Kohjinsha offers lilliputian, low cost tablet PC

Have I mentioned how much I’m loving this whole race to the bottom thing? The Asus Eee PC has shown that there’s a huge demand for low cost ultraportables, and the latest company to throw their hat in the ring is Japan’s Kohjinsha, which plans to release not just a tiny laptop, but a tiny table PC.

The Register reports that the Kohjinsha SCC (or Small, Cheap Computers) features the following specs:

500MHz AMD Geode LX800 CPU
512MB RAM
80GB hard drive
Windows XP Home Edition (not Tablet edition)
7 inch 800 x 480 displays
802.11b/g
Ethernet
2 USB ports
3-in-1 memory card reader
CF reader
VGA output
Dimensions: 218 x 163 x 25.4mm
Weight: 945 grams

The Kohjinsha SCC will come in two models, a ¥59,800 (or about $592 US) version and a ¥79,800 ($780) version that includes Office 2007 personal edition.

[via Eee PC.Net]

Posted on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008, 10:36 pm by Brad Linder

Doug

After reading the source article, I don’t think this is actually a tablet PC… just an eee pc competitor with a swivel mounted screen. I suppose this makes it an ideal ebook companion, but I was really hoping it was a true tablet.
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com Mike Cane

Eeeew. Geode? Immediate FAIL.
m

My girlfriend’s dad just got one in Japan. It’s really nice: I don’t know much about this processor, but it runs XP and Office and everything else he’s got just fine. I can say that the screen isn’t super clear, but it’s good enough. It’s not a tablet, but the pseudo-tablet mode is really nice for web surfing, and has convenient scroll buttons in addition to the thumb mouse. Overall it blows the eee 701 away.
m

My girlfriend's dad just got one in Japan. It's really nice: I don't know much about this processor, but it runs XP and Office and everything else he's got just fine. I can say that the screen isn't super clear, but it's good enough. It's not a tablet, but the pseudo-tablet mode is really nice for web surfing, and has convenient scroll buttons in addition to the thumb mouse. Overall it blows the eee 701 away.
m

My girlfriend's dad just got one in Japan. It's really nice: I don't know much about this processor, but it runs XP and Office and everything else he's got just fine. I can say that the screen isn't super clear, but it's good enough. It's not a tablet, but the pseudo-tablet mode is really nice for web surfing, and has convenient scroll buttons in addition to the thumb mouse. Overall it blows the eee 701 away.
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