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*drool*

Seriously...them's some teeensy pixels.]]>May 26th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGufvgxI0AY&feature=related

Is this a really large phone, or are those really small hands?]]>May 26th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
That said, the touchscreen keyboard on the Apple iPhone / iPod Touch is actually perfectly usable and practical. Within a few weeks of owning one, I was literally 50% faster at typing emails than I was on my Treo 700wx.

I'm not trying to start an Apple flame war, i just want people to know that the iPhone keyboard actually works really well if you are open to trying it. However, I'm sure there are just as many people who will not like using it and will stay with QWERTY phones.]]>May 26th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
The numpad + qwerty is super fantastic..... EVERYTHING.

It even has Opera Mobile 9.5 as its default browser....EVERYTHING. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uq07R0IX7A

Where was this phone all that time? Phones like those deserve screenshots, early previews... in the wild... hands-on.... launch conferences and then a release!

Great, great phone.]]>May 26th 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
I'm loving this phone esp. after seeing Opera Mobile 9.5 on it.

Does it have an accelerometer?]]>May 26th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
please?]]>May 26th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
When you list all of its features, it packs a huge punch:

-Tactile QWERTY keyboard
-touch screen
-bluetooth
-wifi
-microSD
-2mp camera
-6hrs talk time (very decent actually)]]>May 26th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
I seem to recall that Japan had its own variety of CDMA]]>May 26th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Handy-phone_System]]>May 26th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
Yet, Willcom uses it's own uniquely modified/updated version of PHS.]]>May 26th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
But I'm excited about the panels so yeah Xperia is better... but not "meh" better at all.]]>May 26th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/and xperia has the same set of keys on the front pad...which would offer more or less the same functionality...so whats the limitation???]]>May 26th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
This, on the other hand, is fully operable single-handedly without even sliding open the qwerty.]]>May 27th 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Sharp-Willcom-03-The-Japanese-Diamond-5.jpg]]>May 26th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/

Very sexy]]>May 26th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 26th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 27th 2008 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/May 27th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/
It is awesome!! The only downside is, they don't add bilingual functionality to this phone.
I speak and read Japanese, so that's not really a problem for me, but for many others it is.
The ease of use is better than I anticipated, with Windows providing all the tools such as Word, Excel, OneNote & even Powerpoint!
Internet browsing is a breeze, but works better through the 'Menu' function instead of directly through Internet Explorer and Opera Browser.
There are two negative points about this phone: the first being there are no parentheses ( that's 'brackets' to us Brits ) and secondly, it doesn't allow for YouTube video download. However, the latter problem can be overcome by downloading and using a DRM removal tool found on http://www.download.com to enable download to this device.
Using 'Active Sync' from Microsoft, you are able to download various software packages, such as iPhone apps to give it that iPhone look and feel (if you're really sad and think iPhone is the in thing that is).

Sending text messages is easy but a little slower than regular cell phones, but hey, we could all use a little more patience!

The 1-seg TV provides awesome picture quality with matching sound, and the body of the phone is tough as was evident from the fact that it was knocked on the floor by a member of staff in the store, without so much as a single scratch.

This phone will be hard to beat for quite some time, but as the normal requirement is a two-year contract for services, I guarantee anyone owning this phone will get more than enough use from it before deciding to upgrade within a year or two.]]>Oct 13th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/willcom-shows-off-1seg-equpped-willcom-03-smartphone/i fell in love from a first look on this phone.
but...would it work in Canada?can anyone help me plz!!!!!!!!]]>Oct 31st 2008 6:45PM