Comments on: Sharp Willcom D4 video

By: Al

Al — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:28:50 +0000

I think this is finally a UMPC worth a purchase for me. I would hope though that Sharp makes one designed for a US cell carrier say AT&T which is GSM based making it compatible in many places in the world?

When you mean a "custom SIM card" does that mean it is not possible to remove the SIM card and put a US SIM card if the unit was unlocked? I take my SIM card out of my GSM US phone and replace it with local SIM cards traveling to Europe with no problem.

By: John in Norway

John in Norway — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:53 +0000

This was way more detailed than your own video shows!!!

Just kidding, you do a great job. :)

By: scoobie

scoobie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:18:22 +0000

Yes you're right, my eyesights not good today and I missed it. Watching it in HD i see the cursor is moving on its own without the pen. Looks to be the first device with such an interface as the mouse pointer, as the pointer seems to cover a wide part of the right of the device

By: zunq

zunq — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:00:49 +0000

Scoobie: Actually you can see the cursor move without the use of the touchscreen.

By: Scoobie

Scoobie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:37:18 +0000

Hold on, it seems to have no trackstick or anyway of moving the cursors.The user seems confused on this aspect in the first minute and gets handed a pen. Why are they using the pen for everything?
Surely they haven't excluded soething to move the cursor. You can't use touch for everything on a 5 inch screen and hope to be accurate

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:32:09 +0000

@Mike: that's not really fair considering that they didn't really use it that much and just stood around it taking pictures and talking. Although it seemed to reactive pretty quickly when they tapped the screen properly I'm sure it's no supercomputer but it's a pretty cool looking device.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:57:52 +0000

Seems to move as fast as a rock garden.

By: Bob Kawaratani

Bob Kawaratani — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:13:26 +0000

To supplement the previous comment, the phone unit in this device is the latest version of PHS, a system that is not used in the U.S. or Europe. It will work in Taiwan, China and some areas in Thailand as well as Japan.

With regards to the memory, Sharp's FAQ for the device states that the memory cannot be removed or upgraded. Too bad. Also, the device has a one seg digital TV tuner and can record video from the tuner. Something that should be really useful on a device with a 40 GB HDD.

By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:05:26 +0000

I've already received reply from Conics.net in Japan. They should be selling it when it's available....

Everyone should note that this has special custom SIM card, so no phone functions will work outside of Japan, this device is meant for Japanese market only. However, the other functions will work anywhere.

Haven't heard back yet on when they expect to have this available.....

HTH,

Mark