Sharp FOMA SH705iII Integrated TV Tuner Cell Phone Announced [Japanese Market Only]

Having just posted about abominable Levi ‘The Original’ cell phone we’ll act quickly to post about a cell phone that undoubtedly comes in at the other end of the desirability spectrum in the form of this cool Sharp FOMA SH705iII cell phone which, apart from boasting sleek, minimalist appeal also comes with integrated TV tuner.

Details are a little spare on the ground at the time of writing but what is known is the Sharp’s newly announced FOMA SH705iII cell phone is a 1.7 GHz band device with full international roaming 3G capabilities and comes with a 2.8” 262K colour 400 x 240 resolution TFT screen, a 0.8” OLD 96 x 39 resolution monochromatic display housed under the primary TFT for displaying information such as the time, a 3.2MP camera and microSD card slot. Oh, and, of course, and integrated TV tuner.

Offering a purported battery life of 175 talktime or up to two hours of continuous TV viewing, Sharp’s FOMA SH705iII will be made available to customers of the Japanese NTT DoCoMo (cool name) mobile network on what is reported to be an exclusive basis – so don’t expect the FOMA SH705iII to appear, certainly in this guise, out side of Japan. Period.

No word as yet concerning unit pricing.

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