Sharp Corp.

Sharp Corp. will sell two tablet-type computer devices in Japan by the end of the year as the company looks to expand usage of its Galapagos cloud-based media service.

Sharp is stepping into the e-book market, gearing up to offer e-reader devices and enhancing its XMDF technology platform to allow audio and video to also be seen on the devices, the electronics giant announced Tuesday.

The Japanese company aims to free three-dimension screens from cineplexes and put them on cameras and mobile gadgets. And the new devices may be in stores by the holiday shopping season this year.