Sony Ericsson P990i dropping this week in UK?

Yes, we know that Expansys' release dates tend to be, shall we say, moving targets. Call us optimistic, but their UK site's currently showing an estimated 4 days to availability, possibly putting units into the hands of patient British technophiles as early as this week. As a refresher, Sony Ericsson's latest top-of-the-range smartphone is currently in the process of pulling a BenQ P50, having been announced nearly ten excruciating months ago. Be that as it may, the P990i will still be the best way to get yourself to the tippy top of the UIQ hill and we don't put it past an American or two to import the thing -- despite lacking both GSM 850 and UMTS 850 / 1900.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2006 7:14AM]

Does anybody know if this will have wi-fi?
Mike

[xbit Posted Jul 31st 2006 7:37AM]

It has WiFi, yes.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2006 7:46AM]

I gave up waiting for this thing to replace my playschool p800 ages ago. nokia n73 will have to do til the htc meldoy is released (whenever the hell that might be)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2006 9:40AM]

This phone looks very cool although the processor could be a little faster...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2006 10:18AM]

Does it really cost $1,000? That's outrageous!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2006 11:00PM]

Email conversation between one of our employees and two SE employees (names are changed). I was cc'ed.

Dr. Michael: Roger,
Before you run out and acquire the the P990i for us, can you give us a contact to determine if they have a US version?

Roger (SE): OK, Michael, I'll check for you at SonyEricsson in London. Meanwhile, check the website in the U.S. sonyericsson.com I guess you did that, anyway.

Roger: Hi David, I have a question that I can't seem to get answered on the sonyericsson website and don't know who else to ask. Is there a U.S. version of the P990I? Cheers, Roger

David (SE): No there is not.

Roger: David, You're quick! Cheers, Roger.

Roger: Hi Michael, This came back like a Farnsworth fastball from Sonyericsson's VP for Marketing. Sorry about this. Cheers, Roger.

Dr. Michael to me: Now what?

-the end-

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 1st 2006 7:25AM]

Great, only 10 months late.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 1st 2006 3:46PM]

dudes the date was known a great while back.

Go to www.widgx.net and it shows August 4th and the shipping date.

Widgx comparison is almost never wrong and usually has the dates.

They say the D900 is around August 3rd as well.