p800 or not?

1. Can u listen to audio wile using normal features of the phone? E.g listen to music and lock the keypad, or mess about with other applicatiosn

yes, there are two views for the audio programme, leave it in half window half list

2. Are the movies in full screen mode or only a small portion of the screen?

both, though it lags in full screen

3. What file format are the appliations in? Do sony have a special format?

ummmm, it's symbian platform, installation files are sis, contacts can be exported to .vcf, sony made the phone, symbian developed the apps, so no, sony don't have their own extension

4. Are nokia 3650 applications and games compatable with p800?

only the java games which you could put on the 3650

5. Does the phone slow down if u do alot in one go (like t68i)

i've not used a t68i before but i can't say i've noticed a difference when multitasking

6. What are the chances of the front screen getting scrached?

i've not scratched mine and i've not got a screen protector yet, but i dont' have the key pad on and always use a case, if you press heavily with the styli, then you'll probably scratch it

7. How difficult is it to text with the pen?

how difficult is it to write with a pen?.... ummm, you just get used to writing in the same spot, and you'll need to get used to writing l's then putting a dash underneath for a space otherwise you'll get a t instead

8. how does the camera quility compaire to other phones? I know the 7650 has awful picture quility.

the 7650 takes better indoor shots than the p800, go to my site for comparisons

hi there nk8, VERY nice site, it answers pritty much all of my questions, i have some Q's thou:

1. You mention that the p800 uses 2.5mm jack for headphones, but u mentioned that u can get some kind of adapter to make it into the normal, does that come with the phone or do u have to buy it extra.

2. the I-net sounds amazing, is that preloaded on the p800?

3. is there any limit on the mp3 byterate? I seem to recall 128b/r on ur site being mentioned.

4. Can you customise the alert, as in have your own message alerts

5. is there any place to put the pen? Does it slide into the side like most (or all) pds? If not then i think i would probably loose it.

6. Are the movies difficult to convert, i saw those music videos, they seem pritty small

Thanks again

ceanth

1. You mention that the p800 uses 2.5mm jack for headphones, but u mentioned that u can get some kind of adapter to make it into the normal, does that come with the phone or do u have to buy it extra.

well you get a 2.5 mm stereo headset free with the phone, the adapter, well i see you live in london, their are computer fairs on every saturday in major parts of england including london scattered around where you can pick up an adapter for no more than 50 pence

2. the I-net sounds amazing, is that preloaded on the p800?

the built in internet browser allows chtml (rendered websites for smaller screens) but sony have authorized a registered version of opera browser which is free for download off their site which is better than the available programme built in

3. is there any limit on the mp3 byterate? I seem to recall 128b/r on ur site being mentioned.

ummm, i dunno, when i was using a 16 meg duo, i converted down to 2205 hz and 24 kps, but i have tested as low as 8000 hz (my units might be totally wrong)

4. Can you customise the alert, as in have your own message alerts

yes, mine is .WAV, but you can choose any from the supported audio file exntesions apart from mp3

5. is there any place to put the pen? Does it slide into the side like most (or all) pds? If not then i think i would probably loose it.

yes, it slots into the side, one of the photos on my review shows this clearly, if your on dialup, the review page takes over 3 minutes to load so you might need to be patient

6. Are the movies difficult to convert, i saw those music videos, they seem pritty small

after setting up, it's a matter of selecting the input file, then it'll churn it out, i set up my settings through trial and improvement for the best settings. you'd be able to do the same, it takes anything between half the time to real time for converting, like if a video lasts 3 minutes. it can take anything from half that time upto that full time, just depends on your settings, of course this is only with the programme i'm using, PVAuthor,

any more questions i'd be happy to help

one more question to add, whats the max memory the p800 can have? i have seen 128meg being mentioned, that that the most (same as 3650)?

For now,the limit of the Memory Stick Duo is 128MB.

i went to carphonewarehouse today and had a live demonstration of the p800. I have to say i am very impressed with the phone, its not as big as i expected and the screen quility is very good. In light of this i have a few more questions:

1. the person at the shop showed me some movie clips, and they were awful! Small screen and seemed to lag ALOT, is this common or has the encoding of the movie been done wrong, i mean how "watchable" are movies on this phone?

2. as i walked off i noticed he has a fair amount of scratches on the front screen, have many people managed to scratch the screen up? I would imagine this being common seeing as u have to use a pen, or has he been pressing down too hard on it?

3. i asked him how would you play games on the phone without the keypad, he loaded some kind of emulator up and showed me sonic, he told me you can use the other buttons, i have to say i was impressed that sony had taken this into consideration (or was it his emulation program?) Anyone know how difficult it is to control games using these extra buttons, also what roms can the p800 support? I know that 7650/3650 can play gameboy roms and i cant seem to remember sonic being on the normal gameboy

Many thanks

ceanth

hmmm, scratches aren't a problem but i always use a case though, the movies i've encoded are amazing quality i must say, their are no lags at all, and the quality is just like, not jerky at all

the emulator is a third party making an emulator for the p800 along with your mentioned phones, it allows roms to be put on your phone and games played their, i currently have zelda oracle of ages and zelda oracles of seasons, the jog dial is the up down and left and right and select, the power button is the start, and the camera and browser button is A and B, which is all you need, i stay away from active games like cronic cos the handling is just horrible, but like pokemon or zelda, where you walk in a map world, it's awesome

One more thing,nk8 was reffering to GoBoy(right?).There are a lot more emulators available for the p800,the sonic game you saw,does not run on GoBoy,but on SMSplus(i think)which is a Sega Master System and Sega GameGear emulator,then there is Sarien,a Sierra online games interpreter,Frodo,a comodore 64 emulator,E-Mame( i don't think it needs explanation 😃 ).Can't think of more right now,if there are any.

yeah goboy, i was playing mortal kombat three, and doing a fireball is like snapping your jog dial off, lol