Spreadsheet Functionality — Sony Ericsson P800, P900 and P910

Guest 05 May 2003, 12:51

Nokia 9210 has a spreadsheet, where is the P800's spreadsheet, or am I missing something[/i]

scac 05 May 2003, 13:05

Hmmm, check these threads:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11842&highlight=spreadsheet

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7883&highlight=spreadsheet

😃

Guest 20 May 2003, 17:10

I noticed an advert for the P800 which showed a P800 (on top of two books) displaying a spreadsheet table. At the top of the table was the word 'Spreadsheet' followed by 'Edit' (at the bottom was 'SALES2.XLS'😉. The same picture can be seen if the 'Connectivity' tab is pressed on http://www.sonyericsson.com/P800/

Now I know that UIQ does not have the Sheet engine (why did they remove it!) so what is the 'Edit' for? Is it for editing the email text or is this just an image?

I don't have a P800 to check, so can somebody with a P800 please let us know.

If they have the Sheet engine in the Symbian OS ported to UIQ they could at least let us buy it as an added extra (that would cover any license cost issues).

:-?

Lantana 21 May 2003, 11:33

You can open spreadsheets and even copy text but can't edit. Also, I have charts in spreadsheets but I can't get P800 to display them. This is contrary to the picture on the link you included which shows a chart.

chris.orton 21 May 2003, 12:46

The same image is used on the UK Orange adverts on billboards.
There's one on the train platform that I look at everyday as I pass it and curse.

I wonder what the Advertising Standards people would say about it. As far as I can tell there is no such screen in the P800 (even with 3rd party software).

JulesG 21 May 2003, 13:48

[quote="chris.orton"]
I wonder what the Advertising Standards people would say about it. As far as I can tell there is no such screen in the P800 (even with 3rd party software).[/quote]

Don't think they particularly would worry; the advert is selling PDA functionality on the phone, not the actual software itself, and sits right on top of a "possibility" byline. The ad doesn't make any claim (other than showing you a picture of something that looks like a chart) that the P800 does spreadsheets.

If the phone was being sold as "spreadsheet with a phone attached", then it would be a different matter.