I have Vivaz now and what really get me is, that it's a dead end for SE Symbian phones. Its price already dropped drastically (virtually to a third), firmware get crippled, own SE suite still doesn't support it completely and most of function 'being considered' are simply being removed.
Still it's a very good phone.
- + sleek design, video recording (slow start though, even more for taking just a snapshot), usable audio, fast - for symbian phones, somewhat simple and straightforward organisation. For a smartphone last long on a batery, 2-5days.
- - required me to buy QuickOffice, pdfreader, Xplore, Photo Viewer & LCG Jukebox. No need to mention class 6 micro sdhc card. No usable RDP due to screen resolution and no calls recording possible due to SE fw restriction. Heating your ear when you're calling, you can't see from whom is received sms message and it's not having usable quick or last contacts (like every stupid se phone).
Also in noisy environment you need to switch output to internal loudspeaker, which is almost everytime. (Note: Majority of stupied SE phones was very silent in calls, which was a feature to protect your ears. Sadly until you stayed in echoic chamber it wasn't possible to hear anything. Imagine tram in background and you're heard but do not hear.) Some media content indexing bugs and some others with handling the calls and I'm finally done.
Afaik Xperia Neo is solving some of these issues but I will be waiting, year or more, to really judge it. My trust to SE diminshed more than a little and I'm close to being pissed. (As previous owner of T68i and W890i)
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And yes, for all owners of Sony Playstation who purchased anything in their shop
(game likely), be so kind block it asap, all data from Sony PS shop get stolen.
Even my bank put an official warning, it happened a month ago (Of course, why to inform public in that time, why not to wait. Typical strategy.) all credit card's data, including security codes from transaction histories, were compromised!
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