GmailFS on Symbian? Questions about the Sony P1i

[okalyddude]

Hi, I'm strongly considering getting a Sony P1i smartphone, as I was drawn to its stability and functionality over the Nokia n95 and n60 series, even though a few have better cameras.

I'm going to be using it heavily for music and internet, using only wifi to access this (i'll get it unlocked and buy sim cards for travel)

I'm going to host a large amount of files (music and videos) from a host server my friend is willing to host for us. I'll be half-way around the world, though, and fear that with limited WiFi connectivity time, I won't want to have to sit and cache up all the files I want. I'll have a 4gb card (they do support these yes? will they support bigger when bigger is out) So what I'll do is load up the music and videos I want then swap them out at a wifi hotspot for the new stuff I want.

A few questions about the general usage I'm going for:

1-reccomendations - Anyone using this device for music, photos, etc, in this fashion? Is the sound quality good etc. I'm probably gonna buy it anyway, but opinions are good.

2-streaming vs caching. If I use an orb style streaming program, I can access it streaming from wifi, and that might be fine for music at the moment, but for loading up all the media i want to swap, might be too slow. Are there any possibilities such as GmailFS to cache up a gig or two of media at a time to a server in order to access it using Symbian, possibly swap media out etc. (for free, i know i can pay for a server in Europe or closer to where I'm going to be)

Also - short caching - When loading up bigger files for streaming, will it simply be able to to short cache the song / video up to where it needs to be then stream?



3-GPS - this device comes gps enabled - does that mean that I'll have access to the GPS functionality without a data plan, simply using the triangulation of my signals? Same with maps, will I be able to have a map program that is on my computer rather than simply using the internet?

4-Games etc - Nes emulator, snes emulator, what exactly is this thing capable of?

5-Hacking / programming - how easy is it to program, and how much is this expected to expand dramatically over the years? I'm looking for a device I can expect to hold on to for years and years as basically an mp3 player, camera, laptop, and phone that I'll be content with the abilities of.

6- Flash - It comes loaded with flash? Does this mean tv-links.co.uk will work on this site? If so I'm sold!

Thanks in advance!

[MichellBak]

1. It's fine for those things and the sound quality with is quite good.
2. I'm not really sure if that's possible on any device. But yes it does 'short cache' the files.
3. It'll cost you the amount of data you use, and that's it (for the first year). I think you'll have to use your phone to download, but didn't try it out.
4. There are a few emulators out there, you should try to do a google search for these.
5. Well, programming should be about the same as S60. If not, then Sony Ericsson assures that applications are easy to port. How much the platform with expand? It'll definitely get bigger - especially because Motorola will do a lot of models based on it in 2008 - but it won't be as big as i.e. S60 in just a matter of years (if ever).
6. You won't be able to use the 'real' Flash objects, as it's only got Flash Lite.

[ijkl109]

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