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Thursday, December 19, 2002
NEC takes on the Tablet PC giants - Martin Veitch, Vunet
The appeal of the Tablet PC format is likely to be strengthened with the launch of a new NEC design early next year. Devices that offer handwriting recognition based on a superset version of Windows XP have appeared from several vendors, but the Japanese giant's product is an impressive breakthrough in terms of thinness, weight and connectivity. At its iExpo in Tokyo last week, NEC showed off a prototype that is just 15mm thick and weighs less than 1kg, despite having a full feature set. Rival products from Compaq, Toshiba and others look heavyweight by comparison.
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