SOTEC AMERICA INTRODUCES THIN/LIGHT NOTEBOOK FOR UNDER $1000.SOTEC SOTEC Scum of the Earth Church (website) America, Inc. has introduced its first thin and light notebook, the SOTEC 3120X, which boasts a built-in optical drive for playing DVDs and burning CDs, for under $1,000. The SOTEC 3120X notebook, is available now in a variety of retail stores, including Office Depot, Wal-Mart, and Sam's Club, as well as online at Bestbuy.com, OfficeDepot.com, Walmart.com, and Samsclub.com. The Japanese parent company, SOTEC Co, Ltd., founded in 1984, is ranked among the top five notebook engineering companies in all of Japan. Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and publicly traded on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on Japan, the international company has consistently been top-rated in service in the Japanese market, and is competing in the same market segment as global players such as SONY and 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. . "The decision to branch out to American consumers is based on our belief that hip, innovative, affordable notebooks are essential for the dynamic, mobile lifestyles that drive this country," said Saeed K. Shahbazi, president of SOTEC America. "Our unique notebooks, and other computer products we will be introducing here, will meet the notebook consumers' demand for portability and functionality at the right price." "SO THIN. SO LIGHT. SOTEC" Drawing upon its expertise in creating powerful products that accommodate small spatial needs for Asian consumers, SOTEC America is introducing to US markets a new, affordable choice in stylish thin and light notebooks. Priced under $1,000, the colorful and unique SOTEC 3120X is a mere 1.3" thin and a feather-weight 4.4 pounds with a 12.1" XGA (EXtended Graphics Array) A screen resolution of 1,024x768 pixels. The term stems from IBM's XGA display standard introduced in 1990, which extended VGA to 132-column text and interlaced 1,024x768x256 resolution. XGA-2 later added non-interlaced 1,024x768x64K. TFT (Thin Film Transistor) The term typically refers to active matrix screens on laptop computers. Active matrix LCD provides a sharper screen display and broader viewing angle than does passive matrix. See LCD and thin film. TFT - Thin Film transistor screen. This thin and light notebook boasts a record number of built-ins, including a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. +CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. combo drive, a 56K data/fax modem, a 10/100 network card, multiple USB ports, stereo speakers, and a microphone. Driven by an Intel 1.2 GHz Mobile Celeron processor, the SOTEC 3120X has 256MB PC 133 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. of memory with a 256KB Advanced Transfer Cache The Advanced Transfer Cache (ATC) is Intel's name for the L2 cache contained within their processors, starting with the Pentium III "Coppermine". In "Coppermine" it offered a significant boost in cache performance resulting in notable per clock performance gains for the CPU when and a 20 GB hard drive. "With our built-in optical drive, our customers always have a fully-loaded notebook at their fingertips," said Chang-Lin Lin, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SOTEC America. "We are giving them the convenience of an all-in-one notebook in a thin and light-weight package." Customer Service In a move unprecedented in the industry, SOTEC America offers customers 24/7 technical support at no charge on both hardware and software, including bundled packages. The company also guarantees a 72-hour turnaround on replacement notebooks. Additional information, such as FAQs, How-Tos, and Technical Bulletins, are available from the SOTEC America website at http://www.sotecglobal.com. About SOTEC America, Inc. Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, the heart of Southern California's technology center, SOTEC America, Inc. is a provider of portable electronic products. A subsidiary of SOTEC Co. Ltd, one of Japan's leading notebook engineering companies that was founded in 1984, SOTEC America pursues 100% customer satisfaction by creating innovative computer products and marketing them at affordable prices. Led by a team with more than a century of combined high-tech experience, SOTEC America services small home offices, the Fortune 500, government, and education markets with ground-breaking portable systems sold through retail, distribution, and reseller channels. SOTEC America can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sotecglobal.com. For more information, call 408/774-3414 x237. |
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