Neonode N2 officially coming to the US

It might be lagging a bit behind its European cousin, but Neonode is finally committing to bringing its N2 to the States in 2008. The finger-friendly touchscreen device is the follow-on to the N1 -- a phone that never even crossed the pond -- and features a 2 megapixel camera, expansion via a rather unusual miniSD slot, and mere GPRS data to ferry bytes down from the network. Without 3G or even EDGE, our excitement's tempered, but we're still curious to find out how it feels and functions in the hand. Look for availability and carrier agreements (yep, it sounds like someone will be officially offering this -- T-Mobile, perhaps?) to be announced in the second quarter.

[Thanks, Kristofer B.]

[striggity @ Jan 4th 2008 3:44PM]

never heard of Neonode, but I can't lie and say that lil' phone ain't sexy.

[bob e @ Jan 4th 2008 3:49PM]

Time to buy some NEON stock!

Too bad all my other stocks are so low at the moment :

[michael @ Jan 4th 2008 4:39PM]

looks like msn messenger buddy icon...

[Tim @ Jan 4th 2008 4:42PM]

Looks inferior to the HTC Touch/Sprint Vogue.

[PEZ @ Jan 4th 2008 4:53PM]

Welcome to 2004. Time to play catch-up Neo.

[Josh F @ Jan 5th 2008 10:34AM]

Hmm.. an affordable touchscreen phone in that small of a package in '04? I don't think so.

[PEZ @ Jan 5th 2008 11:10AM]

The original MDA form T-mobile. You have to remember "JoshF" we are looking for something that actually works. A company who is just getting into the GPRS game will not survive. Try to remember that, please.

[TZK @ Jan 5th 2008 11:10AM]

The N2 is far from "affordable".

[Russell @ Jan 4th 2008 5:03PM]

I want one verizon never gets any cool phones the voyager is a cheap iPhone imitation.

[bonedog73 @ Jan 4th 2008 5:10PM]

If the price is right, I'll be getting one.

Anyone checkout the video ?

http://www.neonode.com/en/on-stage/products/n2/introduction/watch-the-video/

[Russell @ Jan 4th 2008 5:12PM]

It needs an on screen keyboard.

[bonedog73 @ Jan 4th 2008 5:14PM]

Just checked the store and it looks like it's 439eur so that's like $700 US ?

If that's the case might as well just buy an iPhone..

http://www.neonodewebshop.com/collections/mobilephone

[Joey @ Jan 4th 2008 7:57PM]

Wonder who "Steve J" is in the video hahaha ;)

[Wwhat @ Jan 5th 2008 12:17PM]

Not convincing and making you hate 'sweeps' for weeks after watching it.

[kevjohn @ Jan 4th 2008 5:21PM]

Would be nice if they added functions to make this thing a universal remote.
If it's going to be $700 like bonedog says, they'd better add something! (something other than an Apple logo)

[tnkgrl @ Jan 4th 2008 6:09PM]

I've used a Neonode N1m (tri-band GPRS) and I like it a lot - it's a really interesting phone and it's faster than other GPRS devices I've used:

http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/category/n1m/

I'm looking forward to the N2.

[thethirdmoose @ Jan 4th 2008 8:38PM]

Looks a lot like the HTC touch to me...