Yesterday, NEC Corporation announced that they have developed a corn-based bioplastic that conducts heat faster than stainless steel, and it aims to mass-produce the material starting in April 2008 for use in mobile phones and other portable devices. NEC also said the material could help make laptops and mobile phones thinner and lighter by eliminating the need for heat-releasing sheets or fans.
The bioplastic is expected to make electronic products more environmentally sound, while solving conventional heat release issues. Apparently, the composite is extremely environmentally friendly as it is mainly composed of biomass-based components including the binder (the biomass ratio exceeds 90 percent, excluding inorganic components such as the carbon fiber).
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NEC Develops Heat-Conducting Bioplastic for Phones
Tags: mobile phone, bioplastic, corn, laptop, conventional heat
Since the previous release of NEC e-series, the FCC has approved the sleek black bodied NEC e373. This is a new 3G mobile phone which has been released in Italy. It has a nice black body design, although it is not as slim as other e-series. The size of the phone body measures 92 x 44 x 19.2 mm and the weight is well controlled at 90 grams.
Its display screen is only 65k colors, but it is also equipped with dual camera module for video calls. MP3 player and multimedia features are almost useless with only 32MB internal memory, especially because users are unable to get a memory card slot on his phone.
It’s a real bad design for a 3G phone. Since it support GSM triband and UTMS network, US mobile users will be able to use the phone.
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NEC e373
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NEC has announced a new credit card size touch screen N908 phone in Hong Kong. The N908 is as small as a credit card, measuring, only 12.8mm (0.5 inches), being very easy to handle. By removing the keypad, producers were able to cut down its size. The small gadget is one of this years slim phones and comes with all the multimedia function to meet any consumer fad. The phone can play music and video files, is able to read MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / 3GP / MPEG4 format. If you consider the internal memory as insufficient we are pleased to tell you that anyone can add a microSD card to store more files on the go.
A 1.3 megapixel camera is placed at the back also enabling you to get a dual stereo speaker at the 2 side of the camera. It also provides with a quick access button for camera, volume control, power on/off, and key lock control is put at the side of the phone. Anyone is able to sync the phone with the personal pc through the USB connection. Bluetooth connection is also available for wireless connection. NEC N908 will be released to Asia market in Q3 this year.
NEC N908
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Tags: phone, music, mp3, camera
