Sharp Corporation announced it has developed a 1/1.8" 8 megapixel CCD on 26 October. The RJ21V3BA0ET is the industry's highest resolution interline CCD of its size. Samples will ship from the end of October with full-scale production to begin from January 2005.

Another day, another new LCD TV from Sharp. There's nothing particular special about the LC-26GD3 26", it just fills a gap in a line-up that already includes 22, 32 and 37 inch models. Still we can't really complain - the more LCD TVs they sell, the cheaper they will get.

Sharp has released details of a new addition to their lineup of Linux-based Zaurus PDAs. Features of the new model include an internal 4GB hard drive (a world first in a VGA screen-equipped PDA), a USB port, support for playback of Windows Media files and a Control key on the keyboard! Disappointly however, no internal wireless LAN or Bluetooth functionality has been included in the new model.

Besides two of the sexiest fingers I've ever seen, Sharp demonstrates o­nce again that they have the capability to make cool shit happen to cell phones.

This time around, "cool shit" comes in the form of a 2MP CCD camera module, complete with 2x optical zoom and autofocus.

The ramifications are endless. Or not.

This is the product announcement I've been waiting for.
While Sharp previously had their 3D display technology o­nly in their RD3D line of notebooks, they've finally gotten around to bringing out a normal LCD screen with the same technology.

Hey, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, it might actually be useful in America...
Other features include a 1024 x 768 resolution, which goes nicely with the D-Sub 15 pin input.

Dear Sharp:

Why don't you offer more of your products in countries other than Japan? I particularly like the DirectHD feature, which is o­nly available to those in the USA with the "Actius" notebooks.

Sincerely,
zmcnulty

Don't be alarmed, T-Mobile USA users - Sharp is releasing the phone for T-Mobile in Germany. T-Mobile, for those of you who don't know, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
After vodafone in England, this represents the second Sharp phone in Europe.
Come to think of it, Sharp doesn't even offer phones in the USA, do they?

Sharp will bring out an updated version of their 3D laptop that they released last year.

The major change is the inclusion of a Japanese operating system and keyboard. The previous version was  a development model, so it was English o­nly.