Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Keyboards and Keypads: Sharp and Willcom's "es" W-ZERO3 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 03:45 AM
Today, Sharp, Willcom, and Microsoft announced a new W-ZERO3 device (known as the "es") for the Japanese market, and I'm going to be upfront here by saying that this new variant looks hideously Lego brick-like. 8O
On the bright side, it has a 2.8" VGA (480 x 640) TFT-LCD (yes, you read that correctly; no, it doesn't mean that text will be painfully small), and also, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a miniSD slot, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a numeric keypad, a slide-out keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Unfortunately, no Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (boo!), but it does have support for a DMB tuner. Note that this isn't your standard GSM phone, so those of you hoping to import one will have little luck. It's only compatible with Japan's PHS network.
On the bright side, it has a 2.8" VGA (480 x 640) TFT-LCD (yes, you read that correctly; no, it doesn't mean that text will be painfully small), and also, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a miniSD slot, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a numeric keypad, a slide-out keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Unfortunately, no Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (boo!), but it does have support for a DMB tuner. Note that this isn't your standard GSM phone, so those of you hoping to import one will have little luck. It's only compatible with Japan's PHS network.
