Sharp AQUOS FullTouch 931SH Handset by Softbank

The Softbank Sharp AQUOS FullTouch 931SH touchscreen handset is being developed by Sharp Communication Systems Group for Softbank Mobile Corp. The phone offers a 1024 x 480 resolution and multi-touch capabilities such as tapping, double-taps, pan, pinch, scroll, rotate, etc.

The 3.8-inch touchscreen features TrueTouch touchscreen solution developed by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. The solution allows the phone screen to track up to ten touches at the same time. TrueTouch is considered to be the most advanced touch-screen solution in the market. It has opened up new vistas for application usage. It is based on PSoC architecture that enables designers to incorporate various features into the phone. This particular model is a slider phone and offers an impressive 5.2 megapixel camera.

The phone also features a 1-Seg TV tuner, Bluetooth 2.0, media player with microSD card slot, accelerometer, and a web-browser. The web browser can be used for receiving weather updates and other information. The 931SH 3G phone also stores a Wikipedia-like dictionary. The 931SH will be available only in Japan.