The 934SH Mirumo handset, produced by Sharp for SoftBank Mobile, has won the coveted annual CEATEC Innovation Grand Prix award according to this press release [Jpn]. The memory LCD featured on the outside surface of this clamshell design unit was noted as a useful reference function combined with the 8 mega-pixel camera.

Machine Translation:

Annual CEATEC Innovation Awards as Selected by US Journalists

The United States the technology where the independent selection commission which consists of the journalists and the analyst involved in IT home appliance is exhibited in CEATEC JAPAN, collecting materials the product and service. Exhibition ones which especially are superior in the influence to reformist characteristic and the future American market were elected, the American media panel innovational award which is commended (CEATEC INNOVATION AWARDS “as selected by US Journalists”) the prize-winner decided.

The technology which in CEATEC JAPAN 2009 is exhibited, from midst of the product and service, selecting [huainarisuto] about of each 3 points in the respective field. From among those, seven section prizes which add “special prize” were selected. Furthermore the judge most [selected grand prix] in those which receive being impressed. As a result, with CEATEC JAPAN 2009, [grand prix] “memory liquid crystal loading portable telephone Mirumo” of the sharp corporation, it is conferred [“various energy-saving technologies of corporation Hitachi, Ltd. liquid crystal display” you were awarded Green IT special prize] Green It and vis-a-vis the product which it is related.

Grand prix
Portable telephone and Mobile field (cellular and mobile technology)
‘Memory liquid crystal on-board portable telephone “Mirumo”’ Sharp corporation

Green IT special prize
‘Various energy-saving technologies of liquid crystal display (sample only)’ corporation Hitachi, Ltd.

Home entertainment field
‘CELL REGZA’ corporation Toshiba

Part field (technology components)
‘Pigment sensitized type solar array cell’ TDK corporation

Digital imaging field (digital imaging)
‘Swing panorama mechanism’ SONY corporation of cyber shot WX1

Network field
‘Two pictures PC (Mebius PC-NJ70A)’ sharp corporation

Digital contents
‘Finger Piano Share’ Yamaha corporation

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