Panasonic's waterproof Android Eluga smartphone unveiled

Panasonic's waterproof Android Eluga smartphone unveiled: via @ee_times

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Panasonic has unveiled a new ultra-thin, waterproof, Android smartphone called Eluga, which works with the firm’s Smart Viera TVs and uses Panasonic’s display technology. The move seems to be part of a wider Panasonic strategy for what it’s calling a “smart lifestyle” integrating several of the company’s products. “We believe the market lacks a range of phones that successfully mixes beauty, high-quality engineering, and the most advanced lifestyle-enhancing technologies,” said Panasonic European CEO Laurent Abadie at the Hamburg launch of the smartphone. The 3.6 ounce Eluga runs on a dual core 1GHz OMAP 4430 processor from Texas Instruments Inc., sports a 4.3-inch QHD (960x540) screen, 8GB of internal memory, boasts Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and can be immersed in up to a meter of water for 30 minutes. The phone has an eight-megapixe...

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