AU Neon design details
By Andres Palmiter 
posted Mar 13th 2006 12:17PM
posted Mar 13th 2006 12:17PM
AU's Sanyo Neon is sure to become the envy of every teenage girl in Japan, and without even participating in the megapixel
wars. One of the six EV-DO
phones AU recently rolled out, the Neon's specs aren't too different from the current crop of midrange flip-phones:
2.4-inch QVGA screen, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 50MB internal memory, miniSD expansion slot, and EV-DO. The real magic is
that a series of red LEDs make the plastic casing appear to be a large external screen. When the Neon is docked, the
external screen functions as a clock or music player, and when it's not, it seems the Neon is capable of producing
miniature simulations of the flux capacitor (or the Predator's wrist-bomb). Though the Japanese are keeping this one to
themselves for the foreseeable future, we can only continue hoping, as usual, this design sensibility gets
[Via Impress]
yes, yes, me wants!
Kewl phone. I hope it comes to the USA soon. I think it would go over good here to with the girls.
neon
The neon has been on shelves for a while, this news is old. Which meanse it's not news is it?
Shame Engadget Mobile, the US might be years behind, but that's no excuse for lagging geek feeds.
I'm pretty sure I'm happier with my color external display, you can't exactly use this as a viewfinder for snapshots, not to mention the position of what looks like a camera lens in the top picture.....they put it right where I keep my finger.
The LED's in that first pic remind me of the Predator's wrist controller.
Oh yes predator been a while.
Simplicity! this phone is stunning, different to all the rest
"The LED's in that first pic remind me of the Predator's wrist controller."
I was thinking it looked like the Flux Capacitor from back to the future