Sony Ericsson C903 deals & review

The recently announced Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber shot mobile phone is the latest addition to the Cyber-shot camera mobile phone portfolio of Sony Ericsson. This slim slider phone features a 5 mega pixel auto focus camera with dedicated camera keys and protective lens cover. Several software characteristics polish the phone’s photo enhancements, such as Face Detection, BestPic and Smile Shutter technologies. The images are stored on a Memory Stick Micro M2 external card and are uploaded to Internet-based photo services, such as Flickr and Picasa. GPS technology can be used for geo-tagging your favorite pictures onboard. The phone has robust integration of music with A2DP and FM radio Bluetooth support for the stereo headsets. It also supports video streaming and web browsing, along with a huge variety of multimedia features.

Specifications

• 5.0 mega pixels camera
• 16x digital zoom
• Photo Fix
• Video blogging
• Picture blogging
• Auto Focus
• Smile Shutter for automatically snapping a photo when someone smiles
• Face Detection for identifying up to 3 people in a frame
• BestPic for firing off nine picture in a row, allowing the users to pick up their favorite one
• Photo Flash
• Video recording
• SnapFish
• Image and Video Stabilizer
• TV out
• Auto rotating 2.4 inches display
• GPS support
• NetFront Web browser
• 105 MB internal memory
• Stereo Bluetooth
• GSM/ EDGE/ GPRS Quad band connectivity

Looks and Design

Available in three different colors, including Techno White, Glamour Red and Lacquer Black, this phone is 97 mm x 49 mm x 16 mm in size and weighs only 96 grams. The battery life has been estimated to be 17 days of standby and 10 hours of talk time. Sporting a sliding design, the phone has an angular look with rounded corners. The mechanism of the slider is solid and it feels very comfortable in hand. The 2.4 inches display features sharp graphics and bright colors and the icon-based menu interface is intuitive and simple. 4-way toggle is found with an OK button in the center, 2 soft keys, shortcut button, clear key and talk and End/ power control buttons. The soft keys are pretty small but the array is quite spacious. Other exterior controls are volume rocker, player button and camera shutter.

Overall

The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber Shot phone offers integration with the YouTube, allowing the users to upload and download videos directly from and to their mobile phone. The PictBridge feature allows printing the photos directly from the phone without the need to download them onto a computer. The MP3 player is equally impressive supported by A2DP Bluetooth stereo support. PlayNow services can be accesses for downloading the mobile content and TrackID can be used for identifying the names of songs or artists. The FM radio includes GPS with A-GPS and RDS support, Google Maps and subscription to Wayfinder Navigation application. Apart from all these, the phone also boasts of features, including RSS reader, instant messaging, email client and full functionality of PIM.