Last year, NEC, Casio Computer and Hitachi unveiled plans to merge their handset making units into a new company called NEC CASIO Mobile Communications. The joint venture was set to launch in April 2010, but that date will be missed as competition authorities required additional documentation. The review process will not be completed within March…
NEC, Hitachi and Casio are looking to become one big happy family in Japan
The number one handset manufacture in Japan, Sharp, may be facing some steep competition if the rumor about NEC getting into a three way with Hitachi and Casio are to be believed. Nikkei is reporting that Japanese publication Yomiuri Shimbun has been tipped offed that the three companies plan on merging their handset divisions as…
Nine New LiMo Handsets Coming to NTT DoCoMo
NEC and Panasonic have introduced nine new LiMo handsets through Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, spread across three families. In the PRIME series, we have the N-06A, P-07A and N-07A; in the STYLE series there’s the N-08A, P-06A, P-08A, and P-10A; and finally the SMART series is including the N-09A and the P-09A. No fresh additions…
NEC, Sharp to bring its phones outside of Japan
Japan’s NEC and Sharp plan to export their handsets to other countries. Both companies were already present on markets outside of the Land of the rising Sun, but have struggled to gain any significant marketshare. Now due to sliding decline in handset sales in Japan, Nec and Sharp are revising their strategy and plan to…
Europe-wide Agreement for microUSB Standard Signed by Apple, RIM, Others
Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, NEC, Qualcomm, Samsung, Texas Instruments and three other wireless heavyweights have all signed an agreement under the eye of the European Commission to adopt a microUSB standard on data-enabled devices. This will hopefully cut down on consumer waste when it comes to chargers, as well as make life easier when switching…
NEC Announces 12 Megapixel Mobile Camera Chip Supporting 1080p HD Video
Sony Ericsson had announced their 12 megapixel camera module a couple of months ago, but now NEC is keeping them company with this here CE143 chip. We had heard rumblings that a 12 megapixel handset would be coming out from Samsung at Mobile World Congress, so if it does get announced, it’s entirely possible they…
NEC Presenting Four Handsets for DoCoMo at MWC
NEC is presenting four handsets at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in two weeks, all based on the 22-phone lineup scheduled to be wrapped up by March. The Prime N-01A is a multi-configurable touchscreen device with 3.2 inch VGA screen, 5.2 megapixel camera with advanced face detection and auto focus and SRS TruMedia for virtual…
NEC develops modular E-Ink displays – Large, multi-tile e-Paper displays on the way!
When it comes to the future of digital data consumption, we’re going to see the LCD display eventually give way to OLED technology, and eventually to holographic technology. But, active displays aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. For color, contrast, and response time, you just can’t beat an actively powered display. But, the “future” has reserved…
NEC looking to bring “Bubble Talk” voice SMS messages to carriers
There’s no denying that SMS text messaging has been a tremendous success. With hundreds of millions of SMS users worldwide, it makes sense that NEC is looking to cash in on what it hopes will be the next-generation of the short messaging service. NEC demonstrated their “Bubble Talk” technology at NXTcomm in Las Vegas and…
NEC shows off sexy fuel-cell handsets – NEC Flask Phone
While NEC’s Flask Phone might not help you smuggle any reasonably-priced alcohol into that kitschy nightclub in West Hollywood, it’ll help you save the environment one handset at a time. The NEC Flask Phone features a large liquid-reservoir that holds the precious “fuel” that is converted to electrical juice. Without the need to recharge the…