since it’s not a full qwerty, each button represents two letter going in a traditional QWERTY pattern from left to right over 4 rows and 5 columns. It may sound a little different, but works extremely effectively. You can also use an on screen keyboard or the stylus in conjunction with the handwriting recognition technology.

Its screen is 2.6 inches and has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and can display 262,144 colors. The back light is adjustable as well as the look and feel through the use of wallpaper and different menu styles. It also has a 3.15 megapixel camera with a flash and autofocus. There’s a secondary lens on the front of the unit as well for video calls and self portraits.

The P1i phone comes with 128 MB of RAM and 256MB of ROM with 160MB of available storage space. It can be expanded through the use of Sony’s proprietary Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. Since there is a fair amount of space available, most apps run seamlessly on this device, making it a steady platform in which to do your tasks with little worry. The battery life of the P1i comes in at 10 hours of talk time and up to 18 days in standby.

The P1i has many network and connection options. It can operate on GPRS, HSCSD and 3G networks through GSM and UMTS radio bands. It also has Wi-Fi (802.11b), Bluetooth 2.0, an infrared port and USB. You can pretty much connect this device to anything.

The Symbian OS provides many features and functions. It can do normal messaging (SMS and MMS) as well as instant messaging. It easily handles email as well. For multimedia it has a built in audio and video player. You can playback MP3, AAC, MP4 and a few other file formats. It can also tune into FM radio and stream audio and video through RealPlayer. It also has a program for creating your own ring tones on the device itself.

More features and basic operations round this device out and make it a very useful and versatile piece of equipment. We didn’t even get into the games or the browser and RSS reader, or even the built in document editor and viewer. But as you can probably tell, the P1i contains everything found in a smartphone.

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