Hang on, have Panasonic given their new P905i cellphone a dubious champagne casing? Nineties colour choices aside, the P905i is another of those damned intended-for-Asia handsets that most of us are forced to admire from afar: glorious VIERA 3.2-inch 480 x 854 screen with a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, HSDPA, GPS, 5.1-megapixel camera and 1-Seg mobile TV, it’s enough to make you vomit over your dull Nokia.


Intended for NTT DoCoMo, the P905i runs the LiMo open-source Linux mobile OS and supports Windows Media video and audio files. There’s a full internet browser, document viewer, Bluetooth and the ability to record mobile TV direct to a microSD card. As a triband GSM (900/1800/1900MHz), W-CDMA/HSDPA (800MHZ, 1.7/2GHz) device you could probably pick one up on import, but don’t expect all the shiny features to work. No, just covet from a distance like the rest of us.






















