Sony Ericsson on Wednesday announced the C903 CyberShot branded camera phone in India. Boasting of seamless social networking and imaging abilities, the addition of this new phone to its portfolio gives consumers a wider choice. We first heard of the C903 back in February during the Mobile World Congress.

Some Specs and Features of Sony Ericsson C903:

• 5 Mega Pixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
• Video recording at QVGA resolution
• 105 MB internal storage
• Scratch-proof 2.4 inch display with 256K colors (240 x 320 resolution)
• Memory Stick Micro slot (M2), up to 8GB
• GPS with A-GPS
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G
• Bluetooth with A2DP
• USB Port
• TrackID music recognition
• TV-out
• Accelerometer
• Image stabilization, Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
• Phonebook: 1000 contacts
• Battery Li-Po 1000 mAh. Talktime: 10 hours
• Dimensions: 97 x 49 x 16 mm
• Weight: 96 grams
• Sony Ericsson C903 Colors:
  Lacquer Black
  Techno White
  Glamour Red
  Metal Pink
  Warm Silver

This is the first major announcement from Sony Ericsson after the company unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 based Xperia X2 last week. Coming back to the C903, the device boasts of a 5 megapixel camera that features imaging tools like Smile Shutter, Face Detection, Active lens cover, BestPic. It also has the ’The photo Fix’ function that helps the camera automatically adjust light balance, brightness and contrast simultaneously for optimal results. A glaring omission in an otherwise excellent device is WiFi, which would have made the phone a very good media device.

The social networking intentions of the device is obvious, thanks to the presence of the Facebook application that promises to keep users connected to their friends and colleagues. Almost as good as the fully web version of the site, the application allows users to update their status, pictures as well as receive updates about the status of their friends. The C903 also supports video and image uploads to YouTube and Picasa. Another interesting feature is the threaded SMS functionality that displays sent and received messages together; like a single unbroken chat conversation.

The C903 gets support for HP’s Snapfish service that allows users to order for printouts of photographs that are delivered directly to the doorsteps. The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot handset is now available at all Sony Ericsson Experience stores and retail outlets all over the country. The phone is priced at Rs. 18,850.

For more technical details log on to Sony Ericsson product page.

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