Tag archive: Mebius

Japanese electronics giant Sharp has never been a big player in the North American computer market, but it had maintained business selling notebook and desktop computers, particularly in Japan. But no more: the company has announced that it is exiting the personal computer business completely, and will focus its marketing and information technology efforts on its forthcoming Android-powered Galapagos tablets, along with the content ecosystem of… Read More

Electronics giant Sharp isn't a major purveyor of personal computers in the North American market, but it does offer PCs in its native Japan. The company has just announced a new Mebius PC-NJ70A netbook for the Japanese market that sports a unique feature: instead of a traditional trackpad, the computer sports a 4-inch 854 by 480-pixel LCD panel with optical sensors. The multitouch-capable pad can detect up to four fingers or styli on… Read More

The Mebius PC-RD3D, billed by Sharp as the world's first 3-D laptop, goes on sale Oct. 27 in Japan and is planned for release later this year in the United States. The new laptop is mostly targeted for people who design three-dimensional software, but Sharp is also planning a model for average consumers, company spokeswoman Miyuki Nakayama said Thursday. Tokyo-based Sharp has been selling cell phones with 3-D displays for NTT DoCoMo,… Read More