Sony Ericsson G900 Reviews

Sony Ericsson has released a veritable feast of mobile phones very recently and the head of the table belongs to the G900. At first glance the G900 looks remarkably similar to the upcoming G700. The two handsets even have exactly the same dimensions and both weigh in at 99 grams. The keypad and screen of the G900 has the same utilitarian look as previous Sony Ericsson models but this is not a bad thing as such. The keypad is clear and easy to use and the buttons a have a similar size and look to the buttons on the K800i. One black mark against the G900 is the memory card slot, or rather the lack of it. To put your M2 memory card in the G900 you have to remove the battery and place it in a slot underneath. Removing the card after putting it in is then a task that should be on the krypton factor, should they ever bring it back.

The real meat of the G900 lies in its superb array of features. For a start the phone has a five megapixel camera that combines with the touchscreen. Although it doesn't come close to the iPhone, the G900 has a great camera with auto focus and multi shot functions that can be accessed through the touchscreen. You can also frame your shot and then decide where to focus by moving your finger along the screen. It's surprisingly intuitive and after a while you start to wonder why every camera phone doesn't have this level of functionality. Unfortunately the camera does take some time to fire up and shot-to-shot time isn't really what you"d expect from Sony Ericsson, maker of the popular cyber shot phones. But all in all, the camera on the G900 works very well and it may even be tuned further before release.

The G900 also has full Wi-Fi support as standard along with 3G compatibility and some very capable browser software. The browser performs at a good pace and has enough configurations to keep even the most tech savvy user happy. Unfortunately the G900 is not HSDPA compatible which is a bit of a backward step. Full Wi-Fi does go some way towards making up for this but it would have been nice to have faster speeds on the move.

The Sony Ericsson G900 is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand the five megapixel camera with touch focus lends the phone a real innovative feel but this is deflated by the lack of HSDPA compatibility which is something that high end phones released a year ago even had. If we are going to go backwards why don't we have rotary keypads! But the G900 manages to overcome this and it will definitely not disappoint you.

Make	Sony Ericsson		GPRS
Model	G900		3G
Air Interface	GSM		HSDPA
Coverage (Band)	Quad		Wi-Fi
Handset Type	Standard		Bluetooth
Dimensions	49 x 106 x 13 mm		IrDA
Weight	99 g		USBv2.0
Talk time	Up to 12 hours		GPS
Standby time	Up to 380 hours		Push e-mail
Camera5.0MP			Predictive Text
Camera Flash			MMS
Video Cameraas MP4			E-mail
Audio PlayerAAC, MP3			Memory CardM2
FM Radio			Java
RingtonesMP3			BrowserRSS Reader, WAP 2.0/XHTML
Headphone Jack			Organiser
GamesDownloadable			Touchscreen
Internal Memory160 MB			Vibrate
Video Calling