Sharp EM-ONE dual-sliding smartphone
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 at 1:52 PM PST In Devices, Sharp, Windows Mobile
Talk about the features, the Sharp EM-ONE has everything… well almost. There’s the gorgeous 4.1″ touchscreen powered by Sharp’s ASV LCD technology, which can display resolution of up to 800×480 pixels; dual-sliding mechanism that hides full QWERTY keyboard as well as navigation keys, and the 3G radio. On the downside, there’s the so-last-year 1.3 MP camera and Windows Mobile 5, although the latter sounds upgradable. Plus (or minus) it will be available only in Japan.
C’mon Sharp, put a better camera inside, Windows Mobile 6 and introduce this baby in the Western Hemisphere. We’ll certainly know how to appreciate it…
[Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
Can’t help you with the camera issue, but there’s an updated device being released this weekend with windows mobile 6. Hardware specs are the exactly the same.
http://emobile.jp/products/sh/s01sh2/
(in Japanese – but enough English that most people will be able to make some sense of it)
Hopefully I’ll get a free upgrade for mine which I bought 6 weeks ago, before they announced the wm6 version.
In general the device works OK, but the 1.02 firmware was a turn for the worse, wish I hadn’t upgraded. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the wm6 upgrade.
Using an older version of XCPUScalar I’ve been able to run this thing at 624Mhz reliably and at 663Mhz with only an occasional lock-up, apparently caused by over heating. The current version of XCPUScalar does not work reliably on this device.
By plugging into an XP or Vista PC via USB you can surf the web via the HSDPA modem. Speed is typically around 1 mbps on online speedtest sites.
Skype for PocketPC works, which is nice.