Sony Ericsson P990 gets LocationFree support
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Oct 17th 2006 1:13PM
posted Oct 17th 2006 1:13PM
It looks like the Symbian Smartphone Show is shaping up to be a bit of a showdown betwixt placeshifters today, with both Sling and Sony announcing Symbian support for their respective products' players. Unlike Sling, which announced both UIQ and S60 versions of its SlingPlayer Mobile, Sony is only going as far as UIQ support for its LocationFree on the wings of its fresh P990 smartphone -- a very Sony-like (read: proprietary) move, considering Sony Ericsson isn't down with the Nokia-backed S60 platform. Odds are Sony would've liked to have cut a version for its smartphones a year or two back, but the P990 is the first phone in the P series to rock data fast enough (via UMTS and WiFi) to handle the heavy-duty bandwidth requirements LocationFree -- or most any other placeshifting tech, for that matter -- requires. Sony Ericsson's claiming immediate availability of the Symbian client, though it's not yet live on the P990's download site. Of course, a LocationFree player doesn't do much good without the device itself, and a US version of the P990 is nowhere in sight, so just keep on toolin' around with those PSPs until further notice.[Thanks, Alex]
Babble babble buzzword?
It's ok for editors to give us a bit more context than the latest buzz, y'know. No, I don't want to click on every link in the article to figure it out.
yeah I agree with kOa7 above, and why the heck should I care about LocationFree buzz anyway? I like P990 though, too bad TomTom is not available on it yet.
SE, T-Mobile and Cingular needs to get with the program, get of their lazy buttz and release a North America version of the P990!
Sony Ericsson USA is selling this phone guys. Check out their website, price is $749
http://shopwireless.sonyericsson.com/buy/products/cat/66
True, they are selling it, but bear in mind that it does not have GSM 850; that is to say, there is no US version of the P990 yet available. There has been talk that SE could be "talked into" producing one if enough interest is generated.
Chris
TO BAD IT IS NOT A QUAD PHONE. FOR THAT PRICE TAG...
£49 here in the UK on cheap monthly contracts. :-)
TomTom have exited the phone market. However, you can get Route66 instead.
And people wonder why I bash Sony, I agree with the OP, Sony=Proprietary. I mean how come they're still using those stupid memory sticks. Just use SD or some version JEEZ!!
Will it make the phone crash less?
I ditched mine when, even after the latest firmware update, everytime I opened the flip to edit the appointment name field on a new appt. the screen would go white and stay like that till the battery was pulled.
is there any way to get an updated version of this phone to play snes or nes?
I bought the phone a week ago upgrading from the P910a What a mistake! This new version crashes, can't seem to remember personal ring tones and wouldn't import my contacts that I had saved on the memory stick on the P910!