In the end of June, Sharp released a reworked version of the Hybrid W-Zero3 for the Chinese market. This is the first smart phone that Sharp make for Chinese users, yet it's just a tad less smart than we'd like it to be.
Keeping the same specs as on the WS027SH, Sharp made the following changes: the added a GSM module instead of the Willcom PHS radio module,...
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Advertised as a revolutionary concept mobile communication tool, the First ELSE "offers a unique application-centric design - the way mobile devices should be". This ground-breaking gadget, set to appear in Q2 of 2010, is the flagship of Israeli company ELSE (formerly Emblaze) and is the first high-spec device produced by Sharp targeted at the whole world, not just...
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Released in mid-April 2010, the Kin series is the successor or Danger's Sidekick, purchased by Microsoft a year earlier. The Kin are, like its predecessor, targeted at the young mobile users and offer nothing spectacular except for a seamless integration with services like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Windows Live.
On 1 July 2010, Microsoft suspended the KIN project...
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Sharp certainly know how to court their Japanese audience. In May they are to release the next of the NetWalker series, the PC-T1, which, in contrast to the PC-Z1, is a real tablet.
The new NetWalker runs Ubuntu Linux 9.04, backed by a Freescale Semiconductor i.MX515 processor at 800 Mhz and 512 MB RAM. Onboard flash memory is 8GB, expandable via SDHC cards.
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In mid-May, Sharp began sales of the "developer" version of a new mobile communication device, called the IS01. The IS01 runs Android 1.6 and comes with all Google Android goodies one might expect, but has some main modules stripped off, such as the cellular modem (meaning no phone calls, no 3G data) and without API support for FM and 1Seg connectivity. Instead, Sharp...
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October 2009 saw the debut of the NetWalker series: the mobile internet tool codenamed PC-Z1 sports a sleek body with a 5-inch touch screen (1024 x 600 px, WSVGA) and a QWERTY keyboard, weighing 409 gr.
The "Zaurus-resurrected" device has a 800 MHz Freescale i.MX515 CPU, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB onboard flash storage and SDHC support. Connectivity is achieved via Wi-Fi...
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The W-Zero3 line by Sharp and Willcom has made a glorius return after a nearly 2-year silence on that front. The HYBRID W-ZERO3 (WS027SH), on sale in Japanese stores from 28th January 2010, is a glorious return: with 3.5 inches of FWVGA (854x480) screen, a Qualcomm MSM7200A ARM11 528MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, a PHS and WCDMA phone - UNLOCKED,...
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After a one-year pause, in May 2008, the Japanese operator Willcom announced a new portable device made by Sharp - the WS016SH, a.k.a Willcom D4. This device, however, runs Windows Vista (can be downgraded to Win XP), has an Intel Atom 1.33 GHz processor (the first UMPC to feature Intel's Atom processors), 1 GB of RAM (533MHz DDR2)...
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The EM ONE was soon (in October 2007) followed by an upgrade model, now running WM6, known as the EM ONE alpha or S01SH II. Besides the Windows upgrade, there are almost no changes but for a business card scanner being added.
In certain aspects, the EM ONE falls behind its contemporary, the WS011SH: weight - the S01SH weighs the...
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Working with an emerging Japanese data operator, EMOBILE, Sharp produced another WM device for the operator's market debut, the EM ONE, model name S01SH. Released in May 2007, the device has a 4.1 inch WVGA (800x480px) display, 128 MB of RAM and 512 MB of ROM, and comes equipped with a NVIDIA graphics accelerator, the GoForce 5500....
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Willcom and Sharp's next device, hitting the market in July 2008, is named Willcom 03, model name WS020SH, and it signalled the end of the W-ZERO3 lineup. The device, however, is very reminiscent of its predecessor (3-inch WVGA screen) and has the same form factor but with a switchable touch-panel front keypad, and weighing just 135...
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The next in line, the W-ZERO3 ad[es], the WS011SH advanced [es] device came out in July 2007. Even lighter than the previous model, weighing 157 grams, it sports 128 MB of SDRAM and 256 MB of ROM with a 520 MHz Marvell PXA270 processor and now runs Windows Mobile 6 (Windows CE 5.2). Wireless LAN connectivity was restored, but now Bluetooth...
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In September 2006, the W-ZERO3[es], the WS007SH, was released, boasting a revamped form factor, weighing just 175 grams (compared to the W-ZERO3 and its 220 grams). The screen size is much smaller - down to 2.8 inches - of course with a VGA resolution, but ROM size was decreased to 128 MB. Besides the form factor change, the W-ZERO3[es]...
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Shortly after the first W-ZERO3, in July 2006, an upgraded version, the WS004SH, was released, featuring a slightly improved system having 256 MB of ROM (197 MB accessible to the user) and Windows CE, version 5.1.195. Infrared and Bluetooth connectivity were also added, including a pre-installed Opera 8.6.
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W-ZERO3 is the name for the Windows Mobile Pocket PCs Sharp produced together with Japanese operator Willcom. The first W-ZERO3, the WS003SH, was released in Japan in mid-December 2005 and was Japan's first WM5 device and the first to feature a full QWERTY keyboard.
The WS003SH has 64 MB of SDRAM, 128 MB of ROM (60 MB accessible), an Intel XScale Marvell PXA270...
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The last of the Zaurus line appeared in March 2006. The 300-gram portable computer runs Lineo Linux with Qtopia GUI, but many fans have managed to flash it with various different Linux distributions, even with a full-fledged Android recently.
