The 7-inch LCD LifeTouch has a touch panel and runs on Android 2.1 OS. It is powered by an ARM Cortex A8 processor, measures 220 x 119.5 x 13.9 mm, and weighs 0.8 pounds. The tablet features Wi-Fi LAN 802.11b/11g and Bluetooth connectivity and
supports both a stylus and finger touch.
LifeTouch tablet comes with four navigational buttons to allow users to scroll through lists and choose options without having to use the touchscreen. LifeTouch also comes with a 3-megapixel camera, a GPS, a G-sensor, accelerometer, and light sensor.
It also comes with a built-in microphone, full SD card, and an eight-hour battery. Applications include a browser, email, music, calendar, clock, alarm, directory and calculator.
"Due to recent corporate demand to reduce IT investment expenses and total cost of operations (TCO), both the interest in cloud computing and its actual use have steadily increased," NEC said in a statement. "The LifeTouch cloud communicator enables corporate customers to generate new revenues through customer services and to improve the efficiency of business operations through an optimized user interface."
The terminal and software can both be customized in response to corporate customers' business needs for content, NEC said. A platform is also provided for developers to produce applications, the company said.