It took Sharp a full year (or litlle less, or more) to really enter the tablet market with its IGZO screens. Even now, the first mass products with IGZO screens promising 80%-90% power consumption reduction are available in Japan only. It has started with Sharp's IGZO Aquos 7-incher and some other screens:
(disclaimer: the device demoed doesn't show sharp stylus capabilities of a prototype).
The same fate of being launched in Japan only awaits also Sharp's Windows 8.1 Bay Trail Möbius Pad (or should I say, Shapu Windows Mebiusu 10.1 inchi taburetto). There's no demo video of this Möbius available yet, but it's very interesting to see how this IGZO technology works:
Who in US wouldn't want a phone with 6.1" 2560x1600 IGZO screen that can last days on a single charge -- it's beyond me. Or who doesn't want a Haswell notebook with IGZO 15.6" 4K2K screen?
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It must be also mentioned that this Möbius Pad is not the first Sharp's foray into the realm of devices with IGZO screen panels. As I said almost a year ago, this Sharp Aquos SHT21 launched in Japan went practically unnoticed:
It looks like you won't be able to buy this interesting tablet even in Japan yet, almost a full year after showing its prototype. It will be pretty sad if the similar fate of vapourware would stick to its follower, a Möbius Pad.
However, amodel Sharp Aquos Pad SH-08E is shown as released to NTT DoCoMo with a not so "sharp" stylus:
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