While we loved the specs on
Sharp's W-ZERO3 / WS003SH, let's just say that its plastic, chub of a case was seriously short on swank. Now check the W-ZERO3 [es] / WS007SH hotness which our brethren at Engadget Japan got the jump on this AM. Developed under that same partnership with Sharp, Willcom, and Microsoft, the new WS007SH variant keeps the Pocket PC flavor of Windows Mobile 5.0 and 416MHz Intel PXA 270 proc but brings a second, standard phone keypad to the mini, sliding QWERTY. They even managed to squeeze that same VGA resolution into a smaller, 2.8-inch screen while keeping the best of the rest: 128MB flash (60MB allocated to the user) and 64MB of SDRAM, miniSD expansion, USB, and 1.3 megapixel cam. All this and she still manages to slim-down from 70 x 130 x 26-millimeters and 220-grams to 56 x 135 x 21-millimeters and 175-grams. Ok, no WiFi or Bluetooth yet folks, but these, like a Japanese
OneSeg expansion pack for digital TV on the go are currently under development and will certainly increase the bulk. Available only in Japan starting July 27th for ¥29,800/¥36,800 (or about $260/$321) with/without a one-year contract. Many more pics, including the OneSeg TV expansion after the break.
[Via
Engadget Japan]
OneSeg TV tuner clipped on and in to the USB port.
posted Jul 4th 2006 9:02AM
Wow this phone is hot. The phone factor is perfect, with the keypad in the front.
This bet's the crap of my ppc-6700 from sprint. I want it!!
What does this mean?
Can you attach a TV tuner card to the damn thing????
GOOD GOD!!
Technology sure has progressed.
Not TV tuner card.
I meant an external TV tuner.
Is this a GSM phone? If so, tri band or quad band?
Holy damn. Can I have one?
then again, as usual, we might never see this in USA :(
It'll be a long time before you see this outside of Japan (and maybe Taiwan and Thailand) for a while. All of Willcom's devices run on their PHS network. It's not compatible with GSM, UTMS or any of the usual mobile technology acronyms.
From what I understand about PHS, the radio circuts are actually inside the subscribers card (kind of like a sim card) and so the phone doesn't actually contain any radio hardware.
Too bad, because I loved the original WZero3. I wouldn't buy this one because of the 2.8" screen, but it looks the exact same height of the 3.7" and a little slimmer. Nice looking phone.
What about the 007 designation? Could this possibly be used by the new James Bond in Casino Royale later this year?
Bond, James Bond will not use a WinMo device. *smile* You can expect him to break out his Vertu, though.
I have WILLCOM WS007SH but I felt problem that it in Japanies language not in English. Can any one help me how change Language, if yes them mail me in given address???? So that I can use is positively and enjoy it. Thanks
Shoaibghouri@yahoo.com
Where can I get it and does it have a english OS