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Sony Ericsson’s C905 shutterbug (and friends) in the wild

By in 59420 on June 17th, 2008

Press shots are often beautiful, but the problem with ‘em is that they’re usually about as real as Joan Rivers’ face — not the best way to get a real impression of what a device looks and acts like in the flesh. GSM Helpdesk scored some hands-on time today with the full range of Sony Ericsson’s new wares, and the headliner of the bunch, the mighty 8.1 megapixel C905, is looking ready for battle. Not literal battle, of course, but battle in the marketplace with a whole host of feature phones being released this year from its top rivals — particularly important at a time when market share is falling. The 2.4-inch display is apparently “clear” and plenty impressive for managing your extensive photo library, and we’re digging the

curvy styling; UIQ would’ve been nice, but we suppose the dumbphone set deserves killer cameras too. Also pictured are the low-end J132 and K330, the S302 (which with a 2 megapixel camera, may not be worthy of the name “Snapshot”), and the F305 gaming phone. We’d had high hopes for the F305 — as we do for pretty much anything that can be shaken to control games — but the live shots here are leaving us a little underwhelmed. Maybe the white version will do it justice?