Japanese PC maker NEC is introducing its first ultrabook. The NEC LaVie Z is a 2.2 pound notebook with a 13.3 inch display and a magnesium alloy case. It’s due out in Japan this summer. NEC isn’t sharing any details about the processor, storage, screen resolution, or much of anything else. But if the summer launch schedule is anything to…
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NEC’s latest Android tablet is now available in Japan. The NEC Medias Tab N-06D features a 7 inch display and an impressive array of connectivity options including NFC, LTE, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, and WiFi. There’s even an optional 1Seg TV receiver for viewing over-the-air digital television broadcasts in Japan. Unfortunately the Medias Tab also runs the dated Android 2.3 Gingerbread…
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NEC has been offering a dual-screen Android tablet in Japan since last year, and the company plans to launch a new version internationally this summer. But the Cloud Communicator may not be the only dual screen device on NEC’s roadmap. The company plans to show off a new dual-screen Android smartphone concept at Mobile World Congress in Spain next week. Japanese…
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The NEC Cloud Communicator dual-screen Android tablet made its first appearance in the US during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. But while the tablet went on sale in Japan last summer, it’s not yet available outside of that country. But the dual screen tablet has come a long way since I saw it last year. NEC has worked with software…
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Japanese computer maker NEC is preparing a thin and light notebook powered by Google Android. The folks at PC Watch got a chance to check out an early prototype of the NEC MGX, which measures just 9.9mm thick. That’s less than 0.4 inches, making the little notebook thinner than many Android tablets. Unlike a tablet though, the MGX has a full…
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Tablets running Windows 7 might not be as thin or light as Android or iOS tablets, they may not always get the same kind of battery life, and they may not be as popular with consumers these days. But there are a few things you can do with a Windows tablet that you can’t yet do with an Android tablet…
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Remember that crazy dual-screen Android tablet NEC was showing off earlier this year? You’ll be able to pick one up next month… if you happen to live in Japan. I’d be surprised if you ever see this model on sale at a major US retail chain, but that’s what importers are for, right? The NEC LifeTouch W has two 7…
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NEC has unveiled a new netbook for the Japanese market which features an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and runs Google Android 2.2. The NEC LifeTouch Note features a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel resistive touchscreen display, a 2MP camera, GPS, and accelerometer. There will be three versions: With 3G, WiFi and 8GB of storage WiFi-only and 8G…
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Lenovo and NEC have announced plans to launch a joint company that will sell Lenovo computers in Japan. Lenovo is based in China, while NEC is a Japanese company. Reuters says the deal only works one way: NEC won’t be using the new company to sell its computers in China. Bu it’s not like NEC doesn’t get anything out of…
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Charbax from ARMDevices spotted something I missed at CES last week: A 7 inch netbook with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip from NEC. The little guy has a full QWERTY keyboard as well as special keys for Android functions such as Hme, Back, and Menu. The screen also features a resistive touch panel. That said, the keyboard looks awfully cramped,…
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As promised, NEC has begun to show off a dual screen Android tablet, and it’s… well, interesting. The device is powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 processor and has 384MB of memory and 1GB of storage. It has 802.11b/g/ WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3MP camera, full-sized SDHC card slot, GPS, and USB host capabilities. The NEC Cloud Communicator LT-W runs Android 2.1…
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NEC has confirmed plans to launch a dual screen Android tablet at CES in January. As expected, the machine will be part of the company’s Cloud Communicator tablet line, and will feature two 7 inch touchscreen displays, WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G capabilities, and a stylus for input (I haven’t seen any information on whether the displays will feature resistive or…
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