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Sony Ericsson C905 review: Cyber shot, cyber hot

29 October 2008 | Read the review | Post your comment
Sony Ericsson C905 review: Cyber shot, cyber hot - read the full textHigh megapixel count is the rage these days and Sony Ericsson C905 is adding fuel to the fire. The first 8 megapixel GSM cameraphone to make headlines is shipping as we speak. On top of geotagging...

 

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great review. i dot need a digital camera anymore. SE RULE

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  • 2008-10-30 16:15
  • mc9G

Let us hope that this device, along with the forthcoming G705 and T700 will ensure that SE remains successful over the medium to long term in this marketplace. Going forward it must begin to review what OS it will use in its future feature devices (ie further enhancements to the A200 Java platform) and whether it may make better sense given the increasing conveegence of digital technologies to actually abandon having separate mobile device product lines such as one for photography (CyberShot) and one for music (Walkman). True all-rounders, such as the excellent K800i from over a year ago, prove that people will go for a device which offers a valuable and comprehensive feature set instead of one which offers good features in one area but not another.

This device, when the price declines in 2009, should sell well.

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  • 2008-10-30 15:45
  • mcVx

> In reply to David @ 2008-10-30 13:48 from p8ck - click to readwalkman 3 has better acoustics than media player 3 - in other words, clearer and crispier sound.

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  • 2008-10-30 15:36
  • 2AuH

Does anybody know if there is alot of audio quality difference between a music player 3.0 and a walkman player 3.0? Or is it the basically the same audio software but with different player options?

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  • 2008-10-30 13:48
  • p8ck

One of the best undocumented function is the Exchange ActiveSync, I'm surprised that it is part of the firmware without additional download unlike Nokia Mail For Exchange.

see : http://plwh888.livejournal.com/732876.html

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  • 2008-10-30 13:35
  • TIE7

bad video recording. juz qvga. cant record vga and slow motion. Samsung better

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  • 2008-10-30 13:33
  • ibgH

still using the old style UI. so disappointing. it cant view basic microsoft office documents. cheap.

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  • 2008-10-30 13:30
  • ibgH

Hi guys .. at this point i want to ask the reviewers few questions ...

1.) How fast is the new UI of C905 compared to k850 ?? coz all know that K850 UI is sluggish and can get really slow when used with Media Player ....

2.) And I wish reviewers also add something mode specification like CPU used , RAM , and other stuff.. so that it will make technical person or one who are interested in multi tasking , a bit easier to select the phones... any what CPU is used and how much is the working RAM compared to K850 ?

3.) How fast does the phone takes the picture ( 8MP , storage : memory card ) ?

thanks for the great review guys .. keep up the good work.... !!!

and one small request to gsmarena ... i wish u guy do a review or article on the firmware / post release problems faced by users ... ( coz i have K850 and it can even take a photo in night without over exposing the photo and still it hasn't been addressed till date even in their latest firmware.. and it seems we early shifters to SE flagship are suffering with firmwares not getting released to address basic problems... and if that's the case in this phone too then it will bring in great hatred towards SE ... that's why gsmarena should conduct a review/article regarding this ...

Thnks guys ///

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  • 2008-10-30 13:30
  • upYf

The Sony Ericsson C905 also has Panorama Shot.
I just wanted to add that :o)
(Under "compare with LG and Samsung" )

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  • 2008-10-30 12:46
  • MId%

SE have used the same old FM radio interface ever since the W800i. It's about time they updated it so it is more like the one used on, say, the W960i. Yes it was UIQ but SE could use similar technology in its regular handsets, with fullscreen graphics and advanced RDS information.

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  • 2008-10-30 10:26
  • mc3t

the video recorder quality so cheap :(

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  • 2008-10-30 10:00
  • ib7n

Best feature phone maker is back :)

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  • 2008-10-30 09:42
  • 0v%e

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-30 08:45 from PFFM - click to readThe C905 has a focal length of 5.91 and not 5.2

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  • 2008-10-30 09:31
  • vwvb

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-30 08:45 from PFFM - click to readQuite well said!

I wish to add that a tag soft image is a way better than an oversharped image, as you can always sharpen it later in a software as photoshop. Things get even better if you are familiar with the different ammounts and values that the sharpening tool of the Photoshop gives - from a rough sharpening of an image to a fine sharpening that only brings deails in front.

As one said it in the previous posts, "Down sized images look amazing though". For internet sharing or online viewing, images should only be considered when downsized. Being an advanced prosumer photographer, I almost never crop/use/view images at 100%. Full crops are only applicable when I select from a series of images which one is the sharpest so as to add it to my photo DB.

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  • 2008-10-30 09:17
  • 0BiV

How is GSMArena biased for reviewing one phone before another? Do you know the system which GSMArena reviews handsets? If you dont, I suggest you dont come to conclusions before you come with evidence that they are biased.

A biased report would be something like this:

http://www.cnet.com.au/mobilep...ser_comments

read the "downside" section.

Think again when u decide to call GSMArena biased, because this guy probably was more biased.

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  • 2008-10-30 08:59
  • PFFM

> In reply to sniper_supra @ 2008-10-30 07:58 from w0QQ - click to readI agree with you, looking at the foilage in some of the photos take from the C905, there seems to be alot of blur but this can be explained by the wider andgle it can capture.

The focal length of the C905 is only 5.2mm which means that it is a wider angle but this means that less pixels will be used for, lets use for example, a leaf or a car license plate.

With a larger focal length, there will be a smaller area of space that will be captured and this means more pixels will be packed into this smaller area thus usually creating a more detailed picture.

Nonetheless the C905 seems like a very capable shooter, and like GSMArena said, will be tough contender with the rest.

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  • 2008-10-30 08:45
  • PFFM

was it just me or I think that photos are a bit blurry for an 8 mp cam?

Down sized images look amazing though.
Owning k850 by the way.

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  • 2008-10-30 07:58
  • w0QQ

omg it's look dangerously nice on review;s image
but i want to copare images between these 8megapixel phone throug gsm arena

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  • 2008-10-30 06:09
  • up7g

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-10-30 04:58 from PUTD - click to readNo because Samsung INNoV8 has way too many features to cover so that's why it's taking them quite a long to finish reviewing it that's all, not to be biased or anything. SE did make a great effort to actually chang the lens to a different type, it sure is better than the PIXON but it definitely falls short in the video recording part, QVGA? When Nokia recorded videos vga resolution SE could only record qcif now Samsung and LG have moved to vga and even slow-mo qvga but SE is still using qvga? Man, they need to make the plunge now.

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  • 2008-10-30 05:12
  • uBFe

> In reply to Bassy @ 2008-10-30 04:45 from Rxfx - click to readbcoz samsaung is crap i think.

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  • 2008-10-30 04:58
  • PUTD
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