3D has been the trend in entertainment since Avatar Came out. Of course, the tech has been around for a while, but it wasn’t used the way that it was used in Avatar; that movie created a boom and this year most of the entertainment stuff has been centered on 3D.We have 3D TVs, 3D video games, 3D movies, 3D-able game consoles and we’ll even have a portable 3D console soon (Which I’ll talk in another post soon enough… I can’t leave the Nintendo 3DS out of loop!).
The new thing, is 3D Phones; and we aren’t talking “wear glasses to see 3D, 3D” we are talking glasses less 3D on your phone. I won’t compare the features to the 3DS just yet, I need solid info and hands on experience to do something like that; I want to talk a little of what’s on these phones and how they work.
Around November 14/15th sharp announced a phone with 3D capabilities, and it would be using glasses less 3D technology. What is this technology? Well, IGN mentioned some ways that would make 3D work on handheld devises before the 3DS was unveiled on e3.
No glasses means the 3DS's screen will have to be able to switch between 2D and 3D modes and display a solid image - none of that blurry double-vision junk. There are currently three ways of doing this: with a camera, with a motion sensor, or with special screen technology.
So, to achieve 3D you must use one of those 3 ways presented above; these phones are under the “special screen technology” (just like the 3DS). These screens where actually announced early this year, they are called: Parallax Barrier Display.
In order for 3D to work, you need to emit 2 images at the same time, one for each eye. These parallax screens where created in such a way that emitted light would be divided, and they would show 2 images in parallel but divided in such a way that your eyes would recognize them as different sources of light. Since you’ll be looking at the same image, just in different positions; the brain can perceive the whole image and you will have a sense of depth thanks to the different positions of the light being received.
It’s a tricky technology, and it’s more an add-on than a feature since you don’t really need “3D” to use a phone, and considering that you need to see the screen from a specific position it’ll limit its uses to entertainment (which… would drain your battery).
Which brings us to: How will the phones work?, the 3D is ok, since they’ll be using a parallax screen; but then, what about battery life? What about actual uses for the 3D tech, or what about the specs of the phone? How do they look?
Well, let’s answer those questions:
The phones are actually beast android phones and they are being created by “Sharp”; you’ll get a massive processor, hardcore ram, and Froyo already running on the phones.
There where 2 versions of the phones announced, a full touch candy bar version and a slider qwerty keyboard candy bar version. I've only seen the full touch screen version.
- Froyo (Android 2.2)
- A Customized UI from Sharp
- The kick @ss 1Ghz Snapdragon processor
- A 3D capable camera.
- And of course a 3.8 inches parallax screen.
The full touch version will come with a 9.6 megapixel camera and the one with the slider keyboard was reported on some sites that it would come with an 8 megapixel camera.
I still haven’t found information on battery life, so for now that’s my only worry. The phones are gorgeous and that processor over there will make sure you can run anything on your little android phone.
The phones are going on sale only in Japan on December, but it’s been announced that sharp plans on bringing these babies to the US in 2011 (I hope it’s on summer).
As for the apps, well… aside from the normal Android Market, video game companies such as Capcom and Konami are planning on releasing games for the thing (heavy competition for the 3DS right?) so expect some awesome 3D content. Aside from games, the phone has the power to take 3D images, or turn 2D images to 3D and vice versa
For now, the only worry would be battery life; other than that this phone looks like the future of PDAs.
Speaking of which, although reports talk about a keyboard version; the only phone I’ve seen is the full touch screen one named SH03 – the keyboard model is named 005SH.
For me, I would like the keyboard 3D phone and I'm pretty sure I'll buy it at soon as it comes out.
So, any of you future readers plan on getting a 3D phone?
For me, I would like the keyboard 3D phone and I'm pretty sure I'll buy it at soon as it comes out.
So, any of you future readers plan on getting a 3D phone?
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