3D going to hit our phones? Seriously? Sharp says YES!
Sharp has announced that they are bringing 3D to phones, the good news is its the no glasses variety so you wont look extremely goofy walking down the street looking at your phone, the bad news? Well do we need 3D? I’d venture to say no. I am still a little put off by the 3D experience, I went to see Avatar in 3D last year and while it was “cool” it wasn’t mind blowing or anything like that and now every other TV sold seems to be a 3D TV. My question is this, Do we NEED 3D on our phones? I’m interested in your comments so please let me know. Honestly I don’t think its necessary and unless their design is some ultra slick 3D user interface for Android that really took advantage instead of just being 3D when you play a 3D movie I would start to lean towards it being something I would consider, in its current intended implementation I see no need for it, but then again once I actually see once of these phones in person the interface may be interesting… Unfortunately I think its just going to cause (here comes the F-word) Fragmentation. More after the break.
The best thing about this is that a major worldwide electronics manufacturer is producing more Android devices and dedicating more reseources to Android so in the end it all works out for us as an Android community, These phones may be a huge hit for Sharp they may not but lets remember Sharp makes alot more than phones and this technology could end up in your future smarthome controlling anything and everything with a 3D interface… Here are the specs on the 2 phones destined to be released in the coming months (no ETA).
Sharp Galapagos 003SH
The 003SH is “simple” Android 2.2 3G Smartphone featuring a 3.8” multi-touch screen with a WVGA resolution (800×480) and featuring Sharp Mobile ASV display technology, as well as Sharp 3D Glassless technology!
The 003SH comes with a 9.60Mpix CCD camera with AF, a 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU, 400MB of internal memory, Wi-Fi, GPS and the possibility to record 720p videos.The 003SH will be available in three different stock colors including the Red, Black and White and a 10 other “limited” ones sold for the launch of this model.
Sharp Galapagos 005SH
Like the 003SH, the 005SH comes with Sharp 3.8” 3D Glassless display with a same WVGA resolution and the same basic hardware spec with however 512MB of internal memory instead of the 400Mb found on the 003SH, and a 8Mpix Camera module instead of the 9.6Mpix of the 003SH.
The 005SH comes with a flip QWERTY Keyboard and compact 4way directional pad.
Source AndroidGuys