Unboxing the Sony Ericsson C905a

Another day, another unboxing :)

I was recently offered to test the second subsidized 8-megapixel cameraphone in the US, the Sony Ericsson C905a the first being the Samsung T929 (Memoir), one of my favorite devices this year.

Of course, being slightly obsessed with mobile photography and rather fond of those quirky Nordic devices, I accepted!

The C905a is the successor to the wonderful Sony Ericsson K850i, which was my primary phone for some time.

It ditches the K850is candybar design in favor of a slider layout, uses a larger screen (2.4″ instead of 2.2″), looses the dual-format card slot (now only M2, not also micro-SD), and adds GPS & WiFi.

Unfortunately, WiFi is disabled in AT&Ts firmware and can only be enabled by debranding the phone

Although feature-wise, the C905a is similar to the Nokia N86 8MP, it is not a smartphone. It trumps the N86 with a Xenon flash, but lacks the OLED display and the standard ports (mini-USB & 3.5 mm audio).

Stay tuned as I compare the C905a camera to the Memoir and the N86 in the meantime, here are my unboxing pictures and unboxing video.

For more information, visit http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/unboxing-the-sony-ericsson-c905a/

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[erichau728]

Debrand your phone to have back wifi :)

[qrpkgrl]

I eventually did - but it's stupid that AT&T disabled it in the first place.

[USFCARTWRIGHT]

@qrpkgrl i have this phone and i was wondering how exactly you 'debrand' it? is it... (illegal) and will at&t find out and cancel my service or what? any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

[qrpkgrl]

@USFCARTWRIGHT debranding and unlocking are not illegal... Remember that you own the phone - you may void your warranty, but that's about it (it's like modifying a car)!

If you click on the link in the video description you'll find more information on my blog about how to debrand/unlock this phone.

[USFCARTWRIGHT]

@qrpkgrl ah ok thank you, im looking at the link under the comments section, but i dont see anything that says 'blog'?

[qrpkgrl]

@USFCARTWRIGHT just click on the link in the video description (expand the text below the video starting with "Another day, another unboxing") - it's a link to the post on my blog about the C905a.

Most of my videos are content for my blog - just Google "tnkgrl Mobile".

[mathnerd101]

i debranded my phone to enable the wifi but for some weird reason it doesnt work any more. do you know what i can do to fix that?

[hitmankayne]

@erichau728 thanks i think i will buy w995 but i rather the c905 for better pics since xnone flash but its so THINK!

[erichau728]

@hitmankayne I don't use at&t, but knowing their usual moves, its probably blocked. But there are tutorials online to enable it to have threaded convos (msn like convos); Usually debranding takes care of it.

[hitmankayne]

@erichau728 is textin like a msn convo oin this phone?