Sharp intros NetWalker touchscreen notebook at Ceatec |
Sharp has been busy showing off the NetWalker at this year’s Ceatec.The NetWalker is a smaller-than-usual notebook sporting a 5 inch touchscreen, Ubuntu OS, USB, Wi-fi, 4 GB memory, microSD expansion and a battery that will last you up to 10 hours.
The Sharp NetWalker is set to be priced at about 44,800 Yen (or $500) and is expected in Japan by the end of October. We can only hope that it shows up elsewhere too, for those who love small.


Landlines may be facing extinction, but that doesn’t mean that Sharp can’t still offer one up, along with a digiframe to entice you. Sharp’s JD-7C1CL/CW cordless phone comes with a 7″ touchscreen LCD display. The display can be used to access basic phone functions including voice mail.
Sharp has unveiled the LE600 and LE700 LED TV series. The LE600 comes in 32-inch, 40-inch and 46-inch sizes, while the LE700 has all of those plus a 52-inch model. Both the LE600 and LE700 series feature Full HD resolution, LED backlights, a contrast ratio of 4,000:1, Sharp’s “X-Gen Panel” with proprietary “Mega Contrast” and “Brilliant colour Processor” technology.
Sharp is offering another handset for SoftBank Mobile. This one is unsure if it’s a phone or a camera. The AQUOS SHOT 933SH. The most interesting aspect of it is the 10-megapixel low-noise CCD sensor that was specially designed to make it as simple to use as a standard digital camera, thanks to its rotating touchscreen display.
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With virtually every computer maker and a few non-computer makers jumping into the netbook realm it can be hard to differentiate one netbook from the other in a consumers mind. All of the machines run the same hardware, software and offer virtually identical specifications.
If you like secondary displays, Sharp has something you’ll like in their Japanese Mebius PC-NJ70A. The guts of this machine are pretty boring, but it does feature an interesting trackpad. An 854 x 480 resolution LCD, which automatically adjusts brightness depending on the surrounding light and can probably function as a secondary display.
Sharp’s new AQUOS DH77 LCD TV features full High Definition support and 100Hz technology. It’s available in 32 inch, 42 inch, 46 inch and 52 inch flavors and they all have a “green eco-button” on the remote control that lets viewers lower the energy consumption of the TV when it isn’t in use.
It looks like Sharp just took the lead in the race for the world’s thinnest production LCD television. The AQUOS X series TVs come is 37, 42 and 46-inch models and are an incredibly super-thin 34.4mm (1.35 inches). Part of Sharp’s ability to keep these LCDs so Svelte is attributed to the fact that the tuner and the I/O connections are in a separate box and not inside the actual TV. It’s then connected through a single cable to the television. 
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Neato. The word is traveling fast across the blogosphere that Sharp Japan has announced two new Aquos Blu-ray players that push the limit on HDD size. There are two BD-HDW Blu-ray recorders in the product line-up, the BD-HDW15 and the BD-HDW20. Both units have HDMI output, a dual TV tuner so you can record two shows at the same time, Dolby DTS, a smart drive that can detect the differences between dual layer discs and single layer ones and compatibility with the company’s i-Link to make for smooth connections to other Sharp electronics. The HDW15 has 500GB of HDD space on it while the HDW20 ups it to a cool 1 terabyte of magnetized media. Supported media also include dual layer BD-R/RE discs apart from single layer discs.
After ongoing negotiations over an LCD patent license that started back in 2006, Sharp feels they are unable to come to a resolution with rival Samsung and yesterday filed a lawsuit against the company in a US district court. The lawsuit alleges that Samsung has infringed upon five of Sharps patents in LCD-related technology.
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