The EM ONE and Only from Sharp

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/' target='_blank'>http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone3.jpg" /><br /><br />Score one for Japan. On March 31st, they'll be welcoming the beautiful Sharp EM ONE running Windows Mobile 5.0. The specs? A Marvell PXA270 (previously, Intel PXA270) 520MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, 512MB ROM, a 4.1" WVGA (800 x 480) touch screen, an <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,53980&/nvidia_shows_off_the_goforce_5500.htm">NVIDIA GoForce 5500</a>, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 1.2, a video-out port, a miniSD slot, a mini-USB port, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a dual-slide QWERTY keyboard and control pad, and HSDPA connectivity thrown in for good measure. Available in black or white, measuring 140mm x 70mm x 18.9mm and weighing 250g, the EM ONE will cost ¥95,000 outright (US$796), or ¥39,800 (US$333) on a two year plan at ¥5,980 (US$50) a month. Interested in seeing this beast from all angles? Then take a look at the pictures after the break, and also head over to Sharp's web site and check out the <a href="http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/">Flash presentation</a> and <a href="http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/070219-a.html">press release</a> (<a href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sharp.co.jp%2Fcorporate%2Fnews%2F070219-a.html">rough Japanese to English translation</a>). <!><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone1.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone2.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone4.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone5.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone6.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone7.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20070219-emone8.jpg" />

[Rod3]

:drool: Wonder if this thing will be converted to English by anybody? Even without phone access, it's fabulous! I'm still crying over the demise of the Zaurus. This could dry my tears.

[Paragon]

Sweet! We are starting to see innovation takeoff again in Windows Mobile.

I wonder how many more devices we will see with the new WVGA resolution?

8)

[bnycastro]

All I can say is WOW 8O

[virain]

It doesn't have a dialer, does it? Can it be used as a phone? :?:

[tj21]

Data only. No voice capabilty. :|

[markvan]

This is too big for a PPC. But is the perfect size for a UMPC. I'll wait for the next round.

[ecsk2]

This is too big for a PPC. But is the perfect size for a UMPC. I'll wait for the next round.

A UMPC is just that a PC, runing "normal" windows!?

The Athena/Advantage is huge compared to any PDA's now but this EM ONE is NOT! IN fact around 4" screen (above or under) is the minimum you need nowdays!

Here is a comparision between the smallest UMPC available (actually classified as a UMPC PRO due to size and performance!) www.oqo.com and the well known Dell x51v if you're going to have Wide screen you need a wider device too...


http://www.sizeasy.com/page/comp/661

[ecsk2]

Data only. No voice capabilty. :|


Well frankly if you are somewhere where you can actually use HSDPA (with this device) you have everything you need with Skype!

Skype works just fine on WM !!

http://www.skype.com/download/

And in USA you pay $15/yr for UNLIMITED calling out all year! and if you need a number for ppl to call its another $30/yr and thats it :)

It will work on EGPRS too sometimes but you will hear the caller better than they will hear you...due to upload bandwidth of EGPRS.

[virain]

Data only. No voice capabilty. :|


Well frankly if you are somewhere where you can actually use HSDPA (with this device) you have everything you need with Skype!

Skype works just fine on WM !!

http://www.skype.com/download/

And in USA you pay $15/yr for UNLIMITED calling out all year! and if you need a number for ppl to call its another $30/yr and thats it :)

It will work on EGPRS too sometimes but you will hear the caller better than they will hear you...due to upload bandwidth of EGPRS.

I would agree with that, but the problem is, you have to have a headset with you all the time, and if you forget it, you screwed. Plus, it support BT 1.2, does it support stereo?

[saru83]

i love the fact that it is a stand alone PDA with HSDPA connectivity. Very innovative approach, &amp; the price is very reasonable. i love it :)

[Gerard]

Wish they'd gone with a slightly higher-resolution camera (like the Toshiba g900's 2Mp), and put in a bigger card slot like SD at least. Otherwise I'm very impressed. Is that 4.1" horizontally for the screen, or diagonally? I get the impression from the Flash presentation that it's 4.1" wide, which would make this by FAR the largest PPC screen so far! I could go for that! Looks like things are finally heating up a bit for guys like me who want big screened, do-it-all machines, without going to a full Windows desktop OS.

