Sankei Shimbun - Sharp announces full scale expansion into Europe and America

[yangj08]

(oh, and I'm quite surprised that no leaks have occurred yet. for the last two MTK models leaks occurred way before the Bluetooth/FCC filings. And among other things there's supposed to be at least one CDMA phone launched as well- but that's no good for those outside China, and there's apparently no Bluetooth or FCC entry to substantiate this- unless Sharp reuses their Japanese model entry)

[AL9999]

That's a good point, no leaks at all...
And yeah, if they don't need to redesign anything hardware wise, then they just reuse an FCC filing (unlike Toshiba which submits filings for each market version). But thus far Sharp's redesigned all the SoftBank phones to take out 1seg and FeliCa and resubmitted them to the FCC, so they'd probably do the same here. Maybe the CDMA phones are a little further down the track...

[stevetam]

Maybe Sharp were a bit lazy this time..but I doubt it. Nothing is coming out yet a luanch is supposed to come soon ><

[aw614]

I guess Sharps move into north america is the sidekick LX 2009 with a 3.2in wvga screen and 3.2mp af cam, wonder how similar those would be to the 920sh screen and cam

[yamanote]

I guess Sharps move into north america is the sidekick LX 2009 with a 3.2in wvga screen and 3.2mp af cam, wonder how similar those would be to the 920sh screen and cam

Good screen and horrible camera Does the Sidekick have AQUOS technology? Or is the brand just some name to make you think 'wow I have a portable TV'?

[aw614]

its has mobileasv since the lx frm 2007

[AL9999]

Yeah, I would assume quite confidently that the Sidekick LX 2009 has the same screen as the 920SH/SX862/WX-T92/SH9010C.

[stevetam]

That is a good screen....well I don't want a sidekick htough...I just want a sharp keitia

[IonNuke]

Sure you don't want a sidekick???? We got tons of them @ T-Mobile.

[stevetam]

Well I'm sure my carrier doesn't start with a T or ends in mobile.....

My carrier is Fido and owned by R-O-B-B-E-R-S W-I-R-E-L-E-S-S

[Chillyman]

I would have to say that Verizon sounds the best.

Verizon. Your World, Crippled.

[IonNuke]

I would have to say that Verizon sounds the best.

Verizon. Your World, Crippled.

Thats why out here we call it Verizon Crappiness.

[stevetam]

but they are going LTE everything is supposed to be ope......

spoke too soon, knowing is Verizon..they will ensure that their LTE network is unique to their network so there is absolutely no roaming on their network or on their phones.

[Chillyman]

They are starting to sound like au now

[AL9999]

I'll wait for the Hiptop version to arrive in Australia But I doubt I'll like it, those kind of devices are just uninteresting to me and I don't use Facebook, Twitter and that other rubbish.