The Sony Ericsson C901 Black offers excellent functionality

The Sony Ericsson C901 Black is a new colour variant of this particularly popular mobile phone, which also comes in silver and peach colour variants. The unit is a compact handset which offers a wide array of functionality including the usual Sony
music package, all within a compact unit which measures 105 mm x 45 mm wide whilst being 13 mm thick. The unit is also a lightweight unit weighing only 107 g in weight.

The Sony Ericsson C901 Black comes with a 2.2 inch TFT display screen that offers excellent colour imagery by virtue of the 256,000 colours that it can display within its display screen. The display screen itself has a pixel resolution which is quoted at 240 x 320 pixels, whilst also including a useful accelerometer sensor to automate the task of image orientation.

Ring or vibration alert options are available with the added bonus of being able to utilise downloadable polyphonic, MP3 and AAC files as additional ringtones to the options provided. The handset offers hands free functionality by virtue of its
included speakerphone. The handset comes with photo call functionality due to the phone book, which is able to retain up to 1000 entries.

The handset comes with an internal memory capacity which is 110 MB, whilst by utilising the memory stick Micro facility, this can be upgraded up to a more creditable 8 GB. Connectivity comes in the form of GPRS and EDGE connections, both of which are class 10 whilst blue tooth and USB connections are also provided, which are version 2.0. Internet access is provided by virtue of the HSDPA connection, with available speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps.

The handset comes with a 5.0 megapixel camera which operates at 2592 x 1944 pixels and has the added bonus of including auto focus, a xenon flash as well as an LED flash. Face and smile detection, coupled with geo-tagging offer complimentary features in addition to picture editing capabilities, to complete the
package. In addition the camera also provides QVGA quality video recording capabilities. Entertainment is provided by virtue of the stereo FM radio with RDS, a variety of games as well as the expected MP4/MP3 media player. The media player incorporates track ID music recognition as standard.

The Sony C901 Black is an impressively functional and stylish mobile phone offering a wide range of useful features. Compact in size it is a unit which offers something for everyone.


Author: Chris Pike