ADVISORY/NEC Computers Inc. First to Introduce Transmeta-Based Ultraportable Enterprise Notebook Computers in North America.Business Editors/High Tech Writers ADVISORY...for MONDAY (April 16) NOTE TO EDITORS: Multimedia Assets Available With This Story Include Logos, Photos, Text News Releases --(BUSINESS WIRE) NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Computers Inc., a leading provider of mobile, desktop and server computing solutions for the enterprise market, introduced two new ultraportable notebook systems, the NEC Versa Versa Versatile System Architecture (Genrad) (R) DayLite(TM) and Versa UltraLite(TM) notebook computers. These notebooks are the first sub-3.5-pound ultraportable enterprise notebooks to include lithium polymer A rechargeable battery technology introduced in the late 1990s that stores less energy per pound than lithium ion, but is more flexible. Lithium polymer uses a gelatinous electrolyte rather than liquid. batteries in combination with lithium ion A rechargeable battery technology introduced in 1991 that provides greater charge per pound than nickel metal hydride. In 1993, Toshiba introduced the first notebook in the U.S. with a Li-ion battery. batteries, and the power-saving technology of the Transmeta (Nasdaq: TMTA TMTA Transmeta (stock symbol) TMTA Texas Music Teachers Association TMTA Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association TMTA Truro Morlaix Twinning Association (UK) ) energy-efficient Crusoe(TM) microprocessor. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2671 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download video, audio, text, graphics, and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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