http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/ Engadget Comments for Sharp IS01 Snapdragon-powered 3G MID introduces AU to Android http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 3:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/+1]]>Mar 30th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
Whats not to love? +1]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://bit.ly/sharp-is01-compiled-updates]]>Mar 31st 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
how can it sound like a "pretty sweet deal" when there's no info on price?]]>Mar 30th 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/That's true, it looks like it would be rather expensive. I meant "deal" as in 'the whole package in general', rather than specifically the price, though.]]>Mar 30th 2010 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/yeah, 2.0 or 2.1 please. otherwise, definitely meh. I actually still love the clamshell form factor, though.]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/I know right. One assumes there must be some sort of reason... whatever it is...]]>Mar 30th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
Sharp make such brilliant phones! ^^ For example the Sh-04, slap on android onto that with a new snapdragon and some ram and its good to go =D

I sure hope this wasnt the rumored sharp android device... Was hoping for more

]]>Mar 30th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/because you'll need a separate phone (costing another $300) to make/receive calls and to handle e-mails(widely used instead of SMS).
Personally I love this device, but most of people looks disappointed at it can't replace current phones.]]>Mar 30th 2010 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Apr 1st 2010 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Apr 1st 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/While Japan makes great tech stuff, people here are generally surprisingly NOT tech savvy. Guess it is like Paris and fashion.]]>Mar 30th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
Yes, according to slashgear :-)

I won't link it, you know what to do.]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
This looks like a throw-back to the Psion Epoc handheld device, for those of you who are old enough to remember that far back!
]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.pencomputing.com/features/mobilon4500.html

Lovely memories. ]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
Sharp already had a very similar MID thing which ran Ubuntu. Saw it in shops sometime ago but seems it has quietly vanished off the shelves. Japan needs to stop giving those candy like phones... for some strange reason all 3 big boys keep releasing phones with rainbow colors..]]>Mar 30th 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
What is the biggest marketing point of Japanese phones?? the friggin camera! they stuck in a 11MP camera in that thing and think it's soo advanced! how lame is that?]]>Mar 30th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/That's because market enclosure have worked very effectively since mid-1990s in Japan. Using unlocked phones on Japanese careers meant no messaging at all for you and just calls. We still can't send SMS over domestic careers. The only way for a KDDI/au customer to reach a text message to a docomo phone is to use e-mail client on an au-branded phone. Under this circumstance, what careers don't customize and sell directly (i.e. Android smartphones) virtually can't exist in the country. They had zero influences until SoftBank started to sell iPhone with Japanese e-mail and emojis.]]>Mar 30th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Apr 1st 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Apr 1st 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Also, as you may know japanese don't really like non-japanese stuff (yes, I am generalizing a lot, but still).
"Japan cannot simply ignore Android when the rest of the world is embracing it."
Absolutely, but they will be the last on the train. Just check what it took to adopt the iphone (make it free campaign, cheaper contracts, etc.)]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/The reasons are known and they are hardly valid.]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.mountainhardwear.com/Product.aspx?top=2039&prod=3383&cat=2066&viewAll=False

http://www.columbiastore.jp/shop/g/g4536974844426/]]>Mar 30th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/IMO $80 premium isn't so big]]>Mar 30th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.mountainhardwear.com/Product.aspx?top=2039∏=3383&cat=2066&viewAll=False

http://www.columbiastore.jp/shop/g/g4536974844426/]]>Mar 30th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Apr 1st 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
Pity it doesn't have a touchscreen I can use.]]>Mar 30th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/
So you'd rather have a resistive touch? .....why?]]>Mar 30th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/Mar 30th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/sharp-is01-snapdragon-powered-3g-mid-introduces-au-to-android/It's always some nebulous date, months and months away. ...]]>Apr 27th 2010 2:17PM