[bnycastro]

does having HSDPA doesn't mean it's a phone also? So the HSDPA on this is for data only??? no voice?

[ecsk2]

I would agree with that, but the problem is, you have to have a headset with you all the time, and if you forget it, you screwed. Plus, it support BT 1.2, does it support stereo?

It has stereo speakers builtin, did you not watch the flash movie?

Either way we can dream as much as we want but I doubt this thing is a quadband and even if it was you'd have to hack the WM JAP version :(

Sharp has been offering some very nice WM products the past few years but we just get left out, you'd think they would want a BIGGER market?

Not the smallest thing around but it had VGA screen at that:
http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/20/sharp-releases-w-zero3-ws003sh-qwerty-pocket-pc/

Can you tell Sharp is the maker of the Sidekicks also? :)

[ecsk2]

does having HSDPA doesn't mean it's a phone also? So the HSDPA on this is for data only??? no voice?

Well its like a PPC without wireless parts in it, so no software "phone" part, so it essentially is a phone just doesn't have the software for it as such but as I pointed out you can use Skype!

I think this is what the future holds anyhow data devices that uses mobile VOIP technology, phones as such are doomed to get extinct soon!

[ecsk2]

Otherwise I'm very impressed. Is that 4.1" horizontally for the screen, or diagonally? I get the impression from the Flash presentation that it's 4.1" wide, which would make this by FAR the largest PPC screen so far! I could go for that! Looks like things are finally heating up a bit for guys like me who want big screened, do-it-all machines, without going to a full Windows desktop OS.

The norm is to give the display sizes diagonally.

When it says '4.1" Wide VGA' it is refering to 800×480 WVGA (aka WGA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution



Click on the various buttons...
http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/

[ecsk2]

Now it appears the OS being in Japanese is not something that can't be overcome I did some digging and found that the XDA-Developers forum members did it on the W-ZERO3 (previous model from Sharp like this)

See this thread/pg:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=267541&amp;page=7

As for XDA-DEVELOPERS, MS is forcing them to take down their ROM IMAGES, so if you need some hurry up...

http://www.xda-developers.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=showarticle&amp;threadid=294142

[TOCA]

Oh so close :?

WM5 and BT 1,2? Come on Sharp, I know you can do better :roll:

But still: Lots of good news in this one, and data only cell access! Was starting to wonder if anyone would ever bring that up, nice 8)

[ecsk2]

More pics on this device:

http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/17197.html

If only Sharp could bring us this in a QUAD band GSM/EGPRS/HSDPA version!!

[ecsk2]

Oh so close :?

WM5 and BT 1,2? Come on Sharp, I know you can do better :roll:

But still: Lots of good news in this one, and data only cell access! Was starting to wonder if anyone would ever bring that up, nice 8)

I have a feeling that this WM5 has to do with Japanese WM, see how it supports WVGA which WM5 doesn't?

Even if you got the WM to be english and the HSDPA is(?) compatible with outside HSDPA networks, you'd be missing GSM/(E)GPRS support! :(

If it had quad GSM support I would be already working on getting one!

[TOCA]

Actually this is not the first cool PPC from Sharp, they've made some quite techy and cutting edge devices in the past.

My first PDA was a Sharp, and at its time (1995), it was the most powerfull PDA available, with 32KB RAM 3 independant contacts lists (Phonebooks at that time :? ), full QWERTY + numeric keyboard, and a PC sync port the size of a mini USB.

Unfortunally they decided some time ago, to concentrate their PDA market, around the Asian area, mainly Japan, Hongkong, and Korea, which is where you have to go, if you want one of their wonderfull PDA's.

Just remembered: At the time, when the rest of us, were drooling over the first WM2003SE devices, Sharp launched a PDA with build in terestial TV reciever (For the Korean market), talk about being in front of devellopment 8O

[Darius Wey]

I have a feeling that this WM5 has to do with Japanese WM, see how it supports WVGA which WM5 doesn't?

