Preview: Sony Ericsson G900

It has been on the market since this Monday: The new touch-and-go UIQ3 smart phone G900, a powerful package of WLAN, 5MP camera with Auto- & Touch-Focus as well as a photo light and a 2.4″ touch screen combined with a regular keypad to bring UIQ to the mass market.

The G900 you can see here is my little precious since Tuesday and it does great so far. The Dark Brown colour really suites it well. The QVGA display is bright and clear and a breeze to handle. I won’t give that much away for now as we’ll post an in-depth review of the G900, once Sony Ericsson sends us the review phone.

I’ll leave you with impressions of the new menu icons, the media menu and the new panels standby.

The G900 is available nearly everywhere now, pricing is set around £275 / 350 € / $525.

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90 Responses to “Preview: Sony Ericsson G900”

  1. jhoravi says:

    which of the button executes taskmanager?
    Is the flickering in messaging app still present?

  2. jhoravi says:

    which of the button executes taskmanager?
    Is the flickering in messaging app still present?

  3. teamet says:

    I assume you are talking about banding in the screen due to lack of colours? It is still present.. you can see in the picture with the music player were the album art is present

  4. teamet says:

    I assume you are talking about banding in the screen due to lack of colours? It is still present.. you can see in the picture with the music player were the album art is present

  5. jhoravi says:

    @teamet

    No! I’m talking about the slow load time of opening messages due to flickering

  6. jhoravi says:

    @teamet

    No! I’m talking about the slow load time of opening messages due to flickering

  7. xell says:

    First start of Messaging takes about 6 seconds. Once in the memory, it almost instantly loads.

    The taskmanager is started with the symbol in the top right corner.

  8. xell says:

    First start of Messaging takes about 6 seconds. Once in the memory, it almost instantly loads.

    The taskmanager is started with the symbol in the top right corner.

  9. jhoravi says:

    @xell

    I mean opening a message or starting new SMS. Older UIQ3 handsets take several seconds to open new SMS even if messaging is already in memory.

    I mean which hardware button to lauch taskmanager. not that icon in topright corner because it’s difficult to reach with thumb.

  10. jhoravi says:

    @xell

    I mean opening a message or starting new SMS. Older UIQ3 handsets take several seconds to open new SMS even if messaging is already in memory.

    I mean which hardware button to lauch taskmanager. not that icon in topright corner because it’s difficult to reach with thumb.

  11. [...] preview Giu.01, 2008 in rumorz xell su se-nse ha pubblicato qualche foto del g900.. a questo link.. da quel poco che si vede, sembrano 350 euro ben spesi ! mostra bookmarks [...]

  12. [...] preview Giu.01, 2008 in rumorz xell su se-nse ha pubblicato qualche foto del g900.. a questo link.. da quel poco che si vede, sembrano 350 euro ben spesi ! mostra bookmarks [...]

  13. ev says:

    Just wondering about the availability of this and the other new phones (g700/g900/c702/c902) – none of the “g” series are listed on SE’s Web site. Will they be coming to any US carriers, or can us Americans only get them by ordering online? I’ve seen a lot of different prices around, but I don’t know whether they’ll be subsidized by a carrier or whether different versions for different markets will have the different features.

  14. ev says:

    Just wondering about the availability of this and the other new phones (g700/g900/c702/c902) – none of the “g” series are listed on SE’s Web site. Will they be coming to any US carriers, or can us Americans only get them by ordering online? I’ve seen a lot of different prices around, but I don’t know whether they’ll be subsidized by a carrier or whether different versions for different markets will have the different features.

  15. DingieM says:

    I find (standard) UI really really ugly and horrible.

    Just what is SE thinking?
    It is a major step *downwards* from my P990i, which I begin to appreciate more and more now!

    Maybe the UI is much faster now, but I don’t like going back years in time with what looks like a black&white UI…

  16. DingieM says:

    I find (standard) UI really really ugly and horrible.

    Just what is SE thinking?
    It is a major step *downwards* from my P990i, which I begin to appreciate more and more now!

    Maybe the UI is much faster now, but I don’t like going back years in time with what looks like a black&white UI…

  17. Chris S says:

    what do you mean by balck & white UI? this is substantillay better /nicer then nokia’s symbian i have a black n82 and am dying to jump to this….

  18. Chris S says:

    what do you mean by balck & white UI? this is substantillay better /nicer then nokia’s symbian i have a black n82 and am dying to jump to this….

  19. awl18 says:

    How is the screen in direct sunlight? Is the screen washed out or is it usable?

  20. awl18 says:

    How is the screen in direct sunlight? Is the screen washed out or is it usable?

  21. Dom says:

    So does anybody know if this phone will be released for USA ? Right now I see it only supports GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 but not 850 which is used by USA carriers. I really hope that U.S. version of this phone will come out soon, because I’m in love with this baby…

  22. Dom says:

    So does anybody know if this phone will be released for USA ? Right now I see it only supports GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 but not 850 which is used by USA carriers. I really hope that U.S. version of this phone will come out soon, because I’m in love with this baby…

  23. Benjamin says:

    Hi,
    Is it easy to surf on the web with the WLan ? Can you go on every web page ?
    Is there an application that you can see the weather with, etc. ? Is there a way to use MSN messenger for example ?
    Thanks in advance for your reply :)

  24. Benjamin says:

    Hi,
    Is it easy to surf on the web with the WLan ? Can you go on every web page ?
    Is there an application that you can see the weather with, etc. ? Is there a way to use MSN messenger for example ?
    Thanks in advance for your reply :)

  25. Michell Bak says:

    Hi Benjamin :)

    The upcoming firmware update for the G900 will introduce Opera Mobile 9.5, which adds Flash Lite 3.0 functionality. That means there’ll be just about no restrictions on your web browsing – you can even watch YouTube videos in the browser, if that’s what you want. Opera Mobile 9.5 also comes with web Widgets, and one of them is a weather widget, although there are plenty of applications out there, if you can’t wait for Opera Mobile 9.5. You can easily use it with one of the multiple IM clients available, also supporting MSN.

    :)

  26. Michell Bak says:

    Hi Benjamin :)

    The upcoming firmware update for the G900 will introduce Opera Mobile 9.5, which adds Flash Lite 3.0 functionality. That means there’ll be just about no restrictions on your web browsing – you can even watch YouTube videos in the browser, if that’s what you want. Opera Mobile 9.5 also comes with web Widgets, and one of them is a weather widget, although there are plenty of applications out there, if you can’t wait for Opera Mobile 9.5. You can easily use it with one of the multiple IM clients available, also supporting MSN.

    :)

  27. Deb says:

    Just got this phone but cannot for the life of me make it sync with my laptop (or any PC that I own)! it’s driving me round the bend, does anyone know how to make it work? I have intalled, uninstalled, reinstalled, downloaded from web, and so forth – all to no avail. the sync gets so far and then jumps to ‘failed to sync’. shame cos I like SEs the best and this one is nice, esp ergonomically.

  28. Deb says:

    Just got this phone but cannot for the life of me make it sync with my laptop (or any PC that I own)! it’s driving me round the bend, does anyone know how to make it work? I have intalled, uninstalled, reinstalled, downloaded from web, and so forth – all to no avail. the sync gets so far and then jumps to ‘failed to sync’. shame cos I like SEs the best and this one is nice, esp ergonomically.

  29. Michell Bak says:

    Deb,
    Here’s what you do then, if you’ve tried everything. Go to the Computer management tool in control panel, and choose Device Manager.
    With the G900 connected, you’ll manually have to remove any G900 drivers (usually in Ports, System devices and USB-controllers). You can remove them by right clicking, and select Remove. Once that’s done, you remove the G900, restart the computer, and try again by first inserting the cable in G900 and then the computer, choosing Phone mode on the G900.

    If that doesn’t work either, redo the procedure above, but reinstall the PC suite software once you’ve removed the five device drivers from Device Manager. Let me know if it helps, ok? I had the same problem, but that was due to the software conflicting with an older version I had.

  30. Michell Bak says:

    Deb,
    Here’s what you do then, if you’ve tried everything. Go to the Computer management tool in control panel, and choose Device Manager.
    With the G900 connected, you’ll manually have to remove any G900 drivers (usually in Ports, System devices and USB-controllers). You can remove them by right clicking, and select Remove. Once that’s done, you remove the G900, restart the computer, and try again by first inserting the cable in G900 and then the computer, choosing Phone mode on the G900.

