Sharp M4000 WideNote Notebook Awarded ''Best of the Best'' Award by LAPTOP Magazine; ''Perfect Notebook for Work and Play,'' says LAPTOP Magazine.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Sharp Systems of America is proud to announce that their newest ultraportable notebook, the Sharp M4000, received a "Best of the Best" award from LAPTOP magazine in the December 2005 issue. The notebook had been previously called "The Best Ultraportable Yet" on the cover of the November 2005 issue of LAPTOP Magazine, earning 4.5 stars out of five and a LAPTOP "Best Buy" award in the issue.

"The Sharp M4000 WideNote, a 3.7-pound brushed aluminum beauty, can last up to six hours on a charge," writes Laptop Magazine about the Sharp M4000 WideNote. Praising the Sharp M4000 WideNote's no compromise approach, LAPTOP writes, "unlike other sub-four pound systems, the M4000 doesn't make any tradeoffs when it comes to comfort since it features a full-sized keyboard and a bright 13.3-inch display that's easy on the eyes."

"It's an incredible honor to be recognized for having one of the ten best notebooks of the year by LAPTOP Magazine," said Terry Hanly, product marketing manager for Sharp Systems of America. "The Sharp M4000 WideNote is a special notebook that Sharp took great pride in developing, and this award is a testament to our efforts. As a recognized leader in the ultraportable notebook space, Sharp will continue to push the envelope of ultraportable computing to bring the most functionally advanced ultraportable notebooks to the marketplace."

The Sharp M4000 WideNote(TM) Ultraportable Notebook

Weighing in at just 3.7 pounds, measuring just over an inch-thick at its thinnest point, and with a battery life in excess of 6 hours(a), the Sharp M4000 WideNote boasts the peace-of-mind and outstanding mobile performance of the Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz with 2MB of Level 2 cache).

More than just a processor, the Centrino(TM) technology provides fully integrated wireless LAN and graphics capability to deliver faster instruction execution with lower power consumption, enabling great battery life. While the Sharp M4000 WideNote is a highly mobile, ultraportable notebook solution, it includes both an 80 GB(b) hard disk drive and an integrated optical disk drive. Functionally, it can be considered a true desktop replacement.

Featuring a dazzling 13.3-inch WXGA wide-screen LCD with the unprecedented brightness and clarity of a desktop monitor (300 nits), the Sharp M4000 WideNote offers a beautiful clear display from Sharp, the world leader in LCD technology. Developed in the most advanced LCD manufacturing facilities in the world, the Sharp M4000 WideNote display with its clear finish and maximum brightness provides highly saturated, rich colors and optimal clarity in a wide-screen design that offers a large viewable area for maximum productivity.

Boosting Sharp's claim of having the most innovative ultraportable wide-screen notebook in the US, the Sharp M4000 WideNote features advancements in power management and battery integration to provide this substantially powerful notebook with hassle free coast-to-coast computing. The Sharp M4000 WideNote features Sharp's exclusive Advanced Power Management Software. With this highly flexible power management software, the user has the ability to establish and use three (3) preset power usage settings including: "Max Power" for when the maximum system power is required, "Mobile" for when balanced levels of power management and system power are required, and "Max Mobile" when maximum battery life is required. This exclusive software offers users the ability to control power levels of up to eleven subsystems including the LCD display (brightness, backlight & refresh rate), hard drive, optical disk drive, wireless LAN, System Standby, Suspend to Disk, System Wallpaper, Audio and CPU performance, ensuring maximum system battery life at the optimal user performance settings.

The full-featured Sharp M4000 WideNote was designed for maximum usability with a 'no compromise' approach to mobile computing. Eliminating the need for external optical devices, external keyboards and extended batteries, the M4000 provides extremely comfortable mobile computing in a sub-4 pound design. The wide format of the M4000 provides users with a 19mm pitch, 2.5mm stroke keyboard, providing a large and ultra-comfortable typing surface that accommodates users with large hands with a precise typing experience that won't slow them down.

In addition to housing a built-in optical drive (CD-RW/DVD-ROM), the Sharp M4000 WideNote is equipped to handle Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, which have become popular in the mobile environment, especially in digital cameras, PDAs and cellphones. The notebook also includes a Type II PC Card slot (PCMCIA) and 2 USB 2.0 connections, as well as a V.92 modem and an Ethernet jack. Additionally, the M4000 is equipped with built in stereo speakers, a headphone jack, and a 15-pin external video VGA output jack.

The unique, true innovation of industrial design in the Sharp M4000 WideNote offers advanced style and durability. The brushed aluminum outer system housing offers an elegant design, greater impact resistance and increased resistance to dirt and fingerprints. The internal magnesium frames provide superior stability for the motherboard, hard drive, optical drive, and LCD display.

Enhancing the Sharp M4000 WideNote's capability for multimedia, the notebook also features sharp-fx(TM), Sharp's exclusive DVD optimization software. This included module for InterVideo's WinDVD(R) player automatically adjusts image contrast for optimum clarity, providing a brighter picture in comparison to the wash-out that occurs when standard notebooks attempt to play DVD movies.

The Sharp M4000 WideNote is competitively priced with an estimated street price of $1,799.99.

Availability

Sharp notebook computers are available for order immediately through Sharp directly (http://store.sharpsystems.com), or through Sharp's network of retail partners and reseller channels. For more information, call 800-BE-SHARP.

About Sharp Systems of America

Sharp Systems of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, markets, sells and supports notebook computers and LCD monitors. Products are available through Sharp's network of authorized dealers and resellers. More information can be found at www.sharpsystems.com.

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(a) Battery life is based on BAPCO MobileMark 2002. Battery life may vary based on usage.

(b) 1GB equals one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.