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."