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Fat Fingered Sumo Wrestlers Given iPads

Posted by samzenpus on from the 100-finger-slap dept.

The Japan Sumo Association is handing out about 60 iPads to training stables to help the wrestlers communicate because their fingers are too fat to use a regular mobile phone. From the article: "The iPad was chosen because the sumo association believed the device was big enough to cater to wrestler's fat fingers, unlike the smaller keys on mobile phones, according to reports."

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  1. Re:Uh... by snowraver1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they need a dialing wand. You can order one my mashing the keypad.

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  2. iPads are not phones by longacre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Only a matter of time until the wrestlers fashion these iPads into ninja stars when they learn of their uselessness for communication.

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