Comparison Chart
Mio 8390 VS Sony Ericsson P9x0
Which is the smartest smartphone?
| Question | Mio 8390 | SE P9x0 |
| Display resolution? | 176x220 | 320x208 |
| How many colors can display the display? | 262000 but for Microsoft's fault is limited to 65536 | 65536 in the P900 and 262000 in the P910 |
| Touchscreen? | No | Yes |
| Memory card type? | CHEAP SD cards up to 2 gb | EXPENSIVE Memory Stick DUO (and the P900 is SOFTWARE limited to ONLY 128 Mb) |
| Camera software | Easy to use, can apply digital zoom and control brightness directly | If you want to set resolution or brightness you have to take the pen |
| Camera quality | Don't shot over 176x220 or you'll notice horizontal lines | Medium |
| How photo is saved? | Normal Jpg | Exif jpg like digital cameras does |
| What says a card in the box? | Which will be your next smartphone brand? ;) | Unlimited free ROM upgrades at sonyericsson.com without registration |
| How many ROM updates they published? | A few and hard to find. SHAME! | A LOT and easy to find. |
| Differences from ROM versions is noticeable? | Yes | No |
| How much is the upgrade price? | 30£ + s/h to Belgium | Free if you do it yourself or 10€ if you go in a service center |
| CPU Speed? | 200 Mhz overclockable to 300 Mhz | 156 Mhz |
| CPU Brand? | Intel | Unknown (Philips?) |
| OS Manufacturer? | Microsoft | Symbian |
| Autonomy? | Official: 100 hours; Real: 20 hours | Up to 20 DAYS (in flight mode and without doing anything)... however it LASTS |
| Freeware availibility in the net? | Yes | Only a few |
| Commercial software? | A lot | A lot |
| Warez on p2p? ;) | Yes | Yes |
| Can you chat using MSN Messenger protocol? | Yes, natively | Yes, with third party software |
| It's big and heavy? | A quite | Yes |
| Reason because it's cool | The "Designed to Windows Mobile" Logo make hit on the girls, especially if you have a full length romantic movie on you SD card ;) | When you open the flip, all the girls says: "Cool! Can I try it?" And then you can ask her everything;) |
| Bluetooth? | No | Yes |
| Sync with PC? | Yes | Yes |
| What happens if Microsoft Outlook 2003 isn't your predefined email client? | Nothing | Sync occurs with errors and contacts are duplicated all the time! |
| How works sync? | In background | You have to select it manually and then it isn't in background! |
| How is sync speed? | Fast | Slow |
| Can it sync all-day recursive events? (i.e. Birthdays) | Yes | No |
| Outlook categories are retained? | Yes | No |
| Phone categories are retained? | Yes | No |
| Notes are sync'ed? | No, you can't even see or create a note | Yes but only text, not the jotter |
| Can make backup? | No, only with Sprite Backup (commercial software - no trial available) | Yes, natively |
| Can access to any folder from pc? | Yes | No, on pc you can only see the documents folder |
| Can you send any file from pc? | Yes | Using usb cable, only images, sounds and texts; using irda setted to work as a modem you can send any file, but is slow and you can only save on phone memory |
| Is easy install software? | If setup is provided or if you are an expert, yes it's easy ;) | Is easy install *.sis installation files, long to install *.jar files and hard *.app files (you have to rename it to application.txt then send and then rename to application.app) |
| Can you edit program menu? | Yes is quite easy if you know how windows work | I don't know how to do it :( Someone says that's impossible. |
| Can you use it with one hand? | Yes | One handed operation is limited to send SMS or read phonebook/agenda/todo/emails. You can't send emails, add contacts, edit something without using the pen |
| Can you charge a second battery in the cradle? | Yes | No |
| Windows media player recognize it as a Mp3 player? | Yes | No |
| So, it can plays wma and wmv? | Yes | No |
| Can it be infected by a virus? | Virus for windows mobile are only a few, plus the lack of bluetooth makes this phone quite uninfectable | Seems that there isn't any virus compatible with the uiq platform |
Valutation from 0 to 10
| Case: you are searching... | Mio 8390 | SE P9x0 |
| ...a phone with unlimited battery? | 0 | 9 |
| ...a phone who can sync without problems? | 7 | 5 |
| ...a phone withTouchscreen? | 0 ;) | 10 ;) |
| You want to use low cost flash cards? | 8 | 5 |
| Camera quality? | 3 | 6 |
| ...a phone who look like a phone? | 8 | 6 |
| ...lots of ROM updates? | 0 | 10 |
| ... a GPS navigator? | 7 (using a wired GPS + Destinator SP) | 2 on P900 (due to 128mb limit); 7 on P910i (slow on rerouting) |
| ... a simple to use phone | 3 | 6 |
| ... a fast pda? | 7 | 5 |
| ... an high quality pda? | 3 | 8 |
