myPhone

So our AT&T contract finally came up for renewal recently, and not a moment too soon. While we liked the size & features of our last phones, the build quality was pretty bad. I went thru 2 of em before pilfering Jenny's, while she rode out the final months on a borrowed flip phone. Strange then that we chose the same manufacturer for our new phones huh?

Introducing my new best friend, the Sony Ericsson C905.

So, why this one?

Well, for Jenny it's the camera - 8.1 megapixels with a real flash. Given that it's part of Sony's Cyber-shot line, you could say this thing is actually a camera with a phone built in, rather than the other way around. And so far, it seems to perform like one.

My main goal was to figure out how to get all the features of a "smart phone" without agreeing to AT&T's $30/month data plan. This guy won the job because despite it's smart-like features, AT&T doesn't consider it so. Thus, they're only charging me $10/month for unlimited data.

The highlights...

• 8.1 mp camera with a real xenon flash
• Opera Mini full HTML web browser that supports Youtube
• Wi-fi connectivity
• MP3 & video player
• Email clients for Yahoo (personal) & Outlook (work)
• GPS (works with Google Maps, Yellow Pages, etc)
• Calls, txts, reminds me to do things, and fits nicely in my pocket

Along with getting new phones, I took the opportunity to change up our voice & texting plans so they match our current usage. With all services, taxes & fees, we're now around $95/month, about what we were paying on the last contract, only now with many more features on much more capable devices. I feel like I beat the system - yay me!