My thoughts on it after a few weeks of use (Score 1)

i was lucky enough to get p800 on orange in the uk a few weeks ago.

There are deffinately problems with this device, it's quite big, the lack of t9, the memory format and the lack of a keyboard (for me now writing text messages takes longer then on my sharp gx10).

However, i can deffinately say that this is one of the most amazing bits of technology i have ever owned, not for really as it comes as standard but for what it can do with a few apps installed.

Opera and it's small screen page rendering technology is absolutely unbeleiveable. I have yet to find a web site that i cannot use via it, it's perfect for surfing the internet during lectures!

also the fact that it is an mp3 player (though it only comese with a 16meg memory stick as standard, 64 meg ones are avaliable now for £70 and 128 ones will be out in a few days) which i find hugely usefull, meaning that i always have music with me where ever i go without the need to carry an extra device.

also video playback is amazing on a phone, i can load of southpark episodes and view them on my way home from the pub while sitting on the bus.

also the instant messenger apps for it are hugely usefull. i use tipic ME version 1.2 at the moment which allows me to use my icq and msn account on my phone. you cannot begin to realise how usefull i find this, i can remain connected all day to the service via gprs for a few pence a day. it means i can instant message people instead of using sms. (watch out networks your are going to lose a load of money on people doing this)

Include with this the irc client avaliable and the putty port avaliable and it becomes very usefull.

then finally there is the BEST thing about this phone by a long way in my opinion, it has probably my favourite game ever avaliable on it - Secret of monkey island - avaliable by a program called escummvm that allows you to play any of the old lucasarts games (including mokey island 2, day of the tenticle.......) you can get it from the forums at http://my-symbian.com (http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1401& highlight=escummvm) though you have to register first before you can use it.

With this phone the main problem for me is the lack of a keyboard when the flip is open. However without the touch screen interface the phone would be unable to work as well as it does.

I personally think that this is a revolutionary piece of technology.

despite peoples reservations this IS deffinately the best unified communcations device/pda avaliable.

period.

Jon