ACER ASPIRE 1410 OLYMPIC EDITION NOW AVAILABLE IN JAPAN

The Olympic Edition of the 11.6 inch Acer Aspire 1410 is now available for purchase in Japan. It is priced at 79,800 yen. The netbook was first spotted in October. Unlike the regular edition, the Olympic edition is limited. Only 1500 models are available.

The Limited Edition Aspire 1410 has the same specifications as the regular edition. It has got an Intel SU2300 processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive and integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics. The only difference between the regular and the limited edition is that the later has the Olympic rings imprinted on to the screen lid next to the ‘Acer’ logo.

Besides the Aspire 1410, the Olympic Edition is available for 1810T and a couple of bigger notebooks. But these models are yet to pop up.

KOHJINSHA DZ NETBOOK TO GO ON SALE IN JAPAN

Kohjinsha made news in October by announcing a netbook with a dual-screen. The company has already released demo videos featuring the device. The weird slider is now ready and raring to go. Kohjinsha will put the device on sale in Japan on December 11th.

The dual-screen DZ carries a price tag of $920. For that price you will get a netbook with a 1.6GHz AMD Neo MV-40 processor, S780MN chipset, an ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics chipset, 1 GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive. Memory is expandable to 4 GB. Other features include gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3 USB ports, audio in/out and a fingerprint reader.

The Kohjinsha DZ netbook has a 6-cell battery which is expected to give up to 4.5 hours of runtime. The 10.1 inch displays feature 1024 x 600 pixels each.

HP PAVILION DM1 TO GO ON SALE IN JAPAN

HP has officially announced the Pavilion DM1. The device is all set to go on sale in Japan this November for about $780. The Pavilion DM1 is an 11.6 inch notebook powered by an Intel Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) processor. Some leaked info about this model had been doing the rounds for a while.

The Pavilion DM1 is powered by a dual core 1.2 GHz Intel Celeron SU2300 processor with GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics. It is equipped with an 11.6 inch display featuring 1366x768 pixels. Up to 5GB of RAM can be installed. Other features include a 250GB hard drive, HDMI, WiFi 802.11b/g, VGA, 2 USB ports and Ethernet. The 6-cell battery is expected to give up to 8 hours of up time.

The machine will weigh 3.3 pounds with the battery. It will run on the Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System.

AVERATEC AVN0270NB AND KOHJINSHA ML6 RELEASED IN JAPAN

Two different netbooks have recently been launched in Japan. According to Akihabara News these are the Kohjinsha ML6 netbook and Averatec AVN0270NB from Trigem. Though neither of the products belongs to any leading laptop or computer manufacturing brands, but still they are considered to be of standard quality in their respective grade. Such models are found in U.S.

The Trigem AVN0270NB netbook has a bigger screen size of 10-inches while the Kohjinsha ML6L16A netbook possess a screen size of 8.9-inches. The Trigem model has an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD and an Intel 945 GMS chipset. Also it has WiFi and a battery life of 5 hours. You will get it in the Japanese market worth 340 Euro.

Coming to another one that is the Kohjinsha ML6L16A, an upgrade version of the earlier ML6 netbook, will come in black, white, Bordeaux, blue, pink and champagne colors. The screen size has already been mentioned. And besides that it consists of an Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz) CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, WiFi. The price tag is not yet fixed.

The availability of these models is within Japan only and not internationally.

PC PRODUCERS IN JAPAN CAUTIOUS

In spite of foreign firms' fresh releases in Japan of mini laptop personal computers in the 50,000 yen (US$461) price array, domestic PC manufacturers are watchful about following set of clothes. So far Fujitsu Ltd. (TSE:6702) is the solitary domestic player looking for to contend in the mini notebook bazaar. Many Taiwanese and U.S. opponents that are leading the mini notebook section are global players competent of off setting price declines by wounding costs for purchasing ingredients and materials thanks to economies of balance. By dissimilarity, Japanese PC producers have countered the ambush of cheap products by civilizing audiovisual capabilities in a proposal to maintain prices.