I'm not sure I understand your comment here. Are you suggesting that WVGA support is unique to the Japanese version of Windows Mobile? If so, that's not quite true. As far as Windows Mobile 5.0 is concerned, WVGA support is added in via a third-party driver. And it's not the first time we've seen WVGA in a mobile device. Take a look at the DualCor cPC.

[Fellwalker]

To start with I thought how fantastic. Finally a decent screen size after the pathetic little 3" and worse. And its not square. Great memory, good to have usb.

But hten I thought, would I swap my HP hx4700 with 4" VGA screen. My iPaq has a screen area of 7.68 square inches, but the new Sharp is under 7.1 square inches. That means I can see web pages in a thinner letter box. So i lose out, either at teh side or the bottom, or it becomes unreadable.

I have proper SD and CF slots, and the faster processor (intel PXA270 running at 624 Mhz). Blue tooth and Wifi.

Now if Sharp had used those for this unit...

I do not understand why htey did not include GPS, as that seems to be a pre-requisite for a fully functioning PDA.

The keyboard does not look anywhere near as good as my old Psion 5mx.

Yes a phone would be nice, but can you use the diary or type notes whilst talking using bluetooth?

[Powderfinger]

Wow is right! The dark one looks like my HP IPAQ hx4700 sans the touchpad. I use Skype on it all the time with BT headsets, both stereo and mono. It works great. Sure beats an Iphone!!!! I wish it had more than a miniSD card slot but I'll still take it. I would still use my BT keyboards most times but the built in one would do in a pinch. Can the screen be oriented in port mode? I'm calling Sharp tomorrow!!!! How about WM6? After 3 years of daily and nearly continuous use, inside and out, my hx4700 is showing its age. I've not upgraded as nothing else has a 4 inch high res screen and a processor greater than 500 mHz. Finally!! There is light on the horizon, just possibly. :mrgreen:

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Yes a phone would be nice, but can you use the diary or type notes whilst talking using bluetooth?

:?: Is there something in particular that would stop anyone from doing so? Multitasking is certainly possible, yes.

[tokyorob]

Had a play with the PDA today..

It's one cool PDA the screen is clear and the keyboard is way better than my M3100

Product build is good with no creaking and keyboard action is v-good

Going to order it on Thursday ;-)

it's a good deal too 6000jpy a month for a flat rate package ..

Rob :)

[ecsk2]

I have a feeling that this WM5 has to do with Japanese WM, see how it supports WVGA which WM5 doesn't?

I'm not sure I understand your comment here. Are you suggesting that WVGA support is unique to the Japanese version of Windows Mobile? If so, that's not quite true. As far as Windows Mobile 5.0 is concerned, WVGA support is added in via a third-party driver. And it's not the first time we've seen WVGA in a mobile device. Take a look at the DualCor cPC.

I was somewhat unclear I meant it could be an updated version of WM5 Japanese version, but as you mention this could just be a driver as such.

My MAIN point was that most likely the WM5 (not WM6) is due to lack of(?) WM6 in Japanese anytime soon?

[ecsk2]

Are we forgetting here that this is a JAPAN ONLY device??

[ecsk2]

Had a play with the PDA today..

It's one cool PDA the screen is clear and the keyboard is way better than my M3100

Product build is good with no creaking and keyboard action is v-good

Going to order it on Thursday ;-)

it's a good deal too 6000jpy a month for a flat rate package ..

Rob :)

My daily device is made by Sharp :)

So you are liking it?

[Darius Wey]

My MAIN point was that most likely the WM5 (not WM6) is due to lack of(?) WM6 in Japanese anytime soon?

Not really. As Windows Mobile hits RTM, most languages are already covered, and Windows Mobile 6 has the added option of language provisioning, so users can select a language of their choice based on what's offered by the OEMs.

Hunch tells me that Sharp went with Windows Mobile 5.0 because it was the only viable option at the time the project was conceived, which was probably months to years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if they released a Windows Mobile 6 version of the EM ONE, or even a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the existing EM ONE, sometime in the future.

[Darius Wey]

Are we forgetting here that this is a JAPAN ONLY device??

