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Sharp Releases NetWalker: Tiny Ubuntu MID

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Update: Even more pictures.

Very unexpected news here.. Sharp have released a tiny 5” little MID device called the NetWalker PC-Z1 very similar in style to the UMID MBook M1. These are the same guys that flopped with the unique Mebius PCN-J70A netbook (comes with a LCD touchscreen).

It has a 5” 1024x600 touch screen display and is powered by a FreeScale i.MX515 CPU (800 MHz) with 512MB RAM, 4GB storage, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and a 68 key QWERTY keyboard. No internal 3G. Runs Ubuntu 9.04 as the OS.

Ports: You can expand storage through a microSDHC slot (up to 16GB). 1x USB, 1x Mini USB, Headphone jack,

Has a quick boot up time of about 3 seconds. 2-Cell Lithium Ion battery is rated at 10 hours battery life with the battery being non-removable.

It weighs 409g and is 161 x 109 x 20 mm in size.

Apparently it can’t go on sale in the US as the FreeScale MX515 is banned from being sold there.

Expected to go on sale on 25 September for 44,800 yen ($479) in Japan and will be available in Red, White or Black.

More pictures over at PC Watch.



Video:

Here’s the product page for the NetWalker at Sharp (Japanese)

Source: Akihabaranews.

Posted 08/27/09 at 09:28 AM / Announcements 1 Comments

Tag(s): umid mbook m1, sharp netwalker pc-z1

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Reader Comments (1)

Justin Kenny 08/27 at 09:52 AM

Banned from sale in the US? How odd.

Pretty neat little device, too bad it isn’t a little cheaper, and nice that it’s got the same resolution as most netbooks.

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