Willcom D4 aka Sharp WS016SH Review

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Sharp announced the Willcom D4, which was the first Intel Atom based MID in April.
Features of the Sharp Willcom D4 include 5 inch TFT screen, Intel Atom Z520 processor at 1.33GHz, 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD, Wifi, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, micro-sd card, WANSEGU Digital TV Tuner and 2MP camera.

Pocketables got their hands on an imported Sharp WS016SH device and published a review. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:08:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp enters LED Lighting Business

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Sharp announces whole new lines of energy saving LED lighting products for commercial or office buildings.

Sharp introduces for starters 11 different LED lighting solutions.
LED lights have a much longer life-time and use less energy. The problem is only the subjective feel of the LED light's quality - it is still rather cold and we are just suckers for fire or glowing light. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp Brain PW-AC880 and PW-AC830 unveiled

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Sharp unveiled a new generation of its electronic dictionaries dubbed Brain PW-AC880 and PW-AC830.

The new Sharp Brain dictionaries feature an LCD screen with HVGA (480x320px) resolution and 5 colors. Why just 5 colors? Well Sharp aimed at a battery life of these devices of 80 hours. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp Aquos Softbank 923SH 5.2MP 3G Phone

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Sharp announces a new Aquos branded 3G handset for the Japanese carrier Softbank.

Features of the Sharp Aquos SoftBank 923SH include 3.3 inch ASV LCD Screen with skin tone image quality and VGA resolution, 5.2MP camera with face detection, GPS, Bluetooth, irSS, FeliCa, motion sensor interface, screen viewing protection, and of course DMB TV. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:49:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp Waterproof SoftBank 824SH DMB TV Phone

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Sharp announces a new waterproof DMB TV phone for Softbank in Japan. According to Sharp the 824SH is the thinnest waterproof DMB TV phone.

The features of the Sharp 824SH include 2.8 inch screen, 3.2MP camera, IPX5/IPX7 waterproof, FeliCa, Bluetooth, and irSS. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:40:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp to target wealthy Cellphone Users in China

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp will target wealthy users in China with its mobile phone launch later this month, seeking growth in a market that has defeated its Japanese peers.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:47:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24'' Widescreen LCD Review

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Hothardware published a Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Review.

Quote from the review: "Dell’s lineup of flat panel displays have proven themselves to be reliable, stylish, and typically right on par price-wise with some of the most inexpensive LCD monitors on the market. They’ve delivered exceptional bang for the buck, and throughout the years, they’ve managed to improve the quality of the screens and the overall feature sets while overall prices have gone down. While this is also true for the rest of the monitor industry, Dell has retained their reputation for reliability, which still sticks with them today. Sure, Dell displays don’t have the raw sexiness of Apple’s Cinema series displays, but they’re typically quite a bit cheaper while offering more functionality. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP monitor and published a review.

Quote from the review: "While most early adopters and Gen Y-ers are used to the idea of watching TV on their PC using services like Bebo, Hulu, Joost or a million alternatives, now the rest of the world is finally catching up. Have yet to join the party? It's about time you tuned in - and upgraded your monitor to really enjoy all of these groovy options as they're meant to be experienced. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharper Image Stores Offering Steep Gadget Discounts as Stores Close

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Sharper Image stores announced today that they are having a gadget sell off with discounts of 20% to 40% on everything in the store as all 86 of its stores across the country prepare to close down. Sharper Image stores filed for bankruptcy not too long ago.

It seems that the Sharper Image isn’t going out of business completely, but the store closings are called a major transformation of the Sharper Image brand. I would assume that means Sharper Image is going to a completely web based model. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:01:49 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sharp Willcom 03 Windows Smartphone

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Sharp and Willcom introduce the Willcom 03 Windows smartphone in Japan.

