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Parky · Mar 1, 2003, 03:35 AM

Today I bought the new Sony P800 mobile telephone.

I did not expect it to fully work with my PowerBook and I was right, but I have had some success using the two together.

1. Sony do not give you any software with the phone for Macs, it is all Windows software, so you don't get all the sync facilites.

2. iSync does not work, but hopefully this will be developed soon by Apple.

3. Bluetooth does work very well and I have had no problems with it at all.

I have managed to transfer all my contacts over to the phone by sending a file I exported from Address Book, this automatically loaded in to the phones contact list.

I can't seem to do the same with the iCal entries though, these do not get loaded when transfered which is disapointing.

I have sent many files over to the phone, images, mp3, software all have worked prefectly.

The real thing it needs is iSync, lets hope Apple do this soon.

Parky · Mar 1, 2003, 04:09 PM

Just a quick update, I have been sucessfully send emails today now that I have GPRS turned on. Works great through my .mac account, no problems what so ever.

I just wish there was someway of transferring my iCal entries over to the phone, it does not like .ics files that iCal produces.

I might give Entourage a go, if that works then I will switch to that for my Calendar stuff.

Web browsing looks good through the Opera browser, and not that slow to be honest.
I might need to invest in a few MB a month as you pay for the amount of data transfered, not how long you are connected. In fact it's connected all the time :-)

JB72 · Mar 1, 2003, 06:36 PM

I'm envious of you Parky! I wants that phone myself.

I'm sure you can expect Apple to increase their dupport for the Sony P800 as time goes on. It's so new right now.

Apple iSync and Bluetooth, for convenience.

Prepare to fall in luuuuuuuuv (P800 flash site)

JB72 · Mar 1, 2003, 07:05 PM

btw, have you tried Ericsson Client from Jonas Salling? Maybe it works with the P800 too?

k2director · Mar 1, 2003, 08:40 PM

My P800 arrived from Hong Kong on Friday! But I'm travelling and won't get it in my hands until Wednesday! Damn!

iDriveX · Mar 2, 2003, 02:14 AM

Originally posted by k2director:
My P800 arrived from Hong Kong on Friday! But I'm travelling and won't get it in my hands until Wednesday! Damn!

How much was your P800 and who did you go through?

Parky · Mar 2, 2003, 04:03 AM

Just from a UK point of view, my P800 cost �299. ($450)

escher · Mar 2, 2003, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by JB72:
btw, have you tried Ericsson Client from Jonas Salling? Maybe it works with the P800 too?

I hear that Salling's Sony Ericsson Clicker works well with the P800. What a cool piece of software!

Escher

Parky · Mar 2, 2003, 11:57 AM

The Clicker software does not work with the P800, only one small part of it works.

It says on the site that the P800 is nnot supported and that only the proximity feature works.

I'm sure that more things will be developed over time, I would just like iSync first.

higuy83 · Mar 2, 2003, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by Parky:
Just from a UK point of view, my P800 cost �299. ($450)

Hi Parky,

Where in the UK did you get the phone for such a great price?! Do they have an online store?

I have been looking for this phone in the under $500USD range for quite some time without any luck... thanks for your help.

-Brian

Parky · Mar 2, 2003, 05:01 PM

I got my phone from Orange, but I had to sign up for a 12 month contract they won't sell it for that price without a contact.

You can get them without a contract in the UK, I have seen them for around �350 - �400

Tiffany Mac · Mar 3, 2003, 12:25 AM

when you send your contact information to the phone via 'vcards'
so you have to send a vcard for each person
or one vcard for everyone?

how did it handle people with work and home #'s

Parky · Mar 3, 2003, 02:29 AM

I exported the contacts from Address Book all at once into a file. then I sent the file to the phone over Bluetooth. When the phone opened the file it automatically recognised them as contacts and aked if I wanted to add them to the Contacts application.

I dealt with multiple phone numbers fine, all details from the Address Book seem to have been copied over.

Tiffany Mac · Mar 3, 2003, 09:13 AM

i have a specific question.

some phone's don't support multiple #'s for the same name. For example: you will need to enter the person's name twice if you want to have their cell and work #.

How does the bluetooth handle this?
In the Apple Addressbook, you can have mulitple #'s for one person.

When you sent the information to the phone, did it create Bill Jones twice. Once with his home # and once with his cell #

Or did you phone support multiple #'s under a single name?

Parky · Mar 3, 2003, 01:11 PM

Entries in my Apple Address Book that had multiple telephone numbers worked as expected.

They created a single contact on the phone with mutiple telephone numbers belonging to it.

When you choose a contact to ring, you can select which number you want to use.

Here is the response I got back from Sony Ericsson about support for Apple Macs :-

Thank you for contacting Sony Ericsson.

Regarding your enquiry concerning the P800, we have never supported Apple
Macintosh operating systems, but are aware that the iSync software from the
Apple Macintosh website does. If you wish further information on iSync
compatibility with the P800, you will need to visit www.apple.com

Please contact us again if we can be of further assistance and visit our
website at http://www.sonyericsson.com for more information and support on
our products.

Not a lot of help there really !! Looks like it's down to Apple to do something, so we had better not hold out breath :-(