Sharp has announced its intentions to sell new 3D-display equipped smartphones that don’t require glasses to view them in the United States, China, and India in 2011.
The company is aiming to stimulate international demand for its phones through the move, which will follow the sale of new 3D-display phones in Japan in December. Sharp is also considering expanding to the United States and China an e-reader online software distribution service that is set to start in Japan in conjunction with the sale of its e-reader “Galapagos.”
The company is betting that software distribution services and advanced smartphones will allow it to distinguish itself from its competitors and increase its share in the international smartphone market.
In 2008, Sharp re-entered the Chinese market, and from this month the company is selling smartphones in China and otherwise pouring investment into foreign markets. The company has also been selling mobile phones in the United States through major telecommunications companies there.
“We want to expand our market share with phones that have unique abilities and original services,” said a company spokesperson.
For the domestic market, Sharp is aiming to soon acquire 30 percent or more of the smartphone market share and sell 5 million smartphones a year. Sharp’s online software distribution service is planned to be upgraded to support other Sharp-made smartphones in spring of 2011, and the company is considering distribution to its “Aquos” liquid-crystal televisions in the future as well.
source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20101116p2a00m0na011000c.html
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Sharp said it plans to introduce at least one 3D-capable smartphone in the U.S. market next year, following its launch of the handsets in Japan.
The company, which announced the 3D-enabled Galapagos 003SH and 005SH for Japan in early December, said it plans to release one of the models for the U.S. market in 2011.
The company has not yet announced which version will be released and when.
The 3D smartphones both feature 3.8-inch liquid crystal display displays, which let users to snap photos, play games and watch videos — all in 3D. Both devices run on Google’s Android 2.2 operating system and take 3D pictures.
The Galapagos 003SH comes with a 9.6-megapixel CCD camera, 1-gigahertz Snapdragon CPU, 400-megabytes of internal memory, Wi-Fi, GPS and the ability to record 720p high-definition videos, while the Galapagos 005SH has similar specs, but comes with 512-megabytes of internal memory, a 8-megapixel camera, a flip-out keyboard and compact four-way directional pad.
In an increasingly crowded mobile market, smartphones capable of 3D will surely stand out as consumers use their devices for more and more purposes beyond communication.
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