New Sony Ericsson Mobiles

8 MP Sony Ericsson Cell phone!

Yeah!...You read right! Just as I thought that a 5MP on a camera phone was gonna be the standard for a while, Sony Ericsson has gone ahead and announced the 8MP

Sony
Ericsson C905

code-named Shiho.

This phone which had been kept under wraps for long has finally been officially announced by Sony on 17th June.

This 3G and EDGE enabled little wonder, sports a cool 8.1MP camera which boasts of auto focus , image stabilization, xenon and a photo flash , BestPic, red-eye reduction, face detection and a new feature called Smart COntrast. The cam is capable of producing a maximum image resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels.The shocking resolution will give you brilliant A3 size prints as well! The cell also has some cool pre-installed applications like Cam Plus which adds some shooting modes to the camera.

The C905 is honoured with the presence of built-in WiFi with DLNA-support, so all media in your home can be shared. It's also got a GPS with geo-tagging, TV-out, stereo bluetooth, the Netfront 4.5 web browser...so its a complete wireless networking device.

It also has an acceleromater. This means that the the pictures will change to landscape mode when you tilt the phone. [similar to the way the iPhone does]

The battery is good for 380 hours of standby or 9 hours of talk on GSM networks.

Besides that, all standard features like a nice audio & video player, FM, card slot, etc. are obviously included.

The only thing I was not so keen on was the size and the look. At 136g and dimensions of 104 x 49 x 18, its quite bulky. Its as big as the Nokia N81. But, if your used to carting around a bulky handset....the size wouldn't be too much of an issue, I think.

There's no info as yet about the possible price of this phone. It'll be available in the 4th quarter of 2008 in different colours like Copper Gold, Ice Silver & Night Black .

Here's a demo of the phone to get you more excited:





Sony Ericsson Gaming Phone

The

Sony Ericsson F305

is a normal mid-range quad-band GSM/EDGE device. But wait! Its not that boring. It offers an interesting gaming feature to the market.

The display is a 2-inch TFT with a standard 176X220 resolution. It has a 2MP camera [lacks autofoucus], FM, stereo bluetooth, music & video player.

Now, the interesting part! The speciality of this phone is that it is has an accelerometer which is a built-in sensor that is utilised while gaming. [This made me think of the Wii actually] . The F305 comes with three pre-installed games on the device (Bowling, Bass fishing and Jockey. So, if you feel like playing some bowling for example you can do that by simply swinging the handset as if you are to throw a bowling ball. Or if you feel like fishing, you can just swing the phone like a fishing line! Just don't end up throwing the handset in the bargain!

Additional motion games developed by Gameloft can be downloaded at PlayNow.

Some of the games can be played in multiplayer mode via bluetooth. This phone also has some special keys on its console which are to be used for gaming.

All in all, its a nice handset...especially for those looking for a new gaming experience. Also, its not expensive and that increses its attractiveness. And yeah....you can pimp the look of this cell using Style-Up covers. Two covers are included in the retail box itself!

The Sony Ericsson F305 in the 3rd quarter of this year in Polar White and Mystic Black colours. No details about tentative price as yet.

You can check out the official F305 promo here-

These handsets already have me drooling! I think we'll see even more innovative cellphones in the future.