Strategies to compete with the iPhone are getting increasingly inventive; the latest is a plan from Sharp for a smartphone with a 3D screen.
Sharp says its 3D screen technology, which is only used on small screen for now, does not need special glasses to view the 3D image - which is just as well. But does it have any practical function, or is a 3D screen on a phone just a gimmick?
Sharp isn't unique in developing a 3D smartphone; Nokia announced a research model called the N810 tablet last September. But the model is key for Sharp, who are lagging in the smartphone market after the massive Microsoft Kin flop earlier this year.
The 3D smartphone will launch by the end of this year, Sharp said, and will include a 3D camera. Now that does sound interesting.
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