Sharp announced a device similar to iPad, but called it a reader

The Japanese opa will introduce two models of the Galapagos family of electronic books, and also announced that in December this year she would launch its own Internet service service and subscriptions to periodicals, CyberSecurity.ru reports.

The first novelty called Mobile Type is equipped with a 5.5-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1024 × 600 pixels and an optical joystick. The Home Type model has a screen with a resolution of 1366x800 points and a diagonal of 10.8 inches. It is also reported that the devices have a Wi-Fi adapter.

Galapagos will work under the Android operating system, but without the possibility of installing applications and access to the Android Market store. The devices will support the work with content in the XMDF format (Ever-Extending Mobile Document Format), which allows not only to view texts and images, but also to play video and audiolics.

The company's statement says that for the new Sharp Galapagos reader, access to about 30,000 books, newspapers and magazines will be opened. In 2011, digital films, music and games designed for this device will also appear.

At the announcement of the new Sharp in Tokyo, the company representatives said that the main goal of these products is the Japanese market. Later, the spokesman for Sharp specified that Rider’s international expansion is planned to start, most likely, with the United States, where negotiations with Verizon Wireless are now underway.

Sharp first spoke about her plans for the release of such devices in July of this year. Now the company also claims that the company is not embarrassed by the fact that 4 months are already sold in the Japanese IPAD market. According to the manufacturer’s plans, next year, Galapagos sales will be about 1 million reeders.