New Japanese Handsets To Make You Weep
Just as high quality VGA screens arrive here with the release of the lovely HTC Touch Diamond, Engadget reminds us that Japan will always be light years ahead with Sharp/Willcom’s Summer mobile phone lineup.
The highlight is undoubtedly the Willcom D4, an unassuming little powerhouse that is more PC than PDA. Styled like a creatine-reared Tytn II, the D4 is an ‘ultra mobile’ running Windows Vista on a 5-inch WSVGA (meaning wide and super VGA) touchscreen, with a full slide out keyboard and a 40GB hard drive. So, yeah, it’s boxy but very good. Also makes our excitement at megapixels slightly misplaced.
Oh, and don’t look at the D4 website, this phone is never coming out here and the slickness will only depress you.
The Willcom D3, whilst not as awesome, is still fairly brilliant with the E8-esque morphing buttons and hot pink sliding QWERTY keyboard. The D9 is more of a traditional Japanese phone, a minimalist flip with a huge screen and all manner of quirky features.
It’s only an eleven hour flight…
