Japanese handset manufacturers must have gone crazy from all the domestic market demands for the high-end devices. So, it doesn’t surprises to see NEC going wild with its latest concepts. Not that they are too futuristic, it’s just I can’t imagine myself using a phone with a carpet or leather keypads. On the second thought,…
Breakthrough NEC technology for longer battery life, higher megapixels
NEC’s really on a roll with innovative new technologies these days. Their new M2 LSI chip allows for twice the power efficiency from the same battery. NEC says that their new system will “drastically cut the energy used by a cellular phone” – giving you a longer lasting mobile phone. Since a phone is only…
NEC awarded patent for smart downloading of files – wifi or over-the-air
With more and more phones these days coming packed with all sorts of wireless technologies, it makes sense that somebody develop technologies that will allow the device which wireless technology is best suited for a particular action. Case in point, the USPTO has awarded NEC a patent on their technology for smart file downloads. The…
Another YoYo concept phone
Yo yo form factor seems appealing to some designers. Last month we’ve showed you ModeLabs’ version of YoYo phone, and this time it’s Shaik Ridzwan that designed such device. Shaik designed this device as senior at Academy of Art University in San Francisco in a corporate-sponsored project. As you can see from the images below,…
NTT DoCoMo premiers FOMA N904i fashion phone in Milan
We’ve already talked about NTT DoCoMo’s plans to enter the fashion phone market. Well, they’re in! As announced, the Japanese carrier worked with an award-winning designer Stefano Giovannoni on the new line of 3G handsets. As a result we now have a ultra-cool FOMA N904i available in Orange Cut, Day and Night, Urban Blue, and…
Cornbread, Corn-oil, Corn-gasoline, Now Corn Phone
Corn really does have a lot of different uses. We can use it for food, cooking, and even gas for our cars (E-85 ethanol). Now, thanks to the R&D team at NEC, we can use corn to make plastics. We’ve seen this eco-friendly technology used to make disposable tableware, but now we can benefit from…
NTT DoCoMo to enter the fashion phone market
Again, it’s the Japanese cell phone market that impresses. It’s not enough that their handsets already look way-too-sexy, NTT DoCoMo wants to add a designer label on them and rip the benefits from fashion-savvy cell phone buyers.