Sharp in electronic book real entry, within year iPad/iPhone opposition machine sale

Sharp with the goal of within 2010 July 20th and year fundamental rules stated the intention which enters to electronic book business. It is the electronic book format of the Japanese correspondence which the same company developed, besides the fact that “XMDF” was expanded developed the “next generation XMDF format”, it offers to the publisher and the contents transmission enterprise with the production tool and the accumulation transmission system of the electronic book as a set. In addition, it sells also the electronic book leader terminal 2 product of the respective company make to 2010 end of year.

As for XMDF, those which were developed in 2001 as the electronic book format which is directed to PDA and the smart phone and the portable telephone etc. Mounting, the function which such as vertical writing is used in the Japanese electronic book and ruby, hyphenation and external character is a special feature. With the same company Web sight “SpaceTown [butsukusu]” and so on the electronic book of the XMDF format is sold. As for the sum total shipment quantity of the XMDF corresponding terminal “the portable telephone focusing on approximately 70,000,000 unit” (the announcement data) with you say. In the next generation XMDF who this time is announced, expanding the specification of XMDF, it tried to be able to include the contents of animated picture and sound etc inside the electronic book.

Collectively at the same company, the conversion tool which can form the electronic book of the next generation XMDF type simply is offered on the basis of the data of DTP software “InDesign” of American [adobishisutemuzu] make, in the next generation XMDF. “With the same timing as the issue of the book of the paper the electronic book is made offer possible”, (Obatake of sharp execution official information communication business control ? ?). You prepare also the transmission system of the new electronic book, transmit periodical such as newspaper magazine to specified day and time periodically, on the basis of and the like announcement and you introduce the electronic book which you recommend of the user purchase past record and/or you offer the function which was said.

In interview of this day, it announced also the experimental model of the electronic book leader terminal 2 product of tablet type. Detailed specification has not made clear, but color liquid crystal display is loaded also 2 types as an indicatory device, picture size has made 5.5 types and 10.8 types.

At the same company, the thought of offering the next generation XMDF format and the production tool, with the accumulation transmission system and the electronic book leader terminal etc as a set as the “next generation XMDF solution”. Already, the publisher and the newspaper publishing company, the agency company and the common carrier etc we have consecutively begun business talk, it keeps approaching the adoption of the next generation XMDF solution. In addition, if “the next generation XMDF solution is not the case that closes this at just corporation and business condition is agreeable, that we would like to try you can use at various enterprises”, it was not the vertical integration model which from terminal sale manages to contents transmission entirely at the respective company (Obatake) as, the thought of keeping opening the next generation XMDF format and the related system to also other companies was stated.