Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Sharp & Vodafone to Unveil New VGA Cell Phone at 3GSM World Congress
Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai in "HARDWARE" @ 10:30 AM
"Sharp will unveil a new cell phone at next week's 3GSM World Congress that boasts a screen resolution about four times that of today's high-end models, it said Friday. The phone, which was developed with Japan's Vodafone (Profile, Products, Articles) KK, features a 2.4-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) with VGA (640 pixels by 480 pixels) resolution. No other details of the phone were available."
Details are sketchy right now; hopefully, Darius will be able to shed more light on this in short time. What makes this announcement interesting is that Sharp had been more known for their Zaurus line of Linux-powered PDAs before recently introducing their Windows Mobile 5.0-powered W-Zero3. So could this be another Windows Mobile 5.0 device with a VGA-class screen? Will this ever see the light of day in the US (it would obviously have to be a different carrier than Vodafone)? Stay tuned as we get more updates from the 3GSM World Congress!
Details are sketchy right now; hopefully, Darius will be able to shed more light on this in short time. What makes this announcement interesting is that Sharp had been more known for their Zaurus line of Linux-powered PDAs before recently introducing their Windows Mobile 5.0-powered W-Zero3. So could this be another Windows Mobile 5.0 device with a VGA-class screen? Will this ever see the light of day in the US (it would obviously have to be a different carrier than Vodafone)? Stay tuned as we get more updates from the 3GSM World Congress!