    If that doesn’t work either, redo the procedure above, but reinstall the PC suite software once you’ve removed the five device drivers from Device Manager. Let me know if it helps, ok? I had the same problem, but that was due to the software conflicting with an older version I had.

  31. sajith says:

    i feel poor clarity pictures! is it 5 mp?

  32. sajith says:

    i feel poor clarity pictures! is it 5 mp?

  33. faisal says:

    well,.. something wich never expected, i got the g900, but two days and i still havent figured out why it wont start,. power on, and it reaces the language selection screen, and then once any language is selected, there is no response,.. i can hear the tap when i touch the screen, but the buttons on the screen or the keypad wont respond.. so much for the g900

  34. faisal says:

    well,.. something wich never expected, i got the g900, but two days and i still havent figured out why it wont start,. power on, and it reaces the language selection screen, and then once any language is selected, there is no response,.. i can hear the tap when i touch the screen, but the buttons on the screen or the keypad wont respond.. so much for the g900

  35. Michell says:

    Sounds like a faulty device. Get a new one as soon as possible.

  36. Michell says:

    Sounds like a faulty device. Get a new one as soon as possible.

  37. Les says:

    Can try this site to download msn application
    http://www.clickapps.com/getj2me.htm?pvid=20935

    As for language, u need to bring it back to sony to install your local locale language.

    Problem:
    media always looking for update media file

  38. Les says:

    Can try this site to download msn application
    http://www.clickapps.com/getj2me.htm?pvid=20935

    As for language, u need to bring it back to sony to install your local locale language.

    Problem:
    media always looking for update media file

  39. liza says:

    i’m having trouble with getting my computer to recognize my g900 =(

  40. liza says:

    i’m having trouble with getting my computer to recognize my g900 =(

  41. riderfoo says:

    hi,
    I’ve got the same problem, my pc knows that it’s connected, but it tells me “no mobile connected”
    (sorry about my english … i’m french!)
    i ve already install/uninstall/get the latest software “pc suite for SE”
    but it doesn’t work
    please help me!

    thanks a lot
    A newbie french..

  42. riderfoo says:

    hi,
    I’ve got the same problem, my pc knows that it’s connected, but it tells me “no mobile connected”
    (sorry about my english … i’m french!)
    i ve already install/uninstall/get the latest software “pc suite for SE”
    but it doesn’t work
    please help me!

    thanks a lot
    A newbie french..

  43. Mikael says:

    Same problem with me, my G900 can not be recognized in PC Suite in Phone mode, it can only be recognized in Filetransfer mode. Have reinstalled PC Suite several times, deleted ports etc without success. I am getting crazy of this problem!

    Could the problem be conflicts with my previously PC suite which was installed 1 year ago for my old SE W810i ???

  44. Mikael says:

    Same problem with me, my G900 can not be recognized in PC Suite in Phone mode, it can only be recognized in Filetransfer mode. Have reinstalled PC Suite several times, deleted ports etc without success. I am getting crazy of this problem!

    Could the problem be conflicts with my previously PC suite which was installed 1 year ago for my old SE W810i ???

  45. maverick says:

    Any one having the same problem??? I just bought this new Sony G900. nice phone by the way. The camera function seems abit odd, sometimes it work just fine and some not. Like when you leave it on standby and after a while when you use the camera function, it just doesn’t work anymore. Even when you use the dial to go to camera and click it it doesn’ open. any help please…

  46. maverick says:

    Any one having the same problem??? I just bought this new Sony G900. nice phone by the way. The camera function seems abit odd, sometimes it work just fine and some not. Like when you leave it on standby and after a while when you use the camera function, it just doesn’t work anymore. Even when you use the dial to go to camera and click it it doesn’ open. any help please…

  47. Daimon says:

    Does G900 supports Japanese language?

  48. Daimon says:

    Does G900 supports Japanese language?

  49. Islam says:

    Hi,
     Im planning to buy this fascinating moboile but,I heard about some Battery problems in the G900, Is that right?
    Moreover, some people say that it’s 5mp is not of a good quality!!??
    Please reply….
    thanks in advance

  50. Islam says:

    Hi,
     Im planning to buy this fascinating moboile but,I heard about some Battery problems in the G900, Is that right?
    Moreover, some people say that it’s 5mp is not of a good quality!!??
    Please reply….
    thanks in advance

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