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As usual, when it comes to getting new computing machines, our friends from Japan are again ahead of all of us. Our Japanese buddies will have the chance to be the first one to get hold, feel and test the spanking new and ruggedly handsome NEC tablet PC, which is appropriately branded as the ShieldPro FC-N22A. From its name alone, you can immediately deduce that this machine was built for the purpose of sustaining the most severe environmental conditions. True enough, the ShieldPro tablet PC can withstand temperature range of -4 F to 122 F, can sustain falling up to about 35-inches without breaking apart, is dust proof and complies to IP55 requirement for being water proof.

But that is not to say that the NEC ShieldPRO is all but being tough and rough. Inside this computing monster are some powerful features that our Japanese friends will surely love. These features include a 1.06GHz Core 2 Duo U7500 processor, 12.1-inch LED-backlit touchscreen display with XGA resolution, 512MB to a maximum of 4GB RAM and fingerprint authentication for security purposes.

The NEC ShieldPro will be released in the Japanese market sometime in June. Pricing details are currently not available, but with such rugged beauty and solid features, I would not expect it to come cheap.

Via [Akihabara News]