Anyone have more info?

New CD-ROM-equipped Tablet PC from NEC Personal Products

Tokyo (JCNN) - NEC Personal Products has begun marketing the LOOKCLUB
Series, a new tablet PC that comes with a built-in 4x CD-ROM drive.
The portable PC is primarily designed for web browsing, listening to
music, and viewing images and documents.

The product incorporates a simple user interface to enable intuitive,
simple operations for inexperienced PC users.

Powered by an Intel 400MHz PXA255 processor, the Linux notebook
features 64MB of ROM, 32MB of RAM, and an 8.4-inch LCD screen
(640x480). The 1.1kg unit measures 243x161x34mm, and is priced at
68,250 yen ($599).

A model with a 12.1-inch LCD and the LOOKLET, a smaller model with a
4.3-inch display, will be available later this year.


Visit NEC Corporation at www.nec.com

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Doesn't sound like it's made to run any applications, even with Linux. And
since it isn't using Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, you might have
better luck checking some Linux areas since this newsgroup is for Tablet PCs
that use the MS operating system.

--
Terri Stratton
Microsoft Windows MVP / Tablet PC
http://thetabletpc.net
Expert Zone - http://microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/default.asp


"Patrick" <jp@moment.net> wrote in message
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> Anyone have more info?
>
> New CD-ROM-equipped Tablet PC from NEC Personal Products
>
> Tokyo (JCNN) - NEC Personal Products has begun marketing the LOOKCLUB
> Series, a new tablet PC that comes with a built-in 4x CD-ROM drive.
> The portable PC is primarily designed for web browsing, listening to
> music, and viewing images and documents.
>
> The product incorporates a simple user interface to enable intuitive,
> simple operations for inexperienced PC users.
>
> Powered by an Intel 400MHz PXA255 processor, the Linux notebook
> features 64MB of ROM, 32MB of RAM, and an 8.4-inch LCD screen
> (640x480). The 1.1kg unit measures 243x161x34mm, and is priced at
> 68,250 yen ($599).
>
> A model with a 12.1-inch LCD and the LOOKLET, a smaller model with a
> 4.3-inch display, will be available later this year.
>
>
> Visit NEC Corporation at www.nec.com
>
> Copyright © 2001-2004 JCNN. All rights reserved. A division of Japan
> Corporate News Network KK.