Sharp, Sony start taking orders for Galapagos

Sharp, Sony start taking orders for Galapagos

OSAKA, Japan - Women operate Galapagos multifunction tablet computers during a home electronics event at a store in Osaka on Dec. 3, 2010. Sharp Corp. and Sony Corp. began accepting orders the same day for Galapagos and Reader digital reading devices, which are scheduled to be released for the Japanese market the following week.

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