Nope, I think people are well aware of that. We've got plenty of Japanese readers who have an interest in picking one up, and also plenty of non-Japanese readers who are more than happy to continue drooling over something that's out of reach. ;)

[ecsk2]

Are we forgetting here that this is a JAPAN ONLY device??

Nope, I think people are well aware of that. We've got plenty of Japanese readers who have an interest in picking one up, and also plenty of non-Japanese readers who are more than happy to continue drooling over something that's out of reach. ;)

Oh I'm a drooler allright, having been using the Sharp made Sidekicks I really love the formfactors and build quality but would need a WM device, and this would just be the best of all the devices I know of for now.

If there was some hope this would work on NA data networks (EGPRS) I would be ready to wait/work with XDA developers to get english WM onto it like they did with the W-Zero3.

I guess it is fairly safe to see that the chance of anyone outside Japan carrying this is slim, btw this is a custom device for EM ONE right? Just like the Sidekick for Danger/Tmo ...?

[ecsk2]

Did someone post this already?

http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/33270.html

"Translated":
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=ja&amp;u=http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/33270.html&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=translate&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dem%2Bone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff

[ecsk2]

My MAIN point was that most likely the WM5 (not WM6) is due to lack of(?) WM6 in Japanese anytime soon?

Not really. As Windows Mobile hits RTM, most languages are already covered, and Windows Mobile 6 has the added option of language provisioning, so users can select a language of their choice based on what's offered by the OEMs.

Hunch tells me that Sharp went with Windows Mobile 5.0 because it was the only viable option at the time the project was conceived, which was probably months to years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if they released a Windows Mobile 6 version of the EM ONE, or even a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the existing EM ONE, sometime in the future.


So WM6 could actually make it easier to make such devices as this to English? Obviously with some "hacking" as XDA developers are well knows for.

Ok, yes development of new devices do take quite a fair amount of time, I can say "been there done that" to that ;)

[ecsk2]

Something puzzles me, why does a Japan only device have what I preceive as an English keyboard?

http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/static/image/2007/02/19/one_06l.jpg

Compare to the desktop keyboard hooked up to it here which seems to be ENG/JP Keyboard?

http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/static/image/2007/02/19/one_26l.jpg

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[Darius Wey]

btw this is a custom device for EM ONE right?

The EM ONE is a standard release from Sharp. I don't believe it was custom made for a particular carrier.

[Darius Wey]

So WM6 could actually make it easier to make such devices as this to English?

It doesn't make it any easier or harder for the OEM to construct a device. It simply benefits the user if their native language does not match that of the country the device is released in.

Obviously with some "hacking" as XDA developers are well knows for.

You're limited to the languages included in the ROM, and this is dictated by the OEM. They can include/exclude English, Chinese, Japanese and what not as they see fit. No amount of hacking will allow one to access a particular language if it is not included with the device.

[bnycastro]

if a person was knowledgeable [xda dev level or higher] enough can he/she get the language packs and add it to ROM? or are these language packs OEM/MS only property?

[Darius Wey]

if a person was knowledgeable [xda dev level or higher] enough can he/she get the language packs and add it to ROM? or are these language packs OEM/MS only property?

With enough technical knowledge, you can flash a ROM with anything, but the language packs are the property of Microsoft and the respective OEMs, so any attempt to add language packs beyond what is provided would be seen as a breach of the EULA.

[ecsk2]

btw this is a custom device for EM ONE right?

The EM ONE is a standard release from Sharp. I don't believe it was custom made for a particular carrier.

Are you sure about that? "EM" (aka EMobile) is a SP (Service Provider) afaik

http://www.emobile.jp/en/

http://www.emobile.jp/cgi-bin/e_press.cgi?id=360

http://www.emobile.jp/index.html

Sharp refers to it as S01SH
http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/s01sh/index.html
http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/

[ecsk2]

So WM6 could actually make it easier to make such devices as this to English?

It doesn't make it any easier or harder for the OEM to construct a device. It simply benefits the user if their native language does not match that of the country the device is released in.

Obviously with some "hacking" as XDA developers are well knows for.

