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It's that time again when I get to upgrade my phone, and after much thought I've gone for the Sony Ericsson C905. As I have an iPod Touch, I didn't think it would be worthing getting an iPhone, or similar, and the lure of the 8.1 mega-pixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS was too much to resist. And hey, I'm a Sony Ericsson lover, and it would take a lot for me to look somewhere else.

First impressions are good - the camera is great, though obviously not as good as a stand alone camera with a decent lens. Not only are the photos of high quality, but the video is nice and smooth. I had contemplated getting a video camera, but I won't bother now, as the C905 does the job very well. I have noticed that due to the size of the photos, when they get compressed for media messages, they become pretty unusable. This is putting a dent in my Twitpic addiction, and I'm not sure there's a way around this without taking the photos in a lower resolution, which kind of defeats the object of getting this phone...

The phone does link well with Blogger, and I may have to start using this for posting photos and videos from my phone. You can add other blogs to the phone, but it doesn't seem to like MyOpera It just sends it an MMS (which has arrived at the time of writing this post), and as my MyOpera cannot remove the operator message, I'm reluctant to do this.

The Wi-Fi on the C905 is excellent, and using Opera Mini with it is superb. The GPS, on the other hand, is not so good, and it doesn't help that the Java version of Google Maps doesn't seem to be compatible with it. It appears to be a known issue, so hopefully there'll be an update to fix this at some point. I didn't expect much from the GPS, but at the moment I'm struggling to see that it'll be useful at all!

Apart from a few niggles, I'm happy with the choice. The camera alone makes it worthwhile for me, as I'm finding myself wanting to take my camera with me more and more. This way, I can carry less, and still take some decent pics. Hopefully the GPS will improve, but this phone should keep me going for a while!

I've been tagg.ed by .ed, who's got a fascination with statistics, and wants to know how people use their mobiles. I would think this was a tad odd, if I didn't share that fascination. Although Ed clearly uses his phone far too much, I do use my phone for a variety of reasons, not just calling.

My phone is the Sony Ericsson Z710i. Like Ed, I'm a Sony Ericsson fan - my last 4 phones have been SEs, and I can't see me changing. Although I'm not particularly pleased with this particular model, it's been solid. I don't usually choose flip phones (this is my first), but I think I got the idea of changing through a phase of watching "24". My next phone won't be a flip - I miss having a decent camera, and my next phone will most likely be the K810i.

On with the statistics!

Model: Sony Ericsson Z710i
Date activated: Somewhen in November 2006
Days in use: ?

Messages and Data

• SMS Sent: 954
  
• MMS Sent: 8
  
• Data Sent: 2891303B (about 2MB)
  
• Data Received: 6981749B (about 6MB)
  
• Time Transferring data: 5:09:11
  

Calls

• Last Call: 00:01:39
  
• Total Call Time: 13:07:26
  
• Outgoing Calls: 5:55:59
  

Memory

• Phone: 16MB free
  
• Memory Stick: 16MB free
  
• Pictures: 7.4MB 77 files
  
• Videos: 1.2MB 4 files
  
• Sounds: 36.2MB 45 files
  
• Themes: 1MB 6 files
  
• Web Pages: 2kb 12 files
  
• Games: 1.6MB 4 files
  
• Applications: 1.2MB 5 files
  
• Documents: ?
  
• Messages: 147kb 108 files
  
• Downloads: -
  
• MSN Messenger: -
  
• AIM: -
  
• Yahoo Messenger: -
  

Contacts

• Contacts: 101 (1000)
  
• Numbers: 105
  
• SmartChip: 92(145)
  

And now who to tag! Well I know that Furie is a big mobile fan, so I think he'll be interested in this. The same goes for The Good Doctor. Finally, the G man.

Good luck!