Sharp shows EM-ONE Pocket PC for Japan's EMOBILE

by Chris Ziegler posted Feb 20th 2007 at 8:18AM

Goodbye W-ZERO3, hello EM-ONE. As lust for Japan-only Windows Mobile devices goes, Sharp's W-ZERO3 for Willcom (along with its various spinoffs) has always held a very special place in our hearts, but it looks like there's a new sheriff in town. The EM-ONE, also from Sharp, will be a launch device for Japan's new GSM carrier EMOBILE next month, rocking HSDPA, WiFi, and one-seg TV tuning in a 18.9mm-thin package. "But wait," as they say, "that's not all." Nope, not hardly. The madness continues with a dual-slide design, providing what Sharp calls "Control Style," "Input Style," and "View Style." And just what will you be viewing, you ask? A true wide VGA (800 x 480) display showing Windows Mobile 5 in all its glory sitting atop a 520MHz XScale. Throw in a little Bluetooth here, 512MB of onboard Flash there, and you have pretty much the hottest thing going (at least among the outgoing batch of WinMo 5 devices). It'll apparently run ¥95,000 (about $796) contract-free, but tack on the requisite 2 year agreement and you're only looking at ¥39,800 ($333) -- not bad at all, considering the package.

[Via Unwired View]

Filed under: Handsets, Sharp, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: em-one, emobile, japan, phone edition, PhoneEdition, pocket pc, PocketPc, sharp, windows mobile, windows mobile 5, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile5, wm5

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Terrence @ Feb 20th 2007 9:50AM

I am in lust....THIS is the device I've been waiting for. Its got the VGA..Its got the QWERTY...Its got WIFI and BlueTooth...ITS NOT FAIR!!!!!!

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john @ Feb 25th 2008 2:20PM

(I know, I'm responding a year later, with a device that wasn't available a year ago)

The Nokia N810 has those features (800x480, qwerty slide out keyboard, wifi and bluetooth).

It just runs Linux instead of Windows Mobile (a good thing, IMO).

If your lust for this device doesn't require the Windows part, look up the N810. And you can ask questions about it over at

www.internettablettalk.com

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Tim @ Feb 20th 2007 11:37AM

But it's not a phone. Keep that in mind...

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$flamer\\\'s grill$

flamer\\\'s grill @ Feb 20th 2007 11:28AM

yeah, seriously. This is ugly, but my 6700 ain't all that pretty either. So the US gets the 8525/6800 siblings, which really aren't that much of any upgrade over the 8126/6700... and japan gets this awesome thing.

SIGH. I want either this or that iMate Ultra thing we saw earlier this week. Too bad we won't see them for three or four years :(

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vjh @ Feb 20th 2007 10:42AM

well, you can take some cold comfort that it won't be available to about half the Japanese population either. Service is only available in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya until 2008.

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