NEC has announced the launch of the world's thinnest clamshell handset, the NEC L1, also to be known as the e949 in the various countries it will be sold in. Headed for Hong Kong first, the super-slim L1 will subsequently be introduced in markets including Italy, Russia, Australia and China, among others, offering competition for Motorola's recent slate of anorectic handsets such as the RAZR and SLVR V8.
Measuring in at a meager 90.8 x 47.9 x 11.9 mm and 94 g, the L1 is a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz clamshell handset which harbours an external OLED display and 1.3 Megapixel camera in its exterior. Inside, the handset is fitted with a 1.9-inch 65K colour display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels.
NEC has also managed to squeeze several recent technologies into the L1, including Bluetooth and MP3 playback capabilities, as well as support for PictBridge for direct-to-printer output of images snapped with the integrated still camera.
On the software side, the L1 offers support for Java MIDP 2.0 along with a WAP 2.0 microbrowser, PIM suite, calculator and currency converter. Also, the L1 is equipped with 64-tone polyphonic ringtones, claiming a battery life of up to 100 hours of standby time and up to 140 minutes of talk time; apparently the price one pays for slim.
Further information concerning the expected pricing and availability of the NEC L1 was not available at the time of press.
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