Neonode N2 US in Q2 2008

Neonode N2 will be available in the U.S. in Q2 2008. Neonode, a Swedish mobile communications brand, will launch their latest mobile phone Neonode N2 in the US in 2008. Neonode announced that after the N2 has been available in the European market for a few months, it will come to the US’ as well. Its phone carrier and retail availability will be announced in the Q2 of the year, but still there is no exact launch date.

Neonode N2 is an ultra compact touchscreen phone. The cutting-edge phone utilizes exclusive neno user interface and zForce optical touch screen technology, offering users an intuitive and easy to navigate experience.

The finger-friendly touchscreen device is the follow-on to the N1 -- a phone that never even crossed the pond -- and features a 2 megapixel camera, expansion via a rather unusual miniSD slot, and mere GPRS data to ferry bytes down from the network without 3G or even EDGE.

Neonode N2 Specifications:
Telephony: GSM Quadband 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 Mhz bands, GPRS
Messaging: *SMS and MMS
Bluetooth: Obex, Headset, FTP profiles supported
LCD: 2,0? (176×220 pixels) colour display. 65K colours
Storage: MiniSD card
User interface: Neno user interface
Applications: MP3 Player (MP3, WMA, Wav), Calendar and Address book synchronized using ActiveSync
Audio: Stereo sound in headphones, Mono loudspeaker, Vibration engine
Image: 2 Megapixel Fixed Focus Camera, Still pictures, Video play-back (MPEG, WMV), Video Recording (MPEG4)
Dimensions: 47×77x14,7 mm (WxHxT) Weight: Approx 70 grams
Battery Capacity: Talk 4 hours, standby 200 hours”

Neonode N2’s United States phone carrier and retail availability will be announced the second quarter 2008. Neonode will be showcasing Neonode N2 mobile phone, as well as their intuitive technologies at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 7-10 in Central Hall Booth 9817.