The Swedish mobile device manufacturer Neonode launches its web shop to the Swedish public, November 1st 12:00hrs CET.

Sale of the N1 has been limited to Swedish pre-order customers until now.
Customers who buy the Neonode N1 will be able to continually and free of charge, download new features and updates for their devices.

Neonode's Pitch:
"Neonode offer its customers openness and independence. By giving the customers a tool to develop their own solutions, Neonode challenge the old school of mobile device manufacturers. Young people of today do not want to be led by a predetermined selection of software and services. The N1 is therefore based on an open platform, which gives its users full freedom to adapt the device to themselves.
The open platform results in a constantly growing selection of third party applications such as new games, with graphics never before seen in a mobile device. "

The concept sounds good to me and I already had the pleasure of playing with the N1 in Sweden a couple of month ago. A phone with an open platform is not for everybody, but it has great potential for a lot of people who enjoy customized and personalized gadgets. It took a while though until the N1 is now finally on the market, at least in sweden. Our first report about the Neonode dates back nearly 2 years.

If you live in Sweden, November 1st 1200 hrs CET you can get a Neonode N1 at the Neonode store.


Neonode Specifications:

Features:
Phone
Language	(English)
Digital still camera
Image viewer
Color display
Audio player (Mp3, WAV, WMA, Midi)
Video player (Mpeg 1, Mpeg 4, WMV)
USB (For charger, and PC connectivity)
Calendar
T9 wordlist	(Swedish and English)
Clock
Game	Tetris
Custom ring tones (Mp3, Wav, WMA, Midi)	(One Ring Tone Included)
Contacts	Max 1000
Personal address book images
SMS	Max 1000
Call history
Built-in battery
Internet (HTML) browser
ActiveSync®
Themes, personalization
IR software
GPRS connectivity
MMS/WAP
Email
Java	n/a
Bluetooth	n/a
Vibrating alert	n/a
Voice-activated dialing	n/a

- Available in the N1

- Available as an upgrade later, downloadable for free from neonode.com. Schedule for updates is not yet official. The upgrade is easy to perform but requires an Internet Connection (Broadband recommended) and a MS Windows Computer (XP or 2000) with USB connection.

n/a - Not available in the N1