Description
The Sony Ericsson P1 is a stirring new smartphone that is to undoubtedly sway in the current Sony Ericsson portfolio. It is Powered by Symbian OS and featuring a QWERTY keyboard, a touchscreen TFT display with QVGA resolution and a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, it represents the next level of the development of UIQ smartphones. As such, it seems that the Sony Ericsson P1 will be the flagship of Sony Ericsson smartphone line overrunning even the Sony Ericsson P990.

Features
The Sony Ericsson P1 is based on the Symbian v9.1 operating system and UIQ 3.0, an open platform that offers broad potential for multimedia applications from operators/carriers, content owners and third party developers. It supports push email solution including Exchange ActiveSync and BlackBerry Connect, and you can hop on the web via Wi-fi 802.11b and browse with the pre-installed Opera Web Browser, or connect via UMTS. A 3.2 megapixel camera with Auto focus, and a business card scanner is on board as well as a large 2.6" touchscreen with a Transflective Display that is said to be easier to view in bright light conditions. The P1 smartphone has a full QWERTY keyboard for text input and editing documents like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel. Predictive text input and handwriting recognition features are also included. The P1 has a music player, video recording /streaming /viewing, FM Radio, an RSS reader, and it ships with a 512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2(tm)). This Tri-Band GPRS 900/1800/1900 and UMTS 2100 handset with Wi-Fi 802.11b is also VoIP enabled for making calls over the internet.

Specifications
The Sony Ericsson P1 is a Tri-Band GPRS 900/1800/1900 and UMTS 2100 handset with Wi-Fi 802.11b.Detailed specifications of the device include; Operating system: Symbian(tm) OS v9.1, Size: 106 x 55 x 17 mm, Weight: 124 grams, Screen: 262,144 color TFT touchscreen , Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels , Size: 2.6 inches , Networks: P1c/i: UMTS 2100-GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900, Talk time GSM/UMTS: Up to 10 hrs/3 hrs 30 min , Standby time GSM/UMTS: Up to 440 hrs/350 hrs , Video call time: Up to 2 hrs.

Conclusion
The Sony Ericsson P1 offers more than every other Sony Ericsson smartphone before. Positive changes are noticeable both in system performance and in the hardware equipment. In terms of software, the handset is identical to the previous UIQ 3 handsets and when compared to Nokia S60 smartphones it does lose only on Internet calls capabilities, which are much more developed in the latest S60 mobiles. Apart from that, the Sony Ericsson P1 could have put up a very good fight with every competing messenger device currently on the market if it were not for the inconvenient keyboard solution.

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