Announced moments ago, the Sony Ericsson C905 is the first camera phone for the UK that will break the 5 megapixel hurdle, weighing in at a massive 8.1 megapixels. But the thing is? will it put all other mobile phones in the shade?



Sony Ericsson ? the ones who invented the camera phone

If you think back through the history of mobile phones, it's difficult nowadays to imagine them having no camera, since the sum total of mobile phones that don't have cameras in the universe, today, is around 4 and a bit. Camera phones are so ubiquitous, today, that it genuinely IS difficult to picture a time when they weren't around, despite it only being about 5 years ago. Well, it was one company who really started the camera phone madness in the UK, and caused the evolution of the huge variety of camera mobile phones that we have today; that company was Sony Ericsson.

The first phone to hit the UK with a built-in camera was the Sony Ericsson P800, a touchscreen mobile that redefined what mobile phones were all about. And yes, it had a camera. Not a great, to be sure, as it was only VGA, but that's not the point. It opened the way for others to come later. So, it really was Sony Ericsson who started the craze in the UK, back before happy slapping videos, and Youtube uploads from your phone. They were the mould-breakers, the ones who changed the world.

And they've done it again, with their upcoming Sony Ericsson C905, a mobile phone which may well be the greatest camera phone the UK has EVER experienced!

Sony Ericsson C905 ? the new king of camera phones

Let's start with the blatantly obvious: the Sony Ericsson C905 has an 8.1 megapixel camera. It's the first mobile phone destined for the UK to have that, so it's fair to say that it's getting some very admiring glances because of it! The key issue, though, is going to be whether this Sony Ericsson beastie is actually any good, because as everyone knows, increasing the megapixels alone won't make a truly mind-blowing camera phone. It must have good lenses, good software, tons of features and gawd knows what else to make it truly amazing.

Fortunately, know what they're doingtheir stuff (they were the first, remember), so what we have here is not JUST 8.1 megapixels, a figure that other new mobile phones can and will surpass in time. Unlike from other companies, you also have Cyber-Shot technology, meaning it really is a proper successor to your digital camera. And the example photos floating round out there tell us one thing especially; categorically, here and now, the Sony Ericsson C905 is going to blow you away!