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I dunno how many of you have watched any Eden of the East, but if you have, you're probably familiar with the super-awesome cell phone that main character Akira has.

Turns out that NEC has made a replica of the phone that presumably actually works, though I haven't been able to find any information on when it's coming out or what features it actually has-- especially since its screens are, true to the original, not full-color, at least as far as I can tell.

I CAN tell, from squinting at the image long enough, that one of the features appears to be GPS on outer screen, which is the small round one. Interestingly, they seem to be marketing the image to motorcyclists-- they call it “the phone for riders.”

I am willing to bet, however, that the phone doesn't come with ¥10 billion or a direct line to a woman (computer? Unclear!) who can make anything happen per your request. (Via Danny Choo.)

If it did, though, what would be your first purchase? What would be your first request?
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kratos1010 on May 16, 2009
This phone :P

HSaabedra on May 16, 2009
Gia: It's an NTT DoCoMo model, so my best guess would be next month as they have yet to roll out their Summer device lineup.  The phone itself is expected to be around $700 before a service agreement, and subsidies would bring it down to about $100.  As you surmised from the image, the phone is meant to be mounted below the gauge cluster on a bike and used as a real-time GPS navigation device (the keypad flips around on top of the main display, which engages the GPS mode) with that display also being a touchscreen.

Another awesome feature related to that phone is that turn by turn navigation direcetions can be fed over Bluetooth enabled headsets or helmets, which would make it easier to focus on the road while riding as well as using it as a standard navigation device when in a special pedestrian mode.

Niko on May 16, 2009
That is a pretty awesome phone. Does it come with the cash too?
Schwindelmagier on May 16, 2009
Aw this is gonna pwn so bad! ^^
MoonStorm on May 16, 2009
@Niko said:
" That is a pretty awesome phone. Does it come with the cash too? "
I want to know that to.
Dan_CiTi on June 16, 2009
I'm pretty sure NEC helped design the phone in the first place, seeing as their name is in the ending credits.
Trukeitaro on June 16, 2009
Now heres my question Of the few im sure NEC will produce will they all come with the Image recognition program built into it to recognize certian images if so i think it would make this phone worth buying merely for the novelty of the program.
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