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Why does Japan get the cool stuff first? 3D smartphones will soon be a reality there. Two upcoming Sharp smartphones will offer a 3D-capable display. These two new Android powered phones, known as the Galapagos 003SH and 005SH, won't just house any regular 3D screen. Instead, they'll be based around an autostereoscopic 3D display developed by Sharp itself, which means that you'll be able to 3D content without the need for pesky 3D glasses. After all, who would want to wear 3D glasses just to use their smartphone?

Sharp recently announced that it will be the first Blu-ray disc maker to launch a recordable triple layer Blu-ray format with 100GB of storage capacity--twice the capacity of current Blu-ray discs.

Sharp reported its first ever net loss for the year just ended as the recession and strong yen squeezed its business.

Sharp will soon put on sale in Japan a first-of-its-kind laptop that replaces the traditional trackpad with an LCD panel with embedded optical sensor.

Sharp and Sony have decided to delay the targetted start of a joint venure LCD (liquid crystal display) production and sales venture.

Sharp expects extraordinary losses of around US$475 million as a result of writedowns in the value of stock it holds in other companies, it said Tuesday.

Sharp and Italian utility Enel will team on a solar power plant in Italy and are in talks on a solar cell production factory, Sharp said Thursday.

Three electronics manufacturers -- LG Display, Sharp and Chunghwa Picture Tubes -- have agreed to plead guilty and pay a combined $585 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of LCD panels

Sharp is presenting an environmentally friendly way to watch television at this year's IFA electronics show in Berlin. The company says solar-panel and LCD TV technology is at the stage where a single panel can provide enough energy to power the TV for four and a half hours per day with no additional electricity required from the grid.