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Samsung may be the first to launch a Tizen-based smartphone later this year, but it won’t be the only one with such a device, with Fujitsu and NEC working on their units which should hit the market at some point in 2014. It is likely that the two Japanese handset makers will initially unveil phones…
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…
NEC Medias Tab UL N-08D is an amazing device and one of those products most of us won’t be able to buy. Again, it’s a Japan-only product and it’s likely it won’t make it to the Western hemisphere. There are 2 things that make the NEC Medias Tab UL N-08D an amazing product: At 250…
NEC unveiled a unique smartphone in Japan, one that has two 4.3-inch qHD (540×960 pixel) screens. The first thing we think is Kyocera Echo, though this is a more powerful device, unveiled in the country where people are used to adopting the latest technology (and perhaps unusual form factors). In that sense and unlike the…
Image recognition is getting some serious traction lately with few augmented reality apps adding the capability to better serve its clients (whether these are advertisers or end-users). Japan’s NEC thinks there’s money to be made here, hence it launched such service in its own backyard, providing information on a wide range of subjects, from food…
After Panasonic and Fujitsu, one other Japanese handset maker is going for the rest of the world – NEC, which along with Casio and Hitachi mobile divisions formed NEC Casio Mobile Communications in 2010 and is now the second largest phone maker in Japan. Their new device, NEC Medias 101T, has been caught at the…
NTT DoCoMo and NEC recently announced the Medias N-04C in Japan, which is a mere 7.7 mm thick and weighs only 105 G. As you can see, when lined up next to it, the N-04C makes the 9.3 mm-thick iPhone 4 look like it needs to lay off the donuts. That wasn’t the only thing…
The race to build the slimmest mobile phone possible began with Motorola and their iconic RAZR. When that thing came out not only was the price tag absurd, $500 with a 2 year contract, but it also measured just a scant 13 mm thick. That was simply unheard of back in 2004. Since then devices…
The CES 2011 conference has been an orgy of Android tablets and not many are standing out besides the Motorola Xoom and the Toshiba prototype we saw. Many of the Android slates we’ve seen seem like “me too” device but NEC is trying to change that by bringing an Android device with two 7-inch screens.…
NEC has already dabbled in Android tablets in Japan, but soon (at CES, to be precise) they’ll be showing off something for the North American crowd. The NEC Dual Screen Cloud Communicator Tablet will run Android, have two 7-inch screens, include 3G, Wi-Fi, and GPS, and be stylus-compatible. NEC didn’t mention how exactly those screens…