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W53H cellphone and GPS from Hitachi
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If you have an idea about GPS-laden cellphones, you’ll know that Hotachi is no stranger to these gadgets, and that their team are constantly trying to amaze us. Hitachi sets the standards higher and higher with every product released and now has recently introduced a new phone that seemingly aims to replace your car’s GPS entirely.

Hitachi certainly knows how to turn on the style with the W53H cellphone.As with its previous W51H model, the new W53H phone (also called the “Wooo”) sports a reasonably-sized screen (2.8-inches in this case) that’s able to flip around and cover up the keypad, along with 2 megapixel camera, a microSD slot, and a 1seg TV receiver. That mobile TV should look especially good on the phone’s OLED screen, as it apparently boasts a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. As you can see, it also comes with a stand to prop it up for easier viewing in your car, and the GPS software boasts voice input so you can keep your hands on the wheel.

While other countries are obsessed with smaller and smaller handsets, it looks as though the Japanese don’t mind having a cellphone that is rather large, as long as there are enough functions in there.No word on pricing or availability just yet, but you can no doubt guess where it won’t be available.

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