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I wanted to try out the NEC Medias W more than any other phone at Mobile World Congress. We’ve already talked about it in the past, but this was the first time I had a chance to play with a single unit.
As you may know, NEC’s baby is a folding smartphone that comes with two 4.3-inch screens. The best part is that these two can either work separately (for real multi-tasking) or as one big screen.
The similar lookin’ Kyocera Echo was released few years ago but it hasn’t managed to attract enough buyers. The NEC Medias W is a better device and it will soon starts selling in one of the world’s most-advanced smartphone markets (Japan), bringing all the benefits of a big screen device (phablet) without forcing users to buy jeans with bigger pockets.
Aside from showing off NTT DoCoMo’s version of the phone, NEC also had some prototype unit at its booth, presumingly to pitch other carriers. And while we don’t have any information whether some European carrier is looking to launch the Medias W, we do hope something like that will happen at some point in the future. In the meantime, check out our hands-on images from a gallery below…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
