Not many people know this but Sharp have been at the forefront of the glasses free 3D revolution, as they are the ones who are making the screen for the new Nintendo 3DS and 3D HD camcorders. But now they have said that they will bring out a new Smartphone with a Autostereoscopic screen and camera for international markets.
Now this isn't the first manufacturer to make a promise of this magnitude - Hitatchi touted one early last year for Japanese carrier KDDI and sadly it never saw its way to our shores, so Sharp are going to pick up the baton and reckon it will be available by New Year's Day 2010 - so pencil that in your diary.
Now there is no suggestion of what the new phone may look like or whether it is going to run on Android or something else. But we think a 3D mobile phone and camera on a phone is one of the more inventive uses of this new type of 3D.
But we for one are excited by the idea of a 3D mobile phone and we presume that many other companies will be looking into this tech for 2011 - a 3D iPhone or iPad could be a winner in our minds. And you heard it here first.
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