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caved in and bought a p800....
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Posted by: nycnyc

after spending months waiting and waiting (mostly for the price to drop),
and weeks of reading and researching (mostly on howardforums!),
i caved in and finally bought a p800 to call my own
the price is still high here in nyc -- J&R has them for $1100 and various chinatown places have them for between $830 to $980
i was skeptical about buying them in chinatown because a lot of those places sell phones without a warranty,
so i found a cingular store that had the p800 and bought it (unit-only, no activation) because it's an official u.s. release and comes with a warranty!

i've been so busy playing with the phone every night after work and in a constant state of (bliss and) amazement because it's such an incredible piece of technology
i'm not a fan of the blue and i'm waiting for the mineral gray cover to come out (if ever),
but the phone is incredible - everything from the soft, curvy feel to the bright, supersized screen to the ease of use, etc.

i'm a die-hard mac user and unfortunately isync doesn't work with the p800 (yet),
so i manually edited and entered contacts for a couple of hours
which i didn't mind doing because i was able to learn jot by doing so
i transferred mp3s, mp4s, midis, gifs and jpgs to the phone via bluetooth without any problem at all,
and thanks for bengalboy's thorough posting of how to set your p800 up for email/mms/wap/etc., i was able to get online and check email easily -- thanks bengalboy!!!

after two days, i decided to take off the keypad but i admit i'm going to buy a screen protector later on today

i was able to find a case for it too - i bought a swiss army case that fits the phone perfectly for less than $20
i'll post a pic or two later on tonight...how do i post a pic anyway??

i know people who've bought one already have posted similar threads (i've read them!) but i just wanted to let everyone know my experience with it so far and to say thanks for everyone on here for being so friggin' knowledgeable and attitude-free

Posted by: vwvwvw

Thanks nycnyc... this is the edifying news we like to read while in wait for our own P800s to arrive. Enjoy

Posted by: digitalic

welcome aboard! im also a mac user too, i want p800 support for isync! knowing how mac and SE are so close i dont see why no support, mainly i think cause the p800 is not officially released in the US yet, but soon when its out i think we will see isycn handle p800! I hope SE in US gets in gear and starts shipping soon, im hearing official release date for tomorrow Feb 14th!!! Since opera is out i think this is what SE was waiting for!!! C'mon lets pray!!!

Beautiful and amazing phone!

Posted by: PBiGP2000

what cingular store did you buy at in ny..i want full details i want o get one as sonn as possible

Posted by: nycnyc

i agree, i think a new version of isync will support the p800
a lot of mac rumor sites say that a new version should be coming out soon so let's cross our fingers!

i bought the phone at a cingular store in chinatown
i think it's on bayard st. but i'm sure you can search for the address on cingular.com

Posted by: PBiGP2000

how much did u pay

Posted by: nycnyc

yeesh i'd rather not say specifically, but a little over $1000

Posted by: 666

i want to see your swiss army case! just use your p800 to snap shot some pics and post it to howardforums by GPRS!! that's you can use most of the great features of p800!

Posted by: Bengalboy

Congradulations nycnyc! I am glad you found my thread helpful and I encourage others to post their discoveries or infor for setting up the phone and maxamizing it's potential for other members to benefit from..

Posted by: nycnyc

thanks bengalboy!
if it wasn't for you and jeffharris and a few others, i would have much more questions but i'm cool now

also, i can take a pic of the swiss army case with my p800 (still tingles inside everytime i say that

)
but i also wanted to take a pic of the case with the phone inside it
gimme a few hours - i need to go online when i get home anyway to download the new safari update

Posted by: nycnyc

i posted some pics of the case here:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...&threadid=98746

going to try opera now then try the new safari beta! what a nice day

Posted by: usagi

... at least that is what Onsync promises:

What's new in this version:

Better support for Motorola GSM Mobile Phones (C330, t720i and others)
Tested with some Bluetooth Mobile Phones (Sony Ericsson P800,T68i)
Help updated with a list of known used phones
Other help updates (configuration and customer support)
Some minor improvements

Product Description:

Helps you to sync your contacts between a mobile phone and Mac OS X Address Book.
Recognizes mobile phones connected to your Mac via: serial cable, usb (with the appropriate adapter),infrared.
Copies contacts copy by drag and drop.
Full undo / redo.
Configurable format of copied contacts.
Actually supports mobile phones equipped with an internal GSM modem

Check it out here for yourself:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18093

I can't verify if it works, because I don't have a P800 yet...

Let us know how it works.

Ciao