Sharp's EM ONE: a dual-sliding Pocket PC with HSDPA and WiFi

Check it W-Zero3, Sharp just one-upped your azz with their new EM ONE handheld. This Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC device brings 3.6Mbps HSDPA and 802.11b/g data to the game along with hot dual-sliding action under that 4.1-inch touch-screen display. Unlike Samsung's F520 dual-slider which combines a QWERTY and numeric keypad for making calls, Sharp's slab is a data-only device so they combine the QWERTY with a side-sliding navigation pad for scooting around the 800 x 480 pixel display. However, Sharp's EM ONE comes heavy on the chub at 140x70x18.9-mm compared to the F520's 105x54x17.4-mm or even Nokia's N800 which is about the same length and width but much thinner at 145x75x12.7-mm. The whole kit comes powered by a Marvell 520MHz PXA270 processor and nVidia GoForce 5500 graphics along with 512MB/128MB flash/SDRAM memory and miniSD expansion. The display boasts a rather anemic 65k color palette (albeit, the same as the N800) for viewing integrated 1-Seg mobile TV and WMV videos with WMA and MP3 audio playback supported by a pair of built-in stereo speakers. Rounding out the specs are Bluetooth 1.2, a 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera, stylus, and a 4-hour battery. On sale in Japan starting March 31st for ¥95,000 (about $797) without contract or ¥39,800 ($332) with 2-year commitment.

Gallery: Sharp's EM ONE: a dual-sliding PocketPC with HSDPA and WiFi

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[Via Impress]

[emehrkay @ Feb 19th 2007 10:23AM]

This is a sexy device. Very futuristic and professional

[Kevin Pla @ Feb 19th 2007 3:32PM]

Just like I like my women... Futuristic and professional. Wait, what? I might take a look at this phone but as of now I'm fed up with the whole Windows Mobile platform. Hopefully the Pocket PC is a bit more stable. I doubt this will come to the states.

[wWw @ Feb 19th 2007 11:27AM]

THAT LOOKS NIIIICE!

[nigel @ Feb 19th 2007 11:03AM]

this over the iphone any day...what about us Americans?

[IOTA @ Feb 19th 2007 11:26AM]

So, this is almost exactly the same as the N800, but it has an HSDPA radio for 2x the price? And, some shoddy old MS mobile OS? What a bunch of crap...

[Alan Strangis @ Feb 19th 2007 11:28AM]

No voice? This would have been a top contender if it had voice.

PS: isn't 800x480 only supported in WM6? Custom drivers maybe?

[Nish Vamadevan @ Feb 19th 2007 12:16PM]

This device imo is too big and doesn't have a GPs chip...

Apart from that, it look pretty good.

[Vincent Yiu @ Feb 19th 2007 2:52PM]

I like the fact that it has a ctrl button on it. I wish my Universal had one.

[Dan @ Feb 19th 2007 3:02PM]

A HTC Athena tablet is too big. This is perfect..and considering its price much lower then the Athena makes it even more worthwile. It's sad that here in america pda makers have lower standards and yet still charge outrageous prices when if you were to compare the specs between the devices you would find them pretty much unjust. Especially compared to this device, hopefully everyone will jump on the wagon and start boosting the specs of pdas that are to be released within the year to something more worthwile. Having a device with the same cpu and specs of that 2/3 years ago doesn't warrant a price of $350+ and up.

[adaminc @ Feb 19th 2007 3:30PM]

Looks a lot like the "OQO ultraportable pc"

[ConceptVBS @ Feb 19th 2007 5:53PM]

WHAT?!

THEY RIPPED OFF THE iPHONE!










*Sarcasm*

[010111 @ Feb 19th 2007 11:25PM]

"nigel @ Feb 19th 2007 11:03AM

this over the iphone any day...what about us Americans?"


this might surprise you. but the iPhone? yeah... get this... you'd never guess by the name... but it's a PHONE.

this isn't.

[Lestat @ Mar 18th 2007 6:11PM]

"numeric keypad for making calls"

ur stupid of course its a phone

[svallee @ Mar 17th 2007 10:03PM]

@IOTA: "So, this is almost exactly the same as the N800, but it has an HSDPA radio for 2x the price? And, some shoddy old MS mobile OS? What a bunch of crap..."

I own and kinda enjoy a N800 myself, but as soon as this one is released I sell my N800 right away to get one. Here's my reasons :

1) NVidia video chipset. Video playback on the N800 is downright abysmal.

2) Better CPU.

3) Windows Mobile 5. In my opinion a MUCH better mobile OS than that clunky, messy design that is Maemo (Linux). So many details on the N800 interface just makes me angry. On the opposite, my PocketPC running on WM5 is much more smooth and pleasant.

4) Hardware Keyboard. The N800 on-screen keyboard is alright, but less than optimal.

Basically that Sharp device looks like a N800 done right : no more messy and clunky Linux interface, real video playback capabilities, much better text input.

The price is steep tho.

[svallee @ Mar 17th 2007 10:08PM]

Oh and must I add: I'm a programmer, and WM5 wins big time on this department. GTK+ is so ten years ago. For coding comfort and pleasure, nothing beat C# and the .NET Compact Framework.

Another good point against my N800.

[jpj @ Apr 12th 2007 9:57PM]

miniSD expansion? Gimme a break. Nokia N800 has two full size SD slots and a community patched kernel for SDHC support. So the add-on storage comparison is 4GB versus 2x8GB = 16GB today, or 32GB when Patriot's 16GB CL6 SDHC hits the street (Real Soon Now, they say). No contest.