Sharp 904SH Includes VGA Display and Face Recognition

Sharp 904SH People keep asking me when they should buy a cell phone, and my response has been “wait a few months, there is this cool thing in Japan that you will want”… And so they wait, and the phone eventually comes over to North America, and they ask me if they should gety it, and I have to tell them to wait as something even better comes out. To prove the point, Vodafone K.K. and Sharp have announced the 904SH, the first mobile with a VGA resolution main display.

The incredible features do not end with the display though, as the Sharp 904SH also includes a 3.2 megapixel camera with 2x optical zoom, Bluetooth, and a miniSD expansion slot. This is all well and good, but Sharp has not stopped here - the 904SH includes two very interesting features that I hope make it out of Japan soon: Motion Control Sensor and Face Recognition.

With the Motion Control Sensor and the Vodafone NAVI GPS navigation service, the handset can sense its motion in 3D, and adjust the display of the map to reflect where the user is facing. Probably the most interesting feature though is Face Recognition - this security feature activates the internal camera whenever the handset is opened, and can identify whether the user is authorized to access the device within one second using eye and mouth facial features.

There is no word yet about bringing this phone to North America, but if Sharp can release a phone with these features, you can expect other companies are not too far behind.

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