Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a 8.1 MP Camera Phone Features And Review

If you are looking for a really solid mobile with great reliability and which can take great pictures then you should have no second thoughts about going for Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a.

1. Comes with a decent display screen of about 2.4 inch with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and support for 262k colors.

2. Display screen is made of mineral glass which offers great resistance to scratch naturally so you don’t ever have to worry about your screen getting scratches anymore and also its great to showcase your pictures and videos.

3. Ability to take great pictures even at low light conditions.

4. It has 160 MB of internal memory but the memory capacity can be expanded through optional memory stick like micro M2 cards up to 8GB.

5. Internal phone book can store up to 1000 contacts including multiple numbers and email addresses, also offers support for caller groups.

6. Coming to the best feature of this device, It holds a 8.1 Megapixel camera which can take pictures in up to 4 great resolutions and also you have the option to choose from two different quality for photo output, provides 16x digital zoom, xenon flash, face detection, auto focus and almost everything you would need to take great quality pictures so it can really act as substitute for your digital camera needs and also satisfying the need for a decent mobile.

7. Image stabilizer which reduces the chances of your images becoming blurred.

8. Bestpic function allows you to take up to eight consecutive pictures so you have the choice to choose the best picture out of it and trash the rest.

9. Photo Fix function helps you to alter the contrast and brightness of the pic automatically and also manually to give the best results for your pictures.

10. You have an option to activate the smile shutter so your camera waits till your subject makes a big grin and takes a snap without you having you wait for the golden moments.

10.5. You can upload your picture directly to your blogger account, facebook, flickr, picase and youtube.

11. Apart from its capabilities to take exceptional pictures the camera also capable of recording videos with audio for as long as your memory is exhausted with a resolution of about 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) at 30 frames per second (fps).

12. Offers support for hands-free devices.

13. Device also supports Bluetooth connectivity which lets you to share files over other devices and stream music to Bluetooth compatible headsets.

14. You can connect it to your laptop through an USB cable and use it as a modem to connect to internet.

15. Built-in digital audio player is compatible with a wide variety of formats, including MP3 and AAC/AAC+. Additionally, you can play MPEG4 and 3GPP videos.

16. It has a built-in FM radio with RDS, which displays the name of the currently playing song (when tuned to compatible radio stations).

17. Provides support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols

18. Ability to surf HTML webpages and also ability to subscribe to RSS feeds of your favorite blogs.

19. T9 directory which enables user to quickly type in the word they need for text messages and emails.

Random User Review:

If you have used Sony Ericsson (SE) Phones you probably are aware about their easy well thought out interface that is very sleek and colorful. C905a, had everything you’ve seen in the recent SE phones and it betters with the cool camera utilities and Xenon flash makes the indoor photos worthwile to keep forever unlike the one’s we take with other camera phones to only delete it soon.

I don’t want to review the phone in detail as this model is almost a year old for SE even though AT&T started to carry it just recently.Good thing is nothing newer came from SE to make this phone obselete. In fact, it’s still their best camera phone because of the Xenon flash. The original C905 even has WiFi while this AT&T branded version has WiFi disabled. It can be enabled if you know how to debrand the phone. Search Google for “Debrand C905a” and you should see the solution. It’s very easy and can be done in less than 10 minutes once you download the applications required. But remember, you will lose any the AT&T branded software which to me are useless. The phone even feels faster once debranded. You can even enable the phone to play Youtube once you debrand and make a change in an xml file. Again, google for the info.

The build quality is excellent and much better than W760a.The screen is very bright and readable in sunlight and with sunglasses unlike several other phones. Smart dialing is very useful if you have a huge contact list. Also, from call logs, you can choose “Details” and view all other numbers and for the contact. Comes in very handy when you want to dial a different number of that contact. Installed Opera Mini for browsing and it makes browsing a much better experience compared to the standard browser that comes with the phone. Bought a 8GB Memory Stick Micro Card to add music collection plus to not run of memory when I go on photo-shooting marathon. Unlike iPhone you can delete the songs if you want more memory to take video or photos without having to sync.

Few Cons:
1. Need to debrand to enable WiFi.
2. Video recording is not worth unless you plan to view only on the phone.
3. Default email client is not great. Well, I know it’s not a smartphone.

Positives
1. Excellent camera and Xenon Flash is a HUGE plus.
2. Great music phone as well.
3. Plenty of themes found on web to change the look of the phone menus.
4. Smart dialing and excellent call logs.
5. Super interface to send MMS, and SMS messages.
6. Super bright screen that is bright even in daylight.
7. Debranding gets WiFi, Active Exchange Server features to sync with exchange server for emails, contacts, calendar. I am able to sync contacts and calendar with my google account without having to use SyncML. Again, search google contacts sync for Sony Ericsson if you plan to use SyncML. Or search Sync iPhone Google contacts, calendar and use those same settings for Exchange and it should work.
8. Several free Java apps found on [...] that work great for me including for IMs, Photo uploaders, etc.

This phone may not have touchscreen which is the latest craze but nothing betters this phone in standard phone/SMS/MMS functionality. It is easily the best subsidized non-smartphone out there. I would have given it 5 stars if AT&T released the phone without disabling the WiFi feature. Since, I debraded it’s a 5 star phone for me.

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