Name: SoftBank 922SH
Category: mobile phone
Price: JPY95,520 (varies with account specifics)
Release date in Japan: March 28, 2008

More than a mobile phone (then again, almost all mobile phones are now more than a mobile phone), SoftBank's new 3G 922SH is an 'Internet Machine'. It folds open book-like into a horizontal configuration that's a lot like a really tiny laptop: 3.5-inch VGA LCD screen on top, QWERTY keyboard below. SoftBank says the screen, with 'Reflect Barrier Panel' and 'New Mobile AVS LCD' technology derived from Sharp's AQUOS TV expertise, is easy to read even in bright light. On that little keypad you'll find scroll and zoom keys to further aid browsing, as well as easy access to memo-taking and dictionary functions.

Folded shut into phone configuration, the W-CDMA + GSM 922SH still allows text message checking on an OELD Sub Display, as well as media playback. Also on the feature list: 2.0 megapixel camera, One Seg TV (with 3D Surround stereo speakers!), microSD memory, Bluetooth, IrDA, and a choice of gold, black, white, or pink shells.

More info: http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/en/product/3g/922sh/ (English)
http://www.softbankmobile.co.jp/ja/news/press/2008/20080325_02/ (Japanese)