The Sharp Willcom 03 has some interesting user interface gimmicks. Besides the slide out QWERY keyboard the Willcom 03 has split touchscreen. The lower part can switch between a key and a media button layout. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:16:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sanyo buys LCDs from Sharp, eyes Appliance Tie-up

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sanyo Electric Co said on Friday it has started buying liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from Sharp Corp for use in its flat TVs sold in North America and the two firms are considering joint development of kitchen appliances.
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Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:01:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp Aquos D Series LCD HDTVs

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Sharp introduced 22 new Aquos LCD TVs in Japan. The Sharp Aquos D Series include 9 new LCD TV models.

The Sharp Aquos D series comes in 42, 37 and 32 inch screen sizes and three colors (Black, White and Red) designed by Toshiyuki Kita.
Features of the new Sharp Aquos D series LCD HDTVs include 15,000:1 contrast ratio, 120Hz, 12 bit gray-scale processing, and 3 HDMI ports. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp Aquos G LCD TVs

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Sharp introduces seven new Aquos G series LCD TVs.

The Sharp Aquos G Series LC-52GX5, LC-46GX5, LC-42GX5, LC-37GX5 have full HD resolution and the two small LC-32GH5 adn LC-26GH5 have HD resolution. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp Aquos R LCD HDTVs

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Sharp announced overall 22 new LCD TVs in Japan today including six new Sharp Aquos R series HDTVs.

The six new Sharp Aquos R LCD full HD TVs come in 65, 52 and 46 inches and two bezel colors.
Sharp uses the industry highest contrast ratio LCD panel in the Aquos R series. The maximum contrast ratio is 20,000:1. The panel itself has 3,300:1, but Sharp uses special backlight control that achieves up to 20,000:1. In a well lit room the contrast ratio is still 1,500:1 with the Aquos R series. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:59:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sharp Blu-ray Player BD-HDW30, BD-HDW25 and BD-HDW22

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Sharp announces three new Blu-ray Player with Hard-drives in Japan.

The Share BD-HDW30 Blu-ray player features a 1TB HDD, the BD-HDW25 has 500GB and the BD-HDW22 features a 250GB HDD.
All three new Sharp Blu-ray players and HD DVRs feature 2 digital and one analog tuner. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:46:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp 922SH 3G Internet Machine dissected

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In March Sharp introduced the Sharp 922SH 3G Internet Machine smartphone in Japan. The Nikkei Electronics Teardown Squad has taken this Sharp smartphone apart and tells us what is inside.

The Sharp 922SH features identical parts to those found in the FULLFACE SoftBank 921SH and other models developed by Sharp. The Teardown squad finds the angular velocity sensor and Sensor Key especially interesting. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 09:33:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp Willcom D4 is first Intel Atom MID running Windows Vista

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Sharp announces the Mobile Internet Device Willcom D4, which is apparently beating everybody else to be the first Intel Atom MID running Windows Vista.

Intel announced the Atom CPUs on April 1st. The new Sharp WillCom D4 is designed for the Japanese market as it leverages the Willcom PHS network, but gives us an idea on the Atom MIDs that will be coming to the market this year. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:43:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp 922SH 3G Internet Machine

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Sharp announces the Softbank 922SH 3G smartphone with full QWERTY keyboard and large screen.

The Sharp Softbank 922SH features a 3.5 inch screen with VGA resolution and 2,000:1 contrast ratio.
Sharp highlights the large 9.9mm key pitch of the QWERTY keyboard that enables ease of use. Read more

Posted on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:35:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp to sell Cell Phones in China before Olympics

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp said on Friday it would start selling cell phones in China ahead of the Beijing Olympics, heading into a market where a rival has just pulled out in the face of fierce competition.
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Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:35:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp FULLFACE SoftBank 921SH 3G TV Phone ships

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Sharp announces the availability of the FULLFACE 921SH 3G phones on the Japanese Softbank carrier.

The Sharp FULLFACE SoftBank 921SH slider comes in 5 colors and sports 3.2 inch Mobile ASV LCD screen with a contrast ratio of 2,000:1 and high color rendering backlight achieving 120% NTSC color gamut. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:52:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Electronics says to buy LCD Panels from Sharp

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics said on Wednesday it plans to buy 32-inch and 52-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from Japan's Sharp Corp in order to satisfy surging demand for flat screen TVs.
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Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:16:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr