NEC has introduced a mini-laptop for the Japanese market that looks like a notebook — if you could fold up a notebook and fit it in your pocket. The NEC N-08B has a 4.6 inch, 854 x 480 pixel display with a fairly wide bezel around the edges. That provides enough space fro a decent sized keyboard. I’m not convinced that I could touch type on it, but I bet it’s great for thumb-typing.
The N-08B runs Windows CE and features 3G and Wifi connectivity, a 3.1MP webcam, and a micro SD card slot. It doesn’t appear to have a touchscreen, but there is a pointing device next to the keyboard. And oh yeah, you can use the N-08B to make phone calls.
Folks in Japan will be able to pick up this little guy from NTT DoCoMo in August.
It strongly resembles my Psion from 1996.
Is this really CE???
The NEC website translation mentions Windows 7
As far as I can make out from the Google Translation, it’s referring to
software that lets you remote control a Windows 7 PC using the N-08B.