Sharp Galapagos

The Sharp Galapagos A01SH is a 7" tablet running on Android Gingerbread. It has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, and a NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset at 1GHz. Apart from the 5MP rear shooter it offers a 2MP front-facing camera for video-chat.

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Sharp Galapagos specifications

also known as Sharp A01SH

Pros

  • Dual core processor
  • Fast processor (1000 MHz)
  • Lots of RAM (1000 MB RAM)
  • HDMI connector for TV-out (Micro HDMI (Type D))

Cons

  • Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (170 ppi)
  • Lacks global positioning system (GPS)

Design

  • Device type:
    • Tablet
  • OS:
    • Android (3.2)
  • Form factor:

    Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel

    • Candybar
  • Dimensions:
    • 7.68 x 4.80 x 0.50 (195 x 122 x 12.6 mm)
  • Weight:
    • 13.72 oz (389 g)
      the average is 17.3 oz (494 g)

Display

  • Physical size:
    • 7.00 inches
  • Resolution:
    • 1024 x 600 pixels
  • Pixel density:

    Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.

    • 170 ppi
  • Technology:

    Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.

    • TFT
  • Touchscreen:
      • Capacitive, Multi-touch
  • Features:
    • Light sensor

Battery

  • Talk time:

    Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours

    • 7.50 hours
      the average is 0 h (0 min)
  • Stand-by time:
    • 10.0 days (240 hours)
      the average is 61 days (1470 h)

Hardware

  • System chip:

    System chip - Most modern handsets use an advanced chip that includes many of the device’s hardware modules like the processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sometimes even the wireless radio. This field shows what particular system chip (or System-on-a-Chip) is used in the phone.

    • NVIDIA Tegra 2
  • Processor:

    Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.

    • Dual core, 1000 MHz
  • System memory:

    System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.

    • 1000 MB RAM / 8000 MB ROM
  • Storage expansion:
    • Slot Type:
      • microSD, microSDHC
    • Maximum card size:

      Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memory expansion slot that can be added

      • 32 GB

Camera

  • Camera:
      • 5 megapixels
    • Flash:
      • LED
    • Features:
      • Auto focus
  • Camcorder:
      • Yes
  • Front-facing camera:
    • 2 megapixels

Multimedia

  • YouTube player:
    • Yes

Internet browsing

  • Browser:
      • Yes
    • Supports:
      • HTML, Flash
  • Built-in online services support:
    • Facebook, YouTube (upload)

Phone features

  • Organizer:
    • Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer, Calculator

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth:
      • 2.1, EDR
  • Wi-Fi:

    Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.

      • 802.11 b, g, n
  • USB:
      • USB 2.0
    • Connector:
      • microUSB
    • Features:

      Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.

      • Mass storage device, USB charging
  • HDMI:
      • Micro HDMI (Type D)

Other features

  • Sensors:
      • Accelerometer, Gyroscope

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