Do you remember the days when a phone was well, just a phone? No? - Me either. Well soon a phone may be able to scoop your dog poop too.. ahh that would be nice. Well the next entry into the my phone is better than your iphone is Panasonic. The Viera P905iTV is a widescreen movie television, a 2 megapixal camera, a TV and more .. check inside for more details.

As part of the revamp which saw Matsushita rebrand under its more familiar name Panasonic last week, the monolith organisation has released its first Viera-tagged TV focused mobile phone.

Dubbed the ‘P905iTV’, the handset certainly makes one heck of an impression with its slider design dominated by the huge 3.5in 262k colour widescreen display and its impressive 854 x 480 pixel native resolution. Panasonic claims it will manage 30fps playback and has a whopping 4000:1 contrast ratio using its own proprietary ‘LCD Artificial Intelligence’ technology.

The contrast ratio is higher than a lot of normal size televisions

With onboard HSDPA connectivity, streaming mobile TV (Panasonic doesn’t say which flavour(s)), a 2MP camera with autofocus and image stabiliser, TV and audio out ports plus battery life for 230 minutes talk-time (3G) and 160 minutes of video playback the handset is certainly set to peak interest.

Sadly, Panasonic doesn’t go on to specify crucial details such as size, weight, onboard storage (there is an SDHC slot) or pricing and availability (it will also come in white), but I think it’s safe to say Japan shall be the first recipient with an international roll-out to follow if it does well.

We expect the pricing to be in the Blackberry, iphone range, depending on carriage.

So Panasonic has a Viera phone, Sony has a Bravia phone, when can we expect a Regza handset from Toshiba? Personally, I’m holding out for a Kuro mobile from Pioneer…

We have no idea when this will hit the American market, so keep an eye out for more details.