Sharp Aquos Android clamshell tricks friends into thinking you can't afford a smartphone

Looking for a handset that harkens back to simpler, pre-smartphone era, without losing the Googley luster of Android? We've got the perfect phone for you, and all you've got to do is move to Japan and get a Softbank Mobile account. Sharp, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in its native country, rolled out the retro-future Gingerbread-packing Aquos Phone Hybrid 007SH, an Android 2.3 flip phone with a 180-degree swiveling touchscreen above the hinge and a numeric dial pad below that all the cool kids in Shibuya crave. It's also got some pretty solid specs, so far are clamshell phones go, including a 6MP camera and a 3D-capable display. The handset will hit Softbank in mid-June followed shortly by Sharp's rotary Honeycomb tablet.

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Sharp shows off the world's first Super Hi-Vision LCD with 16x more detail than 1080p

While Japan's NHK has been working on the successor to HDTV, Super Hi-Vision, for years, there haven't been any direct-view HDTVs capable of showing its full 7,680 x 4,320 pixel resolution until this prototype unveiled today by Sharp. Its 103 pixels per inch may be just a fraction of those found in some of the pocket displays we've seen at SID this week, but that's still far more than the 36ppi of a 60-inch 1080p HDTV. If estimates are correct, we'll still be waiting until around 2020 for that 33MP video and 22.2 channel sound to actually be broadcast, although there's a possibility of some demonstrations happening during the 2012 Olympics. Skip past the break for the available specs and a video demonstration, or just head over to the NHK's Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Tokyo between the 26th and 29th of this month.

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Review : Sharp LC-46D62U

Sharp is known for producing the best LCD TV and there latest addition is Sharp LC-46D62U
This 46 inch TV has an amazing contrast ratio and produces the right color of black which makes the pictures turn out to be great. It has a resolution of 1080p which helps in improving the picture quality drastically.

Sharp LC-46D62U  menu is easy to navigate with the help of its stylish remote. The remote can be held firmly with a strong grip and the buttons on it are easy to use. Sharp also features OPC which adjust the images according to the changes in the light in the surrounding room. It also allows user to select from the 6 pictures setting of which 5 can be adjusted. These include dynamic, standard, movie, games, PC etc. sharp LC-46D62U is very stylish to look at. Its unique and slim design makes it look very pleasing to the eyes. These features truly make it a great catch for most people