After this brief history of the Japanese company, which I knew only for its watches, to be honest, let me tell you that Casio and KDDI have just announced a brand new Casio cell phone, known under the name of CA001. The device has an integrated piano, which is, in fact, an exclusive piano-training program. This is quite impressive, you have to admit and it’s the perfect way for a person to be attracted into the musical spheres. The software was designed by another company that people know very well, Yamaha, which is a high quality guarantee.

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The new Casio cell phone comes equipped with a 3.1 inch swivel IPS LCD display (touch sensitive) that opens up to reveal the hidden alphanumeric keypad, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, Ir simple, Bluetooth connectivity, e-wallet support, 1Seg digital TV support, audio/video-on-demand and an internal memory of 500MB that can be increased with the help of a microSD card of up to 2GB.

Available in three colors, white, yellow and brown, the clamshell phone measures 50 x 109 x 17.8 millimeters (when closed) and weighs approximately 122 grams. Even if KDDI hopes to release the CA001 sometime this spring, there are no details yet about pricing and availability.

(Source: cellphonebeat.com)

This is possible because of this flexible displays technology’s proprieties. It consumes very low energy, only when it is used, and allows the manufacturing of extremely thin and flexible displays.
Hitachi W61H can be found only in Asia at the moment, featuring the 2.7-inch E Ink display called Silhouette Screen, an internal main WQVGA display of 2.8 inches with 240 x 400 resolution, a built-in 1.97MP camera, 2GB microSD maximum memory, and a 4-hours battery.

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The news for today is that Casio and Hitachi are launching cell phones with E Ink screens but featuring flexible displays, according to the latest press release from E Ink Corporation.
They use the E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film technology for an entire cell phones line, which will be the world’s first flip phones with e-paper-based displays.

“We wanted features such as outdoor sunlight readability, 180 degree viewing angle, extremely thin, rugged, flexible display that consumed very little power,” said Satoshi Shirasawa, Marketing Manager for CHMC. “E Ink’s electrophoretic display technology provided all that and more, something we could not get from other display technologies.”

KDDI, the company providing the services for Hitachi W61H will serve also the new Casio Model G’zOne, an impressive handset that will appear on the market later this summer, featuring the Silhouette display characterized by a wide viewing angle, increased readability in sunlight, ruggedness, very thin form factor, and the very low power consumption, increasing the battery life.

“Fashion is a key driver in today’s world,” said Sriram Peruvemba, Vice President of Marketing, E Ink Corp. “E Ink offers a smart surface that changes the design and brings mobile phones to the fashion forefront of technology.”