Sharp launches Tango and Alice phones in India with Opera Mini


Japanese handset maker Sharp Corporation has announced the launch of Sharp SH0037D aka Alice and Sharp SH6017D aka Tango mobile phones for users in India. Both these phones have been pre-installed with Opera Mini to enable faster web browsing for users. And these two phones are mainly targeted for the youth category for whom SNS and IM are one the most important feature.Sharp had announced it’s entry into the indian mobile market back in Nov 2010

Sharp Alice

Sharp Tango

Sharp Alice features

  • A 3MP CAM
  • Opera Mini
  • G-sensor
  • Front Stereo Speakers
  • FM (recording, schedule recording)

Sharp Tango features

  • 2.9″ WQVGA Screen
  • 5MP CAM
  • Pedometer, G Sensor
  • Supports microSDTM/microSDHCTM(Max.8GB)
  • Standby Upto 220 minutes

With Opera’s track record of having over 80 million happy users , Opera Mini is the world’s most widely used mobile browser. It displays web pages faster than by using Opera’s original rendering engine and server-side data compression technology (Which saves a lot of data usage, comes very handy for people who are still on limited 2G internet) . Opera Mini browser is on the most advanced web browser in market which delivers content most efficiently and easily with the use of user-friendly functions, such as tabs, URL auto-complete and highlights keywords, which makes life a lot easier.

Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software ASA said,

There is no doubt that the mobile phone revolution has embraced India and to compliment that we have also seen exponential growth in mobile data traffic in the country. We are happy to be a part of this revolution in enabling mobile Internet and partner with a company such as Sharp as it introduces these two phones for the Indian market.

More information about the products can be found here:
Sharp  Alice
Sharp  Tango