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Janak Parekh
05-23-2003, 09:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=6030' target='_blank'>http://www.smalltimes.com/document_...ocument_id=6030</a><br /><br /></div>If you've been wondering if the Neonode, an interesting compact smartphone built on a custom WinCE solution, is vaporware or not, this technical article talking about a new microphone technology lends some hope to its possible existence.<br /><br />"Neonode Corp., a Swedish developer of mobile communications and media devices, recently announced it will use the SiSonic silicon micromachined microphone from Emkay Innovative Products of Itasca, Ill., in its soon-to-be-released Neonode N1 portable multifunction device. According to Neonode President Magnus Goertz, the solid state microphone saves space, facilitates manufacturing and will ultimately be less expensive for Neonode."<br /><br />At the bottom, they also mention that "...the device will be introduced in Europe this summer, followed by Asia and then the United States. Currently, he said 16,000 units were pre-ordered through his firm's Web site."

Johan
05-23-2003, 11:27 AM
Well that's a bit odd.... In a recent interview with the Swedish magazine Mobil, written 2003-05-19, Neonode tells Mobil that they have decided that they will not give any new release date....

http://www.mobil.se/nyheter/visa.asp?id=6633&sid=1

alan williams
05-23-2003, 02:38 PM
I was under the impression that this device had fallen into the vaporware ether?

Small Town Man
05-23-2003, 03:13 PM
The german Mobile-Mag.de reports that the first 1000 Neonode have been shipped to preorder customers in sweden.
The 520 Euro price tag includes a stereo headset, 64 MB SD-card, recovery software and a set of international power plugs.

http://www.mobile-mag.de/modules.php?name=News&file=categories&op=newindex&catid=5

Andy Sjostrom
05-23-2003, 03:25 PM
These guys are vapor until proven otherwise, in my opinion.
Their track record shows... nothing.