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Sony Ericsson C905

Another camera phone – or phone camera (thanks to its whopping camera resolution) – hits the market, the Sony Ericsson C905 sporting an 8-megapixel camera. This slider phone, weighing at 136 grams, weirdly looks and feels heavier because of its girth, but we need not jump to a conclusion of hate here, we’re just starting.

The Sony Ericsson C905 measures 18 x 49 x 104 mm with the slide closed, with its length shoots to about 135 mm when the slide is opened. The large slide space has been sensibly used for the number pad which is well-backlit and very easy to use. The button arrangement is a little point of contention though.

The D-pad has the camera controls: flash/redeye; auto/macro/face detection/infinite focus; exposure settings; and the timer. Beside the D-pad are two columns of three buttons. The left column houses the soft menu and Call buttons atop the Activity Menu that offers access to reminders, running applications, shortcuts and Internet services. The right column houses another soft menu and End buttons top the Clear key.

The shortcut buttons, D-pad centre button, side-mounted buttons and other two buttons (for various shooting modes and scene modes) are blue backlit when the phone is in camera mode. The last two buttons can also be used as gaming keys, although there ae only three games available in the C905: chess, tennis and racing.

As the C905 is well, a camera pretending to be a phone, much this part of the commentary is devoted on its wonderful camera. Bearing the Cybershot brand, it has a solidly made lens cover that activates the camera’s software simply by sliding it away. It employs a Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom and image stabilization. The images have its blog quality embedded on it, and you can actually upload it directly from the handset. There is also the BestPic multi-shooting system. Geo-tag images through the built-in GPS. The shortcut buttons make it very easy for users to comprehend and te best part is, it takes wonderful pictures.

This quad-band GSM phone has 3G, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. The GPS, aside form geotagging photos, can be used with the pre-installed Google Maps for turn-by-turn routing and the NearMe software that provides information on the nearest entertainment venues and business establishments on your current location.

Other features of the C905 include a music player, a built-in memory of 160MB that can be expanded to 2GB. Bluetooth remote control, sound recorder, mobile email and IM, RSS reader, TV-out (no cables provided), FM radio, five alarms, calendar, task manager, notes taker, timer, stopwatch, calculator, code memo, TrackID, VideoDJ, PhotoDJ and MusicDJ. It also boasts an impressive battery life.