To little to no fan fare, AT&T finally launched Sony Ericsson’s C905a yesterday.  It’s $179.99 after a 2-year and $50 mail-in-rebate.  The phone has been on the market in other regions for some time so the news of its arrival to the states although welcome, is rather moot.  But of note it is AT&T’s first 8 megapixel camera phone and include GPS, a Xenon flash, music player and a 2.4-inch 320×240 LCD.

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Today Nokia announced the pending arrival of their flagship Nokia N86 8MP camera phone to the U.S. shores. This powerhouse of a camera (phone) sports numerous features including:

• S60 3rd Edidtion Feature Pack 2
• 2.6 inch AMOLED screen
• 8 megapixel camera featuring f/2.4 to f/4.8 aperture, mechanical shutter, dual-LED flash, wide-angle Carl Zeiss (sounds more of a camera than a phone)
• aGPS

The phone will be available in the States in the coming weeks for a hefty $558.00.

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Might this be the HTC Firestone? If so, sources behind the leak say it includes GSM connectivity, a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display, 600mhz Qualcomm processor, 256MB of RAM, microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Like many of today’s smartphones HTC has also tossed in an accelerometer for auto screen rotation and a yet to be confirmed 8 megapixel camera. Expect the HTC Firestone to officially surface this August.

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