NEC: industry’s thinnest and lightest Tablet PC

[RommelS]

Source: neccomp.com

NEC Solutions America Delivers Industry's Thinnest and Lightest Tablet PC
Press Release
(02/18/2002)

New NEC Versa LitePad Offers "Digital Paper" Look and Feel; Perfect for Mobile Users on the Road or Executive "Corridor Warriors"



RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., February 18, 2003 - NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and professional markets in North America, today announced availability of the NEC Versa LitePad™, the industry's thinnest and lightest Tablet PC. The Versa LitePad offers mobile users a totally new means of communication with the ultimate "digital paper" platform and a new solution for enterprise and vertical markets. Engineered to combine the natural convenience of pen-based computing with the productivity advantages of Microsoft's new Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, the Versa LitePad represents a new generation of "pure" Tablet-based computing solutions for grab-and-go professionals in markets like healthcare, field sales and professional services where users require a solution that's easy to use in a multitude of mobile environments. In addition, to address the unique needs of organizations in these markets, NEC has equipped the Versa LitePad with customized software and powerful new business applications aimed at helping companies reduce training time and increasing productivity.
"The NEC Versa LitePad empowers mobile professionals in new ways by uniquely blending an ultralight form factor with advanced productivity applications," said Alexandra Loeb, vice president of the Tablet PC division at Microsoft Corp. "The NEC Versa LitePad represents a fine example of a mobile solution that allows customers to capitalize on the broader vision of the Tablet PC platform."

Thinnest, Lightest Tablet PC
The Versa LitePad, with its sleek shape, silver magnesium casing and "slate" blue color is professional looking for executives, but has the thin and light form factor for field mobile users. It has an ultra slim profile of 8.8-inches wide by 11.7-inches long by .6-inches thick and is a feather-light 2.2 pounds1 - lighter than any other slate Tablet PC on the market today and designed for extreme mobility. A primary feature of the Versa LitePad is its 10.4-inch wide-angle display, which allows a user to interact with the product like it was "digital paper," electronically capturing handwritten notes and radically simplifying daily business collaborations. Its innovative form factor allows professionals to use the system in places where traditional desktops and notebooks are not practical.

"With the Versa LitePad, we are capturing the natural, intuitive form of using pen and paper and applying that familiarity into a mobile solution that creates a computing experience unlike any product on the market today. There is now a solution available that by virtue of its design, is extremely easy to use, easy to carry and easy to support," said Larry Miller, vice president and general manager, Mobile Solutions Division of NEC Solutions America. "The vision of NEC Solutions America is to provide a solution for the enterprise market that will offer a tool designed to lowers costs and productivity downtime, but increase overall ROI for the mobile user and company bottom line."

Engineered for the Extended Enterprise
The Versa LitePad enables several new enterprise and vertical market applications and is being sold into select horizontal and vertical markets, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, retail and manufacturing and field force automation. The Versa LitePad is ideally suited for organizations looking to replace their traditional paper-based clipboard systems with a mobile solution that can drastically simplify business collaborations, field data collection and improve communications with remote employees.

For example, in healthcare, pharmaceutical sales teams can use the Versa LitePad for capturing patient data, or for tracking hospital visits and sharing clinical studies. Likewise, mobile workers in the professional services market, such as on-site insurance claims adjustors can use the Versa LitePad for inspecting customer claims and wirelessly accessing policy information and data from the corporate server.

The Perfect Blend of Enterprise Hardware & Software
The Versa LitePad ships equipped with an Intel® Ultra-Low-Voltage Mobile Pentium® III Processor at 933MHz-M with 256MB2 memory to maximize performance. In addition, recognizing the need to balance performance with extreme mobility, NEC engineered the Versa LitePad with integrated Wireless LAN 802.11b and 802.11a, plus a traditional built-in Mini PCI LAN for fast connections to both wired and wireless networks.
The Versa LitePad ships with several third-party productivity applications pre-bundled, including:
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® Version 5.0 (PDF document reader)
Alias/Wavefront™) SketchBook Pro™ (sketchbook software)
Colligo™ Networks Personal Edition (Peer-to Peer WLAN connection utility)
Corel® Grafigo™ (annotation and design software)
FranklinCovey® TabletPlanner™ (personal organizer and time management)
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack for Tablet PC
Zinio Reader (eBook software)
"Colligo's unique peer-to-peer 'instant network' solutions leverage the built-in WLAN capabilities of the highly mobile Tablet PC form factor by directly connecting users immediately out of the box," said Barry Jinks, president and CEO at Colligo Networks. "Having our applications included with the NEC Versa LitePad validates the need for on-the-fly messaging, data exchange, and resource sharing for individuals on the go."

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is an advanced new operating system that integrates pen-based features and enables Windows XP-compatible applications to take advantage of various input modes, such as pen- and voice-based data. With Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, mobile professionals can easily complete common business tasks such as checking e-mail, accessing electronic files, taking handwritten notes, annotating documents, or quickly and accurately entering data anywhere.

Availability & Pricing
The Versa LitePad is available now through select resellers, including Amazon, CDW and PC Connection with standard configurations starting at $2,399 (U.S.).3

About NEC Solutions America, Mobile Solutions Division
Mobile Solutions is a division of NEC Solutions (America), Inc., a leading provider of business solutions and services for the high-end commercial and professional markets in North America. Mobile Solutions offers unique mobile computing hardware and solutions to the enterprise market and combines best-in-breed software and services with world-class hardware to deliver complete solutions to targeted commercial market segments. For more information about Mobile Solutions, please go to www.necsolutions-am.com/mobilesolutions or contact (888) 632-8701.

[RommelS]

Well I should be getting my Compaq Tablet PC tomorrow from work. Yippee!!!