It looks like Sony Tablet P will have a competition in the dual-screen tablet category as the NEC Cloud Communicator may hit the US market this summer. 

The NEC Cloud Communicator dual-screen Android tablet already went on sale in Japan but it’s not yet available anywhere else, though it was first seen on the 2011 CES event.

NEC is said to have worked with software partners to develop apps to take advantage of the dual screen layout. For instance, you can view a PowerPoint presentation in one window while taking notes in a second window — something which could come in handy in a business or education setting.

NEC also plans to launch an updated model of the dual screen tablet this summer. The newer version will be thinner, lighter, and it will feature a TI OMAP4 dual core processor and Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Netbook developer NEC have released two new netbooks into the Japanese market including a high specification netbook that uses the dual core Intel Atom N550 CPU and a slightly less power packed netbook that uses a single core CPU.

The NEC LaVie Light BL550, as it is known, packs quite a punch with it’s top drawer specification list which includes the 1.5GHz Atom N550 dual core processor, a 10.1-inch display (1366×768), a 320gb hard drive, 2GB of RAM and the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. The BL550 also packs quite a punch when you get to the checkout to pay for it. Coming in at 85,000 Yen ($993 according to xe.com), this is one of the most expensive netbooks on the market currently.

If your budget doesn’t quite reach to the price of the BL550 then fortunately, NEC are also releasing the LaVie Light BL350 which uses a single core processor. Using the 1.83GHz Intel Atom N475 CPU the BL350 also has a 10.1″ display, a 250GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and runs the Windows 7 Starter Edition operating system. This model costs 70,000 Yen ($818 via xe.com).

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Just a quick, short note to inform you all that NEC has just updated its LaVie Light netbook which if you’ve forgot already is equipped with WiMAX module.  So, this netbook is now loaded with the Intel Atom N470 1.6GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, 320 GB of HDD, a 10.1-inch WXGA LED Backligjt monitor, WiFi a/b/g/n, SDXC and USB.

Unfortunately, NEC didn’t update the netbook’s price to make it more affordable and appealing to us all. The LaVie Light will set you back for around

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The Pine Trail upgrade wave is slowly coming to other netbook manufacturers. NEC from Japan is adding the new processor to its Lavie Light netbook line. Here are the specs of the new models:

BL530/WH6B

• Intel Atom 1.66GHz N450 GMA 3150
• 1366 x 768 10.1″ display
• 2GB RAM
• 320GB HDD
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 6-cell battery (7.6 hours battery life)
• 1.36kg

BR340/WD

• Intel Atom 1.66GHz N450 GMA 3150
• 1024 x 600 10.1″ display
• 1GB RAM
• 250GB HDD
• Windows 7 Starter
• 3-cell battery (4.1 hours battery life)
• 1.17kg

The latter is the lower end Light Lui model. Both models come in black, white, red and bronze and are available in Japan only.

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Remember NEC Lavie Light Netbook we featured a couple of months ago? Well the said netbook may have not reached the international markets yet, but that didn’t stop NEC of Japan to release two new colors of this machine as well as upgrade its screen size to 10.1-inch. The new NEC Lavie Light Netbook’s new colors are Pink and Blue in addition to the previous Black and White color design.

Aside from the two new colors and the 10-inch display screen, the Lavie Light Netbook is still pretty much the same old stuff with the following features:

• 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU
• 160GB HDD
• 1GB Memory
• WiFi
• 3 USB Ports
• SD Card Slot
• 1.3 Megapixel web camera
• 1.17 kg.

Still no words yet on whether NEC is keen on releasing this netbook to the U.S. market.

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NEC is set to release a new netbook called the Versa N1100 which is said to be a magnesium alloy-based mini notebook or netbook that has been tested to survive up to 150kg weight forced onto it. The company claimed that it has tested the resiliency of the Versa N1100 by putting a 150kg weight on top of it (with the bezel closed, I supposed) for 5 seconds. After five seconds, there were no single cracks seen on the netbook and it is still running perfectly.

Such was their basis for advertising the NEC Versa N1100 as a tough netbook wonder. And to further test its other claim that the Versa N1100 is able to withstand  heavy sweat that could cost its keyboard characters and the black gloss finish to tarnish, NEC found out by using an artifical sweat that no paint came off the netbook.

In addition, NEC has also dropped the netbook on wooden floors, iron plates and concrete floors among other durability tests and successfully passed each one of the tests.

Now here’s the catch, NEC officials have also warned users “not to try their tests at home” as they don’t give additional warranty that would cover impact damage or physical abuse to the netbook. Ironically conflicting, right?

Other specs of the NEC Versa N1100 include:

• 8.9-inch WSVGA display
• Intel Atom processor N270
• 160GB HDD
• 1GB RAM
• Wi-Fi
• 1.3 megapixel webcam
• Windows XP
• 3-cell battery

Pricing and release date details are not yet announced for the NEC Versa N1100.

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We recently posted an article about the new NEC LaVie Light netbook and Engadget (Chinese) have now had a chance to take a closer look at the NEC netbook and have also posted up a handful of pictures.

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Japanese manufacturer maybe starting to notice the growing popularity of netbooks, that some of them are starting to join the netbook party. One of them is NEC which just announced their own netbook – the LaVie Light. Sadly, this netbook got nothing unusual to brag about except for the fact that it has the NEC branding.

Let’s see how it fares up with other netbooks in terms of specs then:

• 8.9-inch LCD screen
• 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU
• 160GB HDD
• 1GB Memory
• WiFi
• 3 USB Ports
• SD Card Slot
• 1.3 Megapixel web camera
• 1.17 kg.

Perhaps by now, you’d know that those are pretty standard netbook specs, right? Pricing for this netbook would probably in the range of current 8.9-inch netbooks available in the market today. Anybody here who can understand Japanese, please visit the site and would appreciate if you can tell us the price of the LaVie Light netbook.

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Could this NEC tablet be the forbearer of a new tablet-netbook market?

NEC Japan have announced two new tablet PCs which feature the standard specifications of a regular netbook. Both versions will have the 512mb-1GB of RAM, 80GB hard drive and 1.6GHz Atom Processor of that found in netbooks such as Eee PCs. The 12PNC-W2/B2 will feature a 12 inch display and the second mode, the 15PNC-W2/B2 will have a 15 inch display.

Pricing and availability is currently unconfirmed.

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