Sharp IS01 Full QWERTY Looks Like a Netbook, Android Smartphone

Most of the so-called “Smart Books” we have seen in recent months, have tried the line between a netbook / notebook and a smartphone with an ARM processor and uncertainty always-on operating system like Google Android, you to incoming messages to received, even if the lid of the laptop is closed allowed. But most of these devices, such as Compaq Airlife Skylight 100 and more like a Lenovo netbook with a smartphone Thank you consider for the 10-inch screen and nearly full-size keyboard.

Sharp IS01, on the other hand, looks more like a mobile phone, a laptop, thanks to its small size. The IS01 has a 5 inch, 960 x 480 pixel touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard, which will probably be more comfortable for the entry with the thumb on with all 10 fingers. But it uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 1GHz in the HP and Lenovo Smart Books found.

Japanese mobile operator KDDI to offer IS01 with EVDO, 802.11b / g and Bluetooth 2.1 as well as the capabilities of a 1-Seg TV tuner and two cameras, one for taking pictures and video equipment manufacturing calls.The for the Google Android 1.6, in Japan in May