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NEC Develops Linux Tablet/PDA Hybrid
zmcnulty writes "I've translated today's PC Watch article (Japanese) about a new tablet/PDA device from NEC - it has an 8.4" (640x480) touchscreen LCD, and a CD-ROM drive. It's also suprisingly affordable; about $645 USD. However, don't expect to be able to buy one soon, as production is limited to only 4,000 units for the first year. Still, this is an interesting prospect, and it's good to see major Japanese corporations interested in Linux."
I'm guessing that "sea urchin" is most likely a mistranslation of some kind of pointing device (stylus?). Sea urchins are pointy after all... ________ The NEC personal products, selling the liquid crystal information terminal which specializes in browsing LOOKPAL On sale in late June Standard price: 68,250 Yen (tax included) [approx. $644.47 USD] Ahead communicating: DMS division business promotion group. Tel. 03-6479-5852 On May 30th, the NEC Corporation announced the "LOOKCLUB series" LCD information terminal with built-in CD-ROM drive. The list price is 68,250 Yen (including tax). As for sale at the mass sales store and the like the bundle incoming order sale which for the time being leads the action and direct sales section becomes the main force. In addition, it does not do either the sale with the NEC direct it is the NEC direct sales sight. In the sales planning first year 4,000, it ships late from June. As for the same product "you see", "you read", "you hear", opening being something which was given out as the product which specializes, "in PC and the product of the new genre which does not belong in PDA. Like PC it cannot compile the file and it cannot process, but it is suitable for the perusal of the picture and the file. At one time, when in the radio-cassette tape recorder market whose sound recording function is necessary, playback private walkman appeared it becomes the product of the same image ", (the NEC personal products DMS division mountain village good Hiroshi group manager) with you define. Positioning of LOOK CLUB series 2nd feature, 3rd also feature is prepared. The LOOKPAL's features include an 8.4" LCD and built-in CD-ROM drive. Using its touch-screen interface, the user can easily load pictures and other files. For the first time, it is easy to know even with the person who is touched PC indicating just the idea contest of 4 types such as sea urchin and at starting point in time perusal of Internet. It is easy to operate even in the person who is poor overlap click it can operate with the long pushing above the sea urchin and 1 second. In addition, have tried to be able to input making use of the software keyboard according to need. As for the software keyboard, other than QWERTY system, those of 50 sound arrangements are prepared. Even with NEC PDA "Sigmarion" we can load the browser of England Picsel Technologies which has the result of adoption, other than the file of HTML, PDF and JPEG etc., we can peruse the file format of approximately 20 types such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint of Microsoft without doing the installation of various application software. Adopting Linux to OS. "At the beginning it examined also TRON, but from the fact that among other things it is insecure in the control and the like of CD-ROM it made Linux", that it has explained. Concerning the adoption of Windows, "before turning off power in addition to cost being high, in state you remembered in memory, after that you turned on power and directly, you continued and it was loaded you applied the function which can do operation, but with such job you waived from the fact that possibility of freezing is high", that it did. Adopting Intel PXA255 400MHz to CPU. The memory of 64MB is loaded. As for external size 243x161x34mm (width x depth x height). As for the weight which includes the battery approximately 1.1Kg. Battery drive time approximately 2 hours. Already we have started the business talk with the self-governing community and the like, preparing CD-ROM of each national language in for sight-seeing area of local end, the same terminal loan to the sightseer. You say that method of kind of using which can do the sight-seeing guide in the sightseer from world nations is supposed. In addition, we have assumed that other than method of using which was called the terminal and the business support tool for accessing to the electronic self-governing community, the private user peruses the picture of the digital camera mutually, while perusing burning of CD-ROM at the kitchen, works and/or is also a use w