The "nani": Willcom gets another awesome Windows CE device

We're not sure why Willcom would feel the need to ever look beyond Sharp to supply it with badass Windows CE-based phone after badass Windows CE-based phone -- but now that we've seen the result, we're glad they did. The "nani" from Sophia Mobile (who?) rocks a glorious 800 x 480 WVGA display, WiFi, microSD expansion, a TV tuner (one-seg, we'd imagine), and Windows CE for Willcom's PHS network in Japan. We'll refrain from calling this one a hands-down winner until we see its user interface -- customized, we assume, since it's not using Windows Mobile proper -- but it ain't a bad effort, that's for sure. "Free Thinking & High Performance," indeed.

[Via SCI FI Tech]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 18th 2007 6:03AM]

Hmmm..."The 'Nani'", nice name. I wonder if they figured calling their handset "The 'dare'" or even "The 'Donata'" would land them in a bit of trouble...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 18th 2007 3:07PM]

If anyone is interested, I put a table together with nani specs here:
http://analytica1st.com/analytica1st/2007/07/japans-response-to-iphone-nani.html