[September 14, 2011] Sharp to halt sales of Galapagos multifunction tablets Sept. 30 Tweet (Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, Sept. 15 -- (Kyodo) _ Sharp Corp. said Thursday it will halt sales of its Galapagos multifunction tablet computers on Sept. 30, less than one year after their launch. The gadgets, which let users read e-books as well as major newspapers and popular magazines delivered at designated times, have apparently fallen far behind Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer. (c) 2011 Kyodo News International, Inc. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]