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3GSM 2004

NEC was showing off a slew of new GSM phones at 3GSM this year, including two new tri-band models. The N331i and N400i are officially both targeted at the European market, but hopefully with sufficient demand there will be imports available for the U.S. market.

The N331i is a fairly average clamshell camera phone. The main display is of the 65,000-color TFT variety, with 128 x 160 pixel resolution. The external display is monochrome, but features a 12-color backlight.

The integrated CIF camera includes a flash, plus multi-shot and self-timer features. 2MB of memory is available for storing photos. The N331i was recently released in France.

The N400i is the higher-end of the two phones. It features a stunning QVGA display (240 x 320 pixels) supporting 65,000 colors. The outer display also supports 65,000 colors.

The VGA camera features a flash and also video recording - in MPEG-4 format. 4MB of memory is available. Java and 64-chord polyphonic ringtones round out the feature set.

The N400i will be available in Germany starting next month.

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