I finally caved in and got myself an Original Night Black unit!

It's charging as I'm typing this but my initial trial with it is pretty impressive.

I'm not the type of user the changes phones everytime a new model comes out. My last phone as the iPhone which was an impulse buy. Before that was a K800i which I bought because my phone at that time (NOKIA 6610) was starting to fail me after more than 4 years of using it.

I'll split up my experience into categories, and of course, compare with phones that I currently own and have tried out.

The following phones are models which I bought/tested recently within the last 2 - 3 years or so:

a) APPLE iPhone 2G (16 GB) - using
b) SE K800i - using
c) NOKIA N85 - using
d) NOKIA 5800 - tested

BUILD

The C905 feels really solid. It doesn't feel too heavy to me (my iPhone's pretty heavy as well) and I like the design of the phone. Some gaps between the slider (top - screen) and the phone (bottom - keypad) but I'm told that its pretty normal.

It feels solid in my hands, and the feel is a little rubbery - like the SE K800i.

USER EXPERIENCE

I was expecting a SE K800-ish experience but I was really surprised at how fast the phone is. I kind of get the feeling that the K800i seems to lag a little now if compared to this.

The N85 seems to lags a little too.

I also bought a Nokia N85 before getting this C905, and I find the buttons on the N85 a little stiff. I've also tested out the new Nokia 5800 (Tube) and I find the touch screen a little lacking. Maybe I've been spoilt by my 16GB 2G APPLE iPhone.

I've never actually tried other touchscreen phones (bad experience with SAMSUNG), never really checked out HTC as well.

Comparing my iPhone and the Tube, nothing beats the iPhone touchscreen experience IMO. Surfing the web on Safari is awesome as well.

The only 2 little complaints I have about the SE C905 are:
a) the placement of the Fast port for charger/headphones
b) the battery cover is pretty hard to remove

Now - you might ask why I need so many phones, and the truth is, in my line of work, I find that having 2 phones is beneficial.

I think I'll use my iPhone as my multimedia device now, and this C905 as my primary phone + camera. Maybe I'll take some photos tomorrow in the day time, when there's more light.

Haven't fully tested out all the functions yet, but I'm very, very, very happy with my purchase

This post has been edited by Bigfoot-X: Jan 25 2009, 12:50 AM

Went for a conference/forum at Cyberview Lodge Resort & Spa today. Breakfast, Lunch, Tea and Dinner provided

Nice place - can't believe I've never taken the initiative to have a look even though I used to work in Cyberjaya for 4 1/2 years!

Here are some pics I took - not a professional, just a point & shoot kinda guy.





















This post has been edited by Bigfoot-X: Feb 5 2009, 11:56 PM

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement guys. I've seen people getting overly critical at times. All of us want the best out of our Cybershot phone so we try to do our best.

Here are some night shots I took end of January at a temple in Jenjarom, Selangor.

Here is the same shot - with flash:



Without flash:




Found that taking the night shots without the flash gave those lights (statues, pagodas) an orange glow which IMO looked nicer.

I think those are water spots. At least I hope they are! It was drizzling a little bit that night

Good morning everyone, Anybody tested out the Day & Night / Everchanging themes that davidmak shared?

Tempted but worried about the risks involved

Some more pics I took yesterday:





Storm's coming:





Some Outdoor Macro shots:





Indoor (didn't change the settings, some shots look pretty grainy to me):









On a sidenote, I was so used to Photobucket's double click to auto-copy links and they've removed that function?!

This post has been edited by Bigfoot-X: Feb 7 2009, 10:21 AM

Thanks - trying to make full use of the Cybershot features. Will try to remember to use the spoiler next time I post pics

And yeah, the changes in Photobucket are annoying. Maybe there's a way to revert back to the old format/layout. Haven't had the time to fiddle with it yet.

Thanks lim47! I wish that was my car!

Here's my old car (Night shot taken with flash):

SPACE MARINE! Can't remember if that's the marine from the Blood Angel Chapter or what.....

Dear brothers and sisters,

Here's a question which I tried to search but couldn't find the answer. Was also looking through the manual but didn't say anything about it either.

I was just wondering if SE removed the Time & Date stamp from the C905? I remember the K800i had an option for us to include Date & Time in the photos but its not in the C905. Or is it available when using the Geo-Tagging (which I haven't used)?

Sometimes i do, but i have that feature turned off most of the time. But its an option i'd like to have

It is (was?) pretty much a std feature on all cameras so i wondered y it wasn't in this hp
1st post on LYN using C905!

Good afternoon,

Something strange happened to my phone today. Clicking on Contacts seems to be lagging, the Internet (EDGE) seems to be lagging as well.

I restarted the phone once, but still the same. Turning it off also kinda slow and the animation also kinda laggy.

Anyone experience this before?

Going to try again after this.

The issue with mine was that there was no lagging whatsover since the first day that I got it, and it just kinda happened over night! And I didn't install anything new on it.

Went down to a SE center at Cineleisure today just to ask them about it. One of the guys there recommended I do a master reset.

Did that and it works like a charm, no more lagging.