Specifications are pretty nice (for 2006, of course): XScale PXA270 processor clocked at 416MHz, 64MB of RAM and 128MB...
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The new HandyBrain (February 2010) is a strictly professional tool equipped with a 3.7-inch VGA touch screen built using Sharp's CG Silicon technology. The tough barcode reader works on Windows Mobile 6.0, relying on a Texas Instruments OMPA 3505 processor at 600 MHz and 128 MB of RAM / 256 MB ROM.
The HandyBrain has a SDIO and SDHC Slot, Wi Fi, Bluetooth, optional...
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This shock- and water-spill-proof business tool features a 3.7-inch VGA display of the CG Silicon type. Running Windows Mobile 5.0, the HandyBrain uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to connect to PC.
The machine runs on a Marvell PXA270 CPU with 128 MB RAM and has an SD expansion slot. It weighs 249 gr.
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HandyBrain is Sharp's business-targeted mobile device/barcode scanner series. The HandyBrain is designed for all sorts of business-related operations, runs on Windows CE (special pro edition) and offers multiple connectivity and synchronization options.
The RZ-N155S runs Windows CE.NET4.2, has a 4-inch VGA CG-Silicon display,...
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In January 2001, Sharp released the last of the Telios series, the HC-7000. It has a Toshiba TMPR3922U processor (same as on previous models) at 148 MHz, and still comes with 32 MiB of RAM and ROM. The screen is once again 7.1 inches (800 x 480 px). All other specs remain unchanged, but for the close-back display option that was first introduced in the Telios HC-VJ2C....
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The new V-series Telios was released just a month after the HC-AJ3, in December 2000. With a screen smaller than that of the A-series, 7.1 inch with 800 x 480 pixels resolution, the VJ2C weighs 860 grams and is equipped with the same camera that its predecessor, the HC-VJ1C has (720 x 480 pixel for photos and 320 x 240 pixel for video).
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The Telios HC-AJ3 appeared in November 2000, now running the new Windows CE 3.0. It comes with the familiar Toshiba TMPR3922U processor at 148 MHz, has 32 MiB of RAM and 32 MiB of ROM. The display is 8.4 inches with a resolution of 800 x 600 px color transflective TFT display 65K colours. Other specifications are the same as in preceding models.
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The new Telios HC-VJ1C made its appearance in March 2000. The familiar Toshiba processor, the TMPR3922U, was used, with the same amount of RAM/ROM (32 Mib/24 Mib). The mobile computer has a 7.1 inch touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixels, a 79-key QWERTY keyboard and weighs 860 grams.
Improvements from previous models include stereo loudspeakers and a built-in CMOS...
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The new Telios, the HC-AJ2 came out in November 1999. It still uses the Toshiba TMPR3922U processor running at 129 MHz, but now has 32 MiB of RAM and 24 MiB ROM. The display size has been increased to 8.4 inches at 800 x 600 px. The HC-AJ2 weighs 810 grams and has both USB 1.1 and IrDA connectivity.
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In March 1999, the new Telios series of mobile computers by Sharp was launched. Running the same 129 MHz Toshiba TMPR3922U with 16 MiB of RAM and ROM, the machine boasts a 7.1-inch 800 x 600 px touchscreen with an industry-first color transflective TFT display with 65536 colours. The Telios also has stereo sound and a 3.5mm audio out connector to which an LCD-display...
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Released in November 1998, the Mobilon Pro portable computer has a 129 MHz Toshiba TMPR3912U processor, 16 MiB of SDRAM memory (expandable to 32 Mib), and 16 MiB ROM size. The touch screen is 8.2 inches with a resolution of 640 x 480 px and now has 4096 colours, and a 65-key QWERTY keyboard. All other features are the same as on the older Mobilons, including the traditional...
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In October 1998, Sharp released a new mobile computer having a new form factor, the Mobilon TriPad PV-6000. Running Windows CE 2.11, the device relies on a 84 MHz NEC VR4111 processor, but like the previous Mobilons still has 16 MiB of RAM and ROM.
The TriPad, however, has a 9.4-inch 640 x 480 px touchscreen rotatable display, and a 63-key QWERTY keyboard with...
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In June of 1998, Sharp announced a slightly heavier (495 gr., the earlier Mobilons weighed 410 gr.) mobile computer, the HC-4500. This shares many of the features of its predecessors, e.g. still has 16 MiB of RAM, 16 MiB of ROM, the same Philips PR31700 processor, and a 6.5-inch, 640 x 240 px display. The big difference, however, is that the display is now colour with...
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Shortly after, in May 1997, an upgraded version of the Mobilon appeared, now running Windows CE 2.0. We notice an increased RAM capacity, up to 12 MiB, but beside that, there are no other changes from its predecessor, the HC-4000.
In January 1998, the HC-4200 came out. Besides an increased ROM capacity of 16 MiB - was 8 MiB in the previous model, the device...
Read allIn January 1997, Sharp released the first of the Mobilon series, the HC-4000. This portable device boasts a 6.5-inch 640 x 240 px touchscreen monochrome display, a 64-key QWERTY keyboard with a 4-way directional pad. It is equipped with 8 MiB of RAM and a 73.728 MHz Philips PR31700 processor. In terms of connectivity, the device has IrDA, a modem, a faxmodem, a serial...
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