Infosyncworld reviews P910i

Bit of a harsh review IMHO.

True lack of WiFi is not good for the device in today's competitive market, but not of a big enough issue to warrent such a low-avarage rating. On the connectivity front.

However, from the POV of the p910i being an upgrade from the P900 - then yes, there is little incentive.

I personally am waiting to see what the new MPX is like...

Bateman
(Still content with his P900)

I think to many of these reviews are done by the wrong people i.e. too geeky.

I dont have Wi Fi at home and even if I did what would I use it for with my phone?

The whole point of it being a mobile phone is that it is a mobile device i.e. it is wireless anyway.

OK you can argue that that its cheaper to use a wireless network than GPRS or 3G but I doubt that that will be a significant factor for long.

People keep complaining about syncronisation but how many people use it? Most people I know have computers or access to computers but virtually none of them use them for PIM based functions. They dont want to syncronise thier phones with their PC because they were not holding the information on their PC in the first place. Their phone is their primary contact/appointment databse not the PC! I would argue that Outlook fails because it does not syncronise well with mobile phones not the other way around. I think this is the fatal flaw with Microsoft smartphones.

A lot of talk is done about making devices appeal to businesses because traditionally technology has filtered down from the businness to the home markets. I think smartphones are going buck that trend by sending it back the other way.

I both agree and disagree with you:

About WiFi: I really miss this. I have it at home, at my university, some relatives have it, someone had it where I had my holiday etc. All of these places I can access the internet for FREE instead of paying a lot of money if it had Wifi.

About syncing: I don't personally use syncing myself either! So I don't really care about this problem either, but I can imagine people (especially business people) find this very annoying (and make them choose something else instead).
P.S. interesting view on who is "wrong". Not SE should provide decent syncing, but MS should include it in Outlook! Good idea (however it will never happen probably, especially for a Symbian phone...) 😃

I agree with both of you. Although WLAN can be useful, it shouldn't be considered a necessity in smartphones.

I also agree about the geekiness of websites like InfoSync. I've stopped putting any real relevance into their review score a long time ago. InfoSync have been notorious for giving any smartphone that doesn't have a 400+MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, SDIO memory slot etc. etc. and is not running Windows Mobile or Palm OS a low score. I think they put way too much relevance on geeky specs instead of real life usability.

I agree about the price tag being too high though.

Although everyone is different, Nokia have stated that the majority of people and businesses are asking for wi-fi and are not at all bothered about 3G. That surely has to be a cost issue?

As for synching, most people don't have a phone that can be (easily) synched, so to say most people don't synch is kind of missing the point. I think if people could have the same data on their phone and PC and keep the two perfectly synched with little or no effort, it would be hugely popular.

As it stands, most people have phones with limited contacts managers and the process of synching is a pain in the behind IF it's possible. MS Active synch is not perfect, but it's certainly moving in the right direction. And to suggest the PXX0 series synch software is the fault of anyone other than SE (and the people they paid to write it) is ludicrous! The Palm synch software works beautifully so there is no reason SE can't do the same. Yes, part of the problem is that the two don't use the same record format but to blame Microsoft because the symbian address book doesn't use the same format as Outlook seems bizare at best.

However, I completely agree about the people doing these reviews. We are not the best people to review these things as we have a totally unique perspective. Ideally, a review should be written by an expert, intermediate and novice working together, but as only an enthusiast is ever going to bother that's not going to happen.

I've also been amazed at the number of reviews and group tests for the P910i (amongst others) that have just said "and it synchs with notes and outlook". They've clearly never tried it and done no research to see if it works, how it works etc. They just read what it said on the box! And this includes enthusiast websites, newspapers and highly respected technology print magazines.