Sharp was the first company to marry glasses-free 3D and Android and launch at a large scale, though availability of such handsets never crept farther than Japan. Since then, companies like LG and HTC have thrown into the 3D game and introduced the technology into their own 3D lineups, taking it another step by adding [...]

Disney might be out of the branded cell phone game in the US, but over in Japan where the good times are still rolling for Micky Mouse and crew it is a different story. A brand new Android smartphone is coming for Disney fans in the Land of the Rising Sun. OK, brand new might [...]

Although we’ve believed these devices would be running Android from the start – and although Sharp wasn’t ready to announce what operating system it’d be running just yet when Rob spoke to them yesterday – I tracked down the Galapagos tablets on the CES show floor and I did something crazy: I opened the browser. [...]

The Sharp Press Conference at CES 2011 was amazingly crowded and although the company didn’t overtly mention Android, they could have slipped in a gem. They focused mostly on televisions and displays along with 3D, color optimization, and efficiency, but an interesting couple of devices called the Sharp Galapagos Tablet may have a dose of [...]

Just yesterday, we were wondering if Sharp had any plans to bring their Galapagos tablets to the United States. It sounds like that just may be the case with today’s revelation that the 5.5-inch and 10.8 inch devices have gotten into the hands of the FCC. While this doesn’t confirm a release is imminent, it’s [...]

Sharp has been doing some interesting things with their lineup of Android phones, and while they may rely to an extent on gimmicks such as glasses-free 3D, their offerings thus far haven’t looked all that bad. For now, Japan is just about the only place you can get a piece of Android on a Sharp [...]

There is something to be said for an advertising campaign that relies on star power to move a product rather than mentioning any aspect of the actual product. That’s fine and all, but somewhere we are missing the connection between Lady GaGa (especially the track “Poker Face”) and the Sharp IS03. But we will secede [...]

Admit it: glasses-free 3D on a smartphone is a pretty cool gimmick. A pretty cool gimmick more than just those in Japan will soon be able to experience. Sharp is set to release their 3D handsets in the Land of the Rising Sun, and while we were pretty impressed with what we have heard and [...]

The Sharp 003SH will be hitting Japan’s DoCoMo under the name LYNX 3D next month, and while it features one of the most unique feature sets for an Android phone we haven’t seen too much of it. A little video overview was put together by Diginfonews showing off some of said features, though as you [...]

We’ve heard a lot abut this clamshell Android-based MID, but it’s only ever been available in Japan as its internal radios are compatible with Japan’s popular cellular networks. Still, retailer Conics has seemingly brought the Sharp IS01 over to the states in a WiFi-only state and will sell it for $246. The device has a [...]

The line of Android handsets that most recently saw the Sharp IS03 is about to get three new family members on KDDI in Japan. Toshiba, Sharp, and Pantech are each contributing one Android device with the same branding for the carrier, all of which come with built-in 1-Seg TV tuners. Toshiba gives us the REGZA [...]

To call the touchscreen found on the new Sharp ISO3 a retina display might not be totally true — Sharp foregoes any such branding — but the pixels are there plain as day to speak for themselves. This Japan only release for KDDI au sports a screen running at 960×640 resolution, easily besting every other [...]

It seems like the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab may have ushered in the latest era of Android devices – tablets. Today, Sharp has announced two new devices called “Galapagos” – a 10.8-inch tablet and a 5.5-inch version – to be available this December. Thanks to the tipster who sent this in, who [...]

Sharp is bringing another Android MID to Japan, this time en route to NTT DoCoMo. The LYNX SH-10B has a lot in common with the earlier ISO1, including a 5.3MP rear camera and 4.3MP front-facing camera, 5-inch screen, and full QWERTY keyboards in a clamshell design. On the connectivity side the SH-10B features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, [...]

Last week we told you a bunch about the Sharp ISO1 Android Smartbook and brought you a boatload of pictures and details. The hardware looked a tad bit dated, but the concept was one we thoroughly enjoyed, and now we get to see it in action! The friendly interwebz people at YouTube are so graciously [...]

Aside from the beautiful Japanese women in the picture below, something immediately jumps out at me – the form factor of the device shown on the left. It’s an Android device produced by Sharp, tentatively called the ISO1, that will launch on Japan’s second largest carrier – AU by KDDI. I can’t help but be [...]

If you’re familiar with the electronics company Sharp – it may be because they produce you’re television. But little did you probably know, Sharp is also the largest manufacturer of mobile phones in Japan. But they’ve got plenty of competition, so to keep their edge over the likes of Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Kenwood, Toshiba, NEC, Denso, [...]