Over at the CEATED event happening in Japan, AKihabara News is reporting this rare Kohjinsha prototype netbook which happens to be sporting a dual-screen. Yes, two 10-inch LCD on your netbook, can you believe that?

Anyway, what’s so interesting about this netbook is the fact that the LCD can sit on top of each other. Meaning when you need only one LCD to work with, you can always slide it in to hide behind the back of the other LCD.

Pretty cool, right? Specs-wise this Kohjinsha netbook boasts of an AMD Athlon NeoMv-40 (1.6GHz) CPU, 4GB of RAM, 160 GB of HDD and a dual 10.1-inch wide LCD.

No words on pricing and release date yet or whether Kohjinsha is already manufacturing this netbook. But enjoy some more photos below.

We don’t normally cover umpc/tablet PC-related news on this blog. But with Asus about to release its first convertible netbook, it’s about time we pay particular attention to other UMPCs that are coming out in the market too.

First, off is Kojinsha’s new 7-inch convertible PC which is said to be an improved version of their previously released SC3. This still unnamed UMPC will feature a 1.3Ghz Menlow platform with GPS, SD card slong, PCI Express card slot, VGA-out and LAN connection. The said UMPC will also have WiFi module.

And if UMPCportal’s informant are correct, the said Kojinsha machine might just support Windows 7 as well.  In addition, the machine might also sport a dual camera, according to their sources.

No words yet on the other particulars of this Kojinsha, but do stay tune as we bring you more information once we found some.

There’s a new addition to the Kohjinsha range of netbooks – a 10.1 inch version which is a part of the Kohjinsha ”MT series” of netbooks, according the the Kohjinsha official website.

Specifications are nothing out of the ordinary with this netbook being packed with an Atom N270 processor and coming installed with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB HDD. There is also an added integrated TV tuner, a 1.3mp web cam and bluetooth installed on this unit and it comes with Windows XP Home Edition as it’s OS. Nothing too exciting but, with pricing of 49,800 Japanese Yen ($500 US), it could be a solid buy.

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Japanese netbook company Kohjinsha and Bandai are joining forces to produce a limited edition netbook aimed at Japanese kids – the Gachapin and Mukku Netbook. Gachapin and Mukku are popular TV characters in Japan and the two companies are hoping to cash in on the popularity of the two cuddly creatures by creating a lime green netbook which is based on the Kohjinsha ML netbook series.

Specifications for this limited edition model include an 8.9 inch display, Intel Atom processor, 1 GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD and a TV tuner and it is priced at 79,900 Yen which is roughly $870 US and 20,000 Yen more than the Kohjinsha ML netbook – quite expensive for the same specs and a lot of brightly colored branding.  This one is definitely for the kids unless you have the need for a funky green netbook that is.

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Somewhere in Korea, Kohjinsha which has brought us some 7-inch netbooks before, has launched its own Atom-powered 9-incher netbook called the W130.  Like the other 8.9-inch netbooks that we already know of, the Kohjinsha W130 features the usual stuff that netbooks of today have, except for the touchscreen with 1280*768 resolution.

Here’s a quick rundown of the features and specs of the new Kohjinsha W130 netbook:

• Windows Vista OS
• 1.33GHz Intel Atom Processor
• LCD touchscreen with 1280*768 resolution
• Intel US15W chipset
• built-in dual cameras (2MP/0.35M)
• 1GB RAM
• 60GB HD
• DVD Super Multi-Drive
• Intel US15W graphics
• 4-in-in SD card slot
• Express card slot
• Memory Stick Duo slot
• 1.25kg

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At the end of this month, a new competitor to Asus EEE will appear in the form of Kohjinsha E8 mini notebook. This notebook provides more qualities than Asus EEE PC, but you will have to pay nearly 2 times than the Asus EEE PC. You can consider this mini-notebook as EEE Pc with touchscreen revolving screen. The specifications are :

• Windows XP
• AMD Geode LX800 processor
• 40GB HDD
• 512MB RAM
• Memory card reader
• Battery life : 3.5 hours
• Resoulution: 1024×600
• Price = US$600