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Announced: Kohjinsha SR Series

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Kohjinsha SR Kohjinsha has announced a new ultra mobile PC (UMPC) or ultraportable laptop/tablet (convertible), with a 7″ LED-backlit widescreen touchscreen display, the Kohjinsha SR series. It’s powered by an Intel A110 CPU (800MHz).

It’s height is 1.3 inches (33 mm) and it weighs around 2.42 pounds (1.1kg). Now you might be saying “that’s kind of thick and heavy for a UMPC”, but here’s the kicker: they fit a DVD Multi/Dual-Layer DVD writer into this thing. That’s pretty amazing, and a first for devices in this range.

It comes with a stylus for the touchscreen, it also has a “Quiet” or “Silent Mode” and includes a hardware button for turning off CD/DVD Drive Power.

It gets up to 7.2 hours of battery life with the large battery installed, according to Kohjinsha.

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Asus 2GB Eee PC Surf in Hong Kong

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DigiTimes is reporting that due to strong demand, a version of the Asus Eee PC, the 2GB Eee PC Surf, which was originally slated to be sold in Hong Kong only in a contract-capacity, is going to be made available through normal channels. The 2GB … Read more

NEC LaVie J Series Available Soon, With Wireless USB

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The NEC LaVie J Series should be available later this week. It’s a 12.1″ widescreen, lightweight (under three pounds) ultraportable notebook with an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 (1.2GHz, 2MB L2). It’s unique in that it’s one of the first offerings … Read more

Announced: Kohjinsha E8

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Aving USA also announced that on February 29th, 2008 (yes, it’s a leap year), the Kojinsha E8 would be made available, for between 500,000 and 600,000 KRW (approximately $530 – $630 USD). This is a device that is competing with the Asus Eee PC, with … Read more