Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Keyboards and Keypads: Sharp and Willcom's "es" W-ZERO3 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 03:45 AM
Today, Sharp, Willcom, and Microsoft announced a new W-ZERO3 device (known as the "es") for the Japanese market, and I'm going to be upfront here by saying that this new variant looks hideously Lego brick-like. 8O
![](http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060704-esWZERO3.jpg)
On the bright side, it has a 2.8" VGA (480 x 640) TFT-LCD (yes, you read that correctly; no, it doesn't mean that text will be painfully small), and also, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a miniSD slot, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a numeric keypad, a slide-out keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Unfortunately, no Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (boo!), but it does have support for a DMB tuner. Note that this isn't your standard GSM phone, so those of you hoping to import one will have little luck. It's only compatible with Japan's PHS network.
![](http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20060704-esWZERO3.jpg)
On the bright side, it has a 2.8" VGA (480 x 640) TFT-LCD (yes, you read that correctly; no, it doesn't mean that text will be painfully small), and also, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a miniSD slot, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a numeric keypad, a slide-out keyboard, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Unfortunately, no Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (boo!), but it does have support for a DMB tuner. Note that this isn't your standard GSM phone, so those of you hoping to import one will have little luck. It's only compatible with Japan's PHS network.