iPad has been praised a lot by the wrestlers of Japan’s ancient sport of Sumo. Sumo wrestlers often struggle with smaller cellphone keypads because of their giant hands. iPad has been considered as right for the use of Sumo wrestlers. Association of Sumo has said, it will distribute iPads to the clubs of wrestlers or Japan’s 51 stables in order to improve the communication among the fighters.

“We will hand out the newest iPads to all the sumo stables to swiftly communicate what we need to,” association vice chairman Hiroyoshi Murayama said. iPad tablet PC starts at the price of 48,800 yen which is $570 in Japan as the stable masters do not use computers and wrestlers are having hard time in punching messages on their small cell phones with their giant hands.

Sumo wrestlers are finding the device easy and convenient to use. So there is a chance that iPads may become popular in Sumo world in Japan.


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