You're limited to the languages included in the ROM, and this is dictated by the OEM. They can include/exclude English, Chinese, Japanese and what not as they see fit. No amount of hacking will allow one to access a particular language if it is not included with the device.

It appears we are talking about different things, I am NOT talking about OEM manufacturers (been there done that, on the actual production and development floor, for a decade, I know how that works), nor am I talking about how to constuct the (hardware) i.e. device.

Also it is fully possible to get the OS into English, as I posted in this thread on Feb the 20th with posting this link: (in ref to the previous model from Sharp of similair type)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=267541&amp;page=7

[ecsk2]

Man, the more I look at this device the more I want it! 8O

Wish there would be SOME hope of getting it work on some WWAN outside Japan :(

[Darius Wey]

Are you sure about that? "EM" (aka EMobile) is a SP (Service Provider) afaik

If you look at it from the literal perspective (EM ONE being the model name), then yes, you could treat it as a custom device, but as you've identified yourself later on in your post, the device itself has a separate reference, thus making it possible to license to other carriers (especially since there was no exclusivity announcement made by EMOBILE at launch).

[Darius Wey]

It appears we are talking about different things, I am NOT talking about OEM manufacturers (been there done that, on the actual production and development floor, for a decade, I know how that works), nor am I talking about how to constuct the (hardware) i.e. device.

Then what are you talking about? You queried the possibility of gaining access to other languages? I'm telling you that Windows Mobile 6's language provisioning is governed by what languages the OEM includes in the image. It's a different model to what has been used in the past, and involves no EULA-breaching file modifications or substitutions.

[ecsk2]

Are you sure about that? "EM" (aka EMobile) is a SP (Service Provider) afaik

If you look at it from the literal perspective (EM ONE being the model name), then yes, you could treat it as a custom device, but as you've identified yourself later on in your post, the device itself has a separate reference, thus making it possible to license to other carriers (especially since there was no exclusivity announcement made by EMOBILE at launch).

All Sharp devices have a "Sharp Model number" also!

The Tmobile / Danger Inc exclusive devices Sidekick 2 and 3 (aka Hiptop 2 &amp; 3) are defined as PV-100 and PV-200 by Sharp, they actually say so on them! Unlike the Sidekick 1 which was NOT a Sharp device.

If you go to the Sharp Mobile JP site http://www.sharp.co.jp/k-tai/ you will see that ALL the devices shown are specific for the various Service Providers.

Putting your OWN COMPANY NAME ("EM") as a model name on a device doesn't spell exclusivity? :)

I am not sure what point you are trying to make at this point, it is quite obvious that this (along with most other Sharp Mobile products) is an exclusive product for the EM SP!?

[ecsk2]

It appears we are talking about different things, I am NOT talking about OEM manufacturers (been there done that, on the actual production and development floor, for a decade, I know how that works), nor am I talking about how to constuct the (hardware) i.e. device.

Then what are you talking about? You queried the possibility of gaining access to other languages? I'm telling you that Windows Mobile 6's language provisioning is governed by what languages the OEM includes in the image. It's a different model to what has been used in the past, and involves no EULA-breaching file modifications or substitutions.

I never was talking about "gaining access" but more in the context of "hacking" and with reference to the XDA developers' site.

Well WM6 is not being used in the EM ONE (or W-Zero3) so that's not really "my" subject..

I believe I have been relatively clear about what I mean.

Plain and simple the possibility of using the EM ONE device with English WM OS, now the bands it works on and EULA are all other topics not directly related to the TECHNICAL aspect of using this device with Eng WM OS, just like the W-ZERO3 that there is a limited amount of out there being used with English OS.

[ecsk2]

... (especially since there was no exclusivity announcement made by EMOBILE at launch).


Oh?

EMOBILE launches its first strategic mobile handset ..

...The three companies plan to continue their alliance....



http://www.emobile.jp/cgi-bin/e_press.cgi?id=360

All the Sharp sites has EM's LOGO and links to EMobile.jp clearly on it:

http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/s01sh/index.html
http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/

I mean don't get me wrong, I'd be the first to welcome this device on a carrier I could use outside Japan, but all indivcations so far show that that is NOT the case nor going to happen.

