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Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Anonymous on February 26, 2004, 11:37:45 pm
Dear ,
Sharp is launching a quarterly newsletter to offer you a glimpse into what\'s happening in the world of mobile vector graphics. You are most likely getting this email because we have spoken to you before, but just in case, here are some quick facts about SharpMotionART.

SharpMotionART is:
· The smallest vector graphics file format available
· Ideal for animated wireless content and UI development
· Available for BREW, now

The newsletter will keep you clued in on:
· how to make money in wireless with SharpMotionART
· tips & tricks on how to use SharpMotionART
· key partnerships important to your development plans
· resources on our website
· current applications that use SharpMotionART
· content samples & more

Our first issue will feature a \"Best Animation\" contest with the chance to win a 15\" Sharp AQUOS flat-screen TV!

To subscribe to the SharpMotionART newsletter, click here.



Thank you for your interest in SharpMotionART. We look forward to keeping you informed.

Sincerely,

The SharpMotionART Team
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: bb on February 26, 2004, 11:45:28 pm
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...<snip>...
 You are most likely getting this email because we have spoken to you before, but just in case, here are some quick facts about SharpMotionART.  
...<snip>...
Did you notice how much this resembles your average spam message?
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Anonymous on February 27, 2004, 12:14:08 am
What the heck is wrong is Sharp?  Why is their focus so skewed?
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: offroadgeek on February 27, 2004, 12:15:38 am
I got this today as well... great area for them to focus their marketing efforts.  What a joke.
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Reset on February 27, 2004, 09:52:47 am
They pull out the DevNet from under our feet without one word to us.  Then they feel free to use our supplied email addresses to SPAM us.

I removed my email from the list.  If anything significant happens, I\'m sure I will hear about it in here. ;-)
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: ran on February 28, 2004, 08:36:17 pm
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Did you notice how much this resembles your average spam message?

\"Hi,  I saw your post on Devnet,  and...\"

It\'s hard to guess what (if anything) the folks in Osaka are thinking.  Maybe they\'ve decided that there\'s no market for the Z in the US,  and are hoping to make some bucks by flogging their cartoon data format.

Ran
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Anonymous on February 28, 2004, 11:57:07 pm
hey reset...

so how did you unsubscribe? I didn\'t notice that in the email, or do you go to the sharp site?
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: mussi on February 29, 2004, 08:45:29 am
Sharp is indeed a strange-of-a-kind company. On one hand, they want to sell you some GSM operator branded cell-phone.

What I\'d like is a phone based on OZ, if they can make that, or at least a really useful PDA. For the moment, I\'m pretty sure I won\'t see that in Europe. Bascially, I\'d like a handspring Treo, but with OZ and more capable hardware.

At least they don\'t mail me yet, and I suspect I get enough spam.
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Mickeyl on February 29, 2004, 10:38:37 am
The whole OZ team is waiting to keep their hands on a linux based phone to put an OE-based release on. Best candidate seems the Samsung or the Qualcomm atm. because they pretty much have the same hardware as a Zaurus.
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Reset on February 29, 2004, 11:27:39 am
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hey reset...

so how did you unsubscribe? I didn\'t notice that in the email, or do you go to the sharp site?

Click on the embedded link in the email.  The url that it refers to has an \"Unsubscribe from all future mailings\" type check box at the bottom.  Be sure to uncheck the newsletter offer.
Title: Finally a mail from Sharp!
Post by: Anonymous on February 29, 2004, 01:22:33 pm
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The whole OZ team is waiting to keep their hands on a linux based phone to put an OE-based release on. Best candidate seems the Samsung or the Qualcomm atm. because they pretty much have the same hardware as a Zaurus.

Wasn\'t there a Motorola phone released in China which was running Qtopia?

Any news on how it is doing?