Sharp has announced the AQUOS which is a clamshell Android 2.3 smartphone with a 16 Megapixel camera. The rest of the specs are quite good and even infrared is included, but I have to say that it looks like a clamshell for the sake of making a clamshell to me.
From MobileCrunch- “If you thought Android and clamshell handsets won’t fit, think again: Sharp today introduced [JP] the so-called AQUOS PHONE THE HYBRID 007SH, a flip phone running on Android 2.3. It’s the first of its kind (at least by a major company), but that’s not all the device has to offer.”
I’ve not read the referenced article yet, but from the photo, I think the form factor is absolutely horrid. Especially since the keyboard isn’t even a proper full alpha-numeric keyboard.
It reminds me of the Sony NX series of PDAs from way back when. I’m not sure that I would buy one now though!