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Sharp is officially out of the PC business

The Japanese Nikkei has reported today that Sharp is officially out of the PC business, pulling the plug on their personal computing operations.

Sharp has not put out a new PC in the last year.



Additionally, the report says that Sharp will now re-focus on "marketing its Galapagos tablet devices coming out in December, along with providing content such as e-books, music and video for these products."

Sharp is a big player in the HDTV, LED, LCD and solar markets.

Many major computer makers have shifted their focus away from PCs towards tablets and other mobile devices.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 25 Oct 2010 19:44

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• 9 comments

• Morreale

  Sharp made computers?

  25.10.2010 20:57 #1

• cleverick

  I have never seen a Sharp computer.

  25.10.2010 21:06 #2

• dssacer

  maybe they make computer parts

  25.10.2010 21:23 #3

• DVDBack23

  Originally posted by cleverick: I have never seen a Sharp computer. Me neither, but they did make them.
  

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  25.10.2010 22:31 #4

• ROMaster2

  So I'm NOT the only one who didn't know they made computers.

  25.10.2010 23:16 #5

• greenacre

  They made computers for sale in Japan and probably never marketed it outside Japan.

  26.10.2010 00:41 #6

• KillerBug

  I know that a few of their desktops made it to NA back in the late 1980's and a few laptops made it over in the early 1990's. Can't say I have seen anything from them this century...

  26.10.2010 04:57 #7

• Zealousi

  just another gateway, don't think i have ever seen one.

  26.10.2010 07:58 #8

• juventini

  Originally posted by Morreale: Sharp made computers? I know.
  

  Forza Juve!!

  27.10.2010 10:09 #9