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roddy
01-02-2010, 09:10
Used to have a Sony-Ericsson W800 and loved it for a) the decent camera, particularly the fact that it could do decent close-up, almost macro, shots; and b) the very simple route from taking a photo to sending it out as an email or MMS - it would automatically resize the photo for MMS, it'd autofill subject lines with the filename, that kind of thing. I used this to do a lot of photoblogging, which I enjoyed.

It was also an all-round decent phone, and even had an FM radio.

After a couple of years of smartphone use and no photoblogging due to poorer image quality and the much less intuitive photo > email process (HTC Touch) I'm giving some serious thought to trying to find something along the lines of the W800. Doesn't necessarily have to be SE, just something with decent image quality on the camera (and good close-ups / macro are a bonus), a smooth process for sending photos out, and isn't too shabby at all the other phone stuff. Doesn't need to be 3G (would like at least EDGE I guess though), doesn't need to be a smart phone.

Any suggestions?

Barnacle
01-02-2010, 09:18
How about the SE C902 ? It's a pretty good phone for something that's not a smartphone and you'll be familiar with the SE OS. Very good camera but I don't think it has a Xenon Flash but does have an RDS Radio.

roddy
23-03-2010, 16:28
Ended up with the SE C903, which I think is more or less the C902 with a slideout keypad and GPS. Getting on quite well with it - the step down from a smartphone is a bit odd, and more than once I've found myself tapping an icon with my finger before realizing that I don't have a touch screen any more. I like having the radio again, the pics are good enough for what I need, and if I ever need to make a phone call I'm sure it'll do that well. Main disappointment in GPS, which isn't nearly as much fun as I thought it would be - as far as I can figure out it contacts a satellite, sends all the electricity from the battery there, and then fails to tell me where I am . . .

Thanks for the pointer.