Japanese mobile phone carriers launch new Apple iPads

Japanese mobile phone carriers launch new Apple iPads

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member at an NTT Docomo Inc. outlet in Tokyo explains the company's trade-in campaign on Oct. 24, 2014, to a customer holding an iPad Air 2 tablet, as Japan's three major mobile phone carriers launch sales of Apple Inc.'s two new tablets. NTT Docomo, which started iPad sales in June well after KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp., is hoping to win over customers from its smaller rivals by offering the trade-in campaign, under which it will buy older iPads, including those sold by other companies, for up to 21,600 yen.

Sharp's new multifunction tablets

Sharp's new multifunction tablets

TOKYO, Japan - Presenters show Sharp Corp.'s new multifunction touch-screen tablet computers, dubbed GALAPAGOS, in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2010, which are scheduled to hit the market in December. Available in two models, the tablets will allow users to subscribe to newspapers and magazines, and purchase electronic books, with a total of 30,000 titles available at launch, the Japanese electronics company said.

Sharp's new multifunction tablets

Sharp's new multifunction tablets

TOKYO, Japan - Presenters show Sharp Corp.'s new multifunction touch-screen tablet computers, dubbed GALAPAGOS, in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2010, which are scheduled to hit the market in December. Available in two models, the tablets will allow users to subscribe to newspapers and magazines, and purchase electronic books, with a total of 30,000 titles available at launch, the Japanese electronics company said. (Kyodo)

Japanese mobile phone carriers launch new Apple iPads

Japanese mobile phone carriers launch new Apple iPads

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member at an NTT Docomo Inc. outlet in Tokyo explains the company's trade-in campaign on Oct. 24, 2014, to a customer holding an iPad Air 2 tablet, as Japan's three major mobile phone carriers launch sales of Apple Inc.'s two new tablets. NTT Docomo, which started iPad sales in June well after KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp., is hoping to win over customers from its smaller rivals by offering the trade-in campaign, under which it will buy older iPads, including those sold by other companies, for up to 21,600 yen. (Kyodo)