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(Presumably) Very Cheap Tablet PCs by NEC
Posted by Mark Wilson at 9:30 AM on August 29, 2008
See this tablet? It's new from NEC and features the same monotonous specs (1.6GHz Atom, 512MB-1GB RAM and 80GB HD) that we see in those cheapie mini-notebooks like the Asus Eee. Running XP or Vista and a loaded with a 12 or 15-inch touchscreen, it's by no means beautiful, but this NEC could be the forbearer of a new netbook-tablet market. We don't have pricing or release details at this time, but we'll keep a lookout, just for you. [Akihabara News]
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brutek
Posted 10:09 AM 29/8/08
Capacitive sensing? If it's resistive, then fail.
brutek
Crash Override 777
Posted 10:01 AM 29/8/08
Its the simple design that makes it look nice.
Crash Override 777
capitalass
Posted 9:40 AM 29/8/08
Hmm, didn't think that NEC did anything cheaply. This could be surprising.
capitalass
pobox90210
Posted 10:14 AM 29/8/08
Pah! 1Gb ain't enough for Office 2007 (OneNote).
:-D
pobox90210
MagnoliaBoy
Posted 10:47 AM 29/8/08
Could probably just attack the bezel with some paint pens or something (little bit o' tape there too). Screen res?
MagnoliaBoy
Crash Override 777
Posted 10:46 AM 29/8/08
I wanna install OS X on that bad boy.
Crash Override 777
MagnoliaBoy
Posted 11:05 AM 29/8/08
@Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious): Probably wouldn't attack it with paint pens then...
MagnoliaBoy
Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious)
Posted 11:01 AM 29/8/08
I was "ooooo"ing over this when I saw it on a (forgive me!) non-Gawker, tech site.
According to the translation I got off of NEC's page, it releases Sept. 22nd for about 250k yen.
...or about $2200 smackaroos. (alas)
Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious)
markarian
Posted 12:13 PM 29/8/08
The big question is what kind of touchscreen element it has. A $500 Wacom Penabled tablet would be candy.
markarian
srmdesi
Posted 6:07 PM 29/8/08
Somehow in my mind: NEC != Cheap;
srmdesi
fluf
Posted 9:48 AM 30/8/08
Would look cool with Etch-A-Sketch knobs.
fluf
SneakerFiend
Posted 11:02 AM 30/8/08
@Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious): I wouldn't drop 2.2grand for that even if it had a 3ghz processor. No keyboard and that must be super uncomfortable to type on. even if you draw or write the letters it'll be uncomfortable. It'd be good for a car or somethinq and have it hooked up to the car's computers so you could do things like play movies, music, etc.
SneakerFiend
Bubblesaurus
Posted 8:12 PM 30/8/08
hope it has a support on the back. complement with a soft roll-up keyboard and i would be set. But ouch!
Bubblesaurus