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After one and a half weeks of frustration with the UPS (I might turn my frustration into another blog post when I have a chance), my Sony Ericsson c902i has arrived to my work place. You have no idea how happy I was and still am, when I unwrapped my new phone. As far as I know, the c902i is not available from any service provides such as Rogers, Fido or Telus. I am not sure about the US but this 3G phone has been available in Europe and Asia for quite some time. We, in America, are always the last group of people to get our hands on the newest gadgets.

The reason why I purchased the c902i is the fact that it has the looks of the K850i which I was extremely close to getting towards the end of last year. I changed my mind because it was just too bulky, specifically how “thick” it is. The c902i fits me perfectly because it has relatively the same design with its blueish lights but packaged in a much slimmer, thinner and glossy black body surrounded by matte black/silver. And it also has a 5 megapixel Cyber-shot camera as well.

Sony Ericsson has also released a James Bond edition which features an attractive titanium silver color housing, obviously you have to pay more.

Click here for full specifications.

I will divide up the review into parts and I will write about my impression of the c902i as I go.

Day 1:

First thing first I don’t like is the box. Yes I know why should I even care, its just a box its not like I will be calling people and carrying around with it. But I’m a presentation person, the previous two Sony Ericsson phone boxes (T616 and K790i) were much nicer compare to this one. I’m not sure if its because its boxed by Vodafone or not. As you can see from the picture, you can clearly see the k790i box is nicest among the three.

In terms of size, it is a clear win for the relatively new c902i. It is as tall as the K790i and taller than the T616 by a little. The T616 is the slimest of all but not by much. And finally the c902i beats both phones hands down with its ultra thin design. Although it is the heaviest among all three but that is because the T616 and K790i are very light weight to begin with therefore the extra weight on the c902i isn’t too noticeable.

Tomorrow, I will play around with the phone’s interface. Stay tuned!

Related articles:
Sony Ericsson c902i hands-on review (Day 2)
Sony Ericsson c902i hands-on review (Day 3)
Sony Ericsson c902i hands-on review (Day 4)

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Online shopping is very common these days and I’m sure many of you have purchased something online at least once through web sites like ebay or Amazon. Its also common sense and also a good idea to research on the item that you want to purchase from multiple web sites instead of buying right away because you might be able to find a better deal. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a web site that had all you need on a single web site?

ShopWiki is a wiki that allows you to search for a wide range of items and list all the stores that have that item for sale. You have the option to go through the search either by alphanumerically or directly typing in search term(s) in the search box. For example (since this is a tech blog I will use electronics as exampls), if you are looking for Canon PowerShot digital cameras you can type that in the search field and it will list all matches. By default, it will list all items that match the price range between $1 – $max price for the item. If you want to narrow down your matches, you can do so by dragging the left or right arrow in the Price Range section.

One feature I particularly like about shopWiki is the fact that it will show the number of stores that have the item you are looking for. Say you are looking for Sony Vaio labtops, the results will have either a “go to store” button or a “See # stores” where # is the number of stores that have the item. If you mouse over the Price or “See # stores” buttons, it will also list 5 stores in a small popup on the same page. For results that only have a single store available, clicking the title, price or the “go to store” button will forward you to the store directly. The store name is also displayed just below the price.

You can find a lot of items from this wiki, even the recently released Sony Ericsson C905 can also be found on the site. This wiki is specifically aimed for Australian shoppers because the stores are of .au.