10.1-inch Kohjinsha DZ Dual Display Netbook now up for pre-orders, on sale in December

It was noticed at CEATEC 2009 in October, branded as the Kohjinsha DZ and will be on sale in coming month in Japan. Yes, we talking about the Kohjinsha’s 10.1-inch dual display netbook. According to the latest news bits, it will priced at 79,800 yen or $920. Its product page is now up and can now be pre-ordered.

The Kohjinsha DZ has twin 10.1-inch display with 1024×600 resolution, thus giving you a total resolution of 2048 x 600 pixels. It features AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor that runs at 1.6GHz clock speed,1GB RAM (upgradable to 4GB), 160GB Hard disk, 1.3MP cam, AMD RS780MN chipset + ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Wi-Fi b/g and Ethernet. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit operating system. There is also a Fingerprint scanner that sits on the right of the screen. There is built-in TV Tuner with antenna too. The overall weight is 1.84kg. Heavy, not only due to presence of two displays, but due to its heavy 5200mAh 6-cell battery. Expect runtime of upto 4.5 hours.

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The Main display or the larger one is 14-inch in size and the smaller display is 7-inch in size. It is available in black or white color.

Here is a quick glance at its specs:

• Intel Atom Z520 processor @ 1.33GHz
• 80GB HDD
• 1GB RAM
• LAN
• Wi-Fi (draft-N)
• Windows XP

Its mainly targeted for the business market and will go on sale in North America, Japan and Korea starting in the month of September. Nothing can be commented on the prices.

We just cannot understand one thing about its design. If the display is at the back and thus, cannot be viewed at the same time, what is the point of having a secondary display on the same computer? Good concept, but gone ludicrously wrong!

Note: You can also get one with slightly more powerful Atom Z530 or Z540 processor or/and opt-in for a larger capacity HDD or SSD.

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