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NEC Japan sells supercute, pink Hello Kitty-notebook
NEC Japan sells supercute, pink Hello Kitty-notebook
NEC today announced in Japan [JP] it has teamed up with Sanrio (the company behind the Hello Kitty brand) and French fashion designer Courrèges to develop a girls-only notebook for the Japanese market. The so-called “NEC LaVie G Hello Kitty Courrèges” will be available online ...
NEC Japan offers up Hello Kitty notebook
NEC Japan offers up Hello Kitty notebook
slashgear.com — If you’re still into all of that Sanrio stuff and think you can never have one to... many Hello Kitty things, then this NEC notebook is the perfect addition to your collection. While only available in Japan, this notebook is sure to be a big hit ... (more) NEC Japan offers up Hello Kitty notebook
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Hello Kitty themed laptop from NEC Japan
Coolest Gadgets — ... it will only be in select online Sanrio shops.  The laptop will include Vista, an AMD Athlon QL-60 processor (1.90GHz), 2GB of main memory, DVD drive, a 160GB hard disk, and finally a 13.3-inch WXGA screen with a 1280×800 resolution.  The notebook will be available October 25th for $1,100.  If you order it by October 28th though, the NEC will toss in a Hello Kitty mouse and mouse pad.  Oh joy, what girl could possibly contain herself when around all that pink. Source: Crunchgear ...

NEC Japan offers up Hello Kitty notebook
SlashGear — ... And while it’s undoubtedly cute, the specs are pretty standard. With a 1.90GHz AMD Athlon QL-60 processor, 2GB memory, 160GB hard drive and a 13.3-inch WXGA screen, it’s got the goods to deliver decent performance. This notebook will go on sale starting October 25 for $1,100 and comes with Vista, however, Microsoft Office will cost you extra. And if you order by October 28th, you’ll get a free Hello Kitty mouse and mouse pad thrown in. [via CrunchGear] ...

Japan gets a portable Hello Kitty DVD player, the rest of the world doesn’t
CrunchGear — First NEC’s supercute (and very pink) Hello Kitty laptop, now this: A portable DVD player shaped like Hello Kitty’s head [JP], this time sold by Sanrio itself (the company behind the brand). The player comes with a 7-Inch LCD screen (resolution: 480×234), a built-in battery with a life span of 2.5 hours (an AC adaptor is included in the package) and an extracute remote control. DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RW/CD-R/ and CD-RW formats are supported. The player will only accept DVDs with region code 2 (Japan and Europe). Sanrio will ...

Epson Japan rolls out Hello Kitty netbook
CrunchGear — First NEC’s model, then Onkyo’s and now it’s time for Epson to release a Hello Kitty laptop [JP]. The devices are only available in Japan, where they will be exclusively sold online starting December 10. The Hello Kitty notebook is based on Epson’s Endeavor NJ2150. Buyers can choose between a combo model ($1,200) and a so-called super-multi version ($1,500). Both versions are available in two different designs. The combo model comes with an Intel Celeron 575 CPU (2GHz), 1GB memory, a 80GB HDD, a 15.4-inch TFT ...

New Hello Kitty point-and-shoot camera available in Japan (and it’s not available in pink)
CrunchGear — ... comes with the following specs: 4x digital zoom, CMOS sensor, one USB 1.1. port, 32MB of internal memory, compatibility to SD memory cards (up to 1GB) and a 2.4 inch LCD screen. I don’t know why but the camera is not available in pink, only in white and red. It’s currently Japan-only (price: $150) but if you need a quick Christmas present for your girlfriend or sister, I suggest pinging these guys or these guys. Courrèges, in cooperation with NEC, branded a notebook with Hello Kitty back in October.

Back to Japan: NEC quits international PC business
CrunchGear — No LaVie (pictured), Hello Kitty, full flat or any other NEC computers for Non-Japanese customers anymore. The Tokyo-based tech giant today told Japanese media it will completely wind down its PC operations outside Nippon within the year and focus on the Japanese market instead. Production as well as sales in all South East Asian countries will be shut down as early as this July. NEC Computers Asia Pacific, a subsidiary based in Malaysia, will have to fire 270 people. The subsidiary achieved sales of $53 million for the current fiscal ...

Epson Japan to sell super-cute Hello Kitty notebook
CrunchGear — The dream of millions of teenage girls around the world, Sanrio’s Hello Kitty, gets yet another notebook in Japan. This time, the cartoon cat is supposed to boost sales of an Epson model, the Endeavor NJ2150 in “pearl white”. It will be available in two different versions. The standard version comes with a Celeron 900 processor (2.2GHz), 1GB Ram and an 80GB HDD (price: $1,350). The high-spec Hello Kitty notebook is equipped with a Core 2 Duo P8700 processor (2.53GHz), 2GB of RAM and a 160 GB HDD (price $1,650). ...

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