P.S. Back to the Danger Inc (www.danger.com) product(s) by Sharp, the main productline for Tmobile is labeled Tmobile / Sidekick ("by Sharp") but they also market it through other carriers then actually with a SHARP logo on the front, and nevertheless still a 100% exclusive device through Danger Inc that's not even a service provider.

[ecsk2]

Not ready to give up hope I was doing some more googleing and found this:
http://dmnnewswire.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=106891-0

Which states: "supplying eMobile Japan with both the new GTM478.... The wireless module is incorporated in the "EM-ONE":

Ok so lets look up the info on that module:

http://www.option.com/products/gtm_478.shtml

Which states: "Multimode HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM"

Yes 3G would be great but I can live without it frankly...so what would you guys say?
If I can get around the JP OS and perhaps a Sim lock, which I am not considering to be impossible, the freq bands could perhaps actually work for my 1900mhz GSM/EGPRS needs?

Or should this be understood as ONLY 1700?
"Both products uniquely operate the 1.7 GHz frequency band"

P.S Note the wording "supplying eMobile Japan"

[ecsk2]

Not the same module but note the info on this one:
"Japanese Certification (800 / 1700 / 2100)"

http://www.option.com/docs/datasheets/GTM378.pdf

Btw would this happen to be the same band as Tmo USA is supposed to be using??

[Darius Wey]

Putting your OWN COMPANY NAME ("EM") as a model name on a device doesn't spell exclusivity? :)

Definitely not. Take HTC's and Palm's devices, for example. They've been tagged with other company names time and time again, and as we all know, that in no way spells exclusivity.

Well WM6 is not being used in the EM ONE (or W-Zero3) so that's not really "my" subject..

And I never responded on the assumption that the EM ONE would ever be powered by Windows Mobile 6. A page back, you put forward the question: "So WM6 could actually make it easier to make such devices as this to English?" I simply replied in the scope of that question.

Moving on, I feel that this discussion no longer has a specific aim as it has only gone in circles over the past week or two, and so this will be my last post in this thread. I wish you luck in your research.

[ecsk2]

Definitely not. Take HTC's and Palm's devices, for example. They've been tagged with other company names time and time again, and as we all know, that in no way spells exclusivity.

You seem to be confusing something here!
HTC is a manufacturer Palm is not, in fact many Palm products are made BY HTC.

EMobile is a service provider, not a manufacturer.

Sharp operates in a different manner than HTC used to, and also to what they currently do, Sharp has a number of devices they supply on an OEM basis, the Sidekicks, the W-ZERO models, and as it is evident this EM(obile) ONE device.


Moving on, I feel that this discussion no longer has a specific aim as it has only gone in circles over the past week or two, and so this will be my last post in this thread.

Yes I agree you've been going in circles despite the clear cut facts that have been posted here.

To the facts belong the fact that EMobile is not a mobile phone service provider but an INTERNET PROVIDER, this is the reason why the EM ONE doesn't have any PHONE features to it nor will ever be carried by any MOBILE PHONE SERVICE providers, because it's not a phone :)

[ecsk2]

Just got confirmation that Sharp Japan that they have no plans to release this device outside (nor inside!) Japan to any additional customers.

[ecsk2]

Here is some new pictures:
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/showcase_top/33409.html

Here is some more info I got just the other day from a contact in Japan:

Next year starting phone service. Now, not. OK

It is mobile device.
It is need to contract when we get it.
Basic plan-95,000
1 year-71,000
2 year-39,800

But it can't buy only products...

It is seems to be difficult to get it.
Maybe I can't get it. But japanese many people booked for it from buginning
March.

Excuse his English, and the prices are in Japanese YEN.

[ecsk2]

Now it appears the OS being in Japanese is not something that can't be overcome I did some digging and found that the XDA-Developers forum members did it on the W-ZERO3 (previous model from Sharp like this)

See this thread/pg:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=267541&amp;page=7



Kind of like I thought this topic would come up on the xda-developers forums, Sharp EM ONE is even mentioned in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307968