In pictures: Sharp Galapagos tablet

Sharp Galapagos tablet - big changes before it is launched
Sharp Galapagos tablet - big changes before it is launched

Sharp showed off its Galapagos tablet range at CES 2011 this week, offering a sneak peak at what to expect when the tablet is eventually launched later in the year.

Sharp showcased the tablet range in its keynote but wasn't quite ready to confirm whether or not the tablet will becoming to the UK with an Android OS or something that's Linux based.

Our colleagues at T3.com grabbed some Sharp Galapagos tablet video footage which you can watch below.

What was shown, however, was the look and feel of the devices on Linux.

Sharp galapagos

Currently there are two size options for the Sharp Galapagos: 10.8 and 5.5 inch. Both have a 16:9 ratio screen and are plugged straight into the Sharp ebook store – the tablets we played with had the store as its home screen. The store offers books and magazines in the XMDF book format.

Sharp galapagos

Linux based at the moment, the Galapagos looks likely to use Android when it is released in UK. The tablets have also wireless web connectivity.

Sharp galapagos

The tablets to hold are fairly heavy but the design of the devices were pretty sleek.

Sharp galapagos

The quality of the 10.8 inch's is WSGA 1366x800 and there's also the ability to share content between a number of other Sharp products.

Sharp galapagos

There's no UK release date for the Sharp Galapagos so don't expect it to come to the UK till the back end of 2011.

Pricing is also to be announced.

Marc Chacksfield

Marc Chacksfield is the Editor In Chief, Shortlist.com at DC Thomson. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.