The kit will go on sale next month, with pricing to be determined by the retailer. PDF was designed to assure that text and graphics appear on screen, and when printed, exactly as they were laid out by the page designer, despite reduction, magnification, or differences among software and hardware. To access the Hirai novels, users must first download the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0J software, which is available from the Adobe site. Although the use of PDF files and Adobe Acrobat is common in the United States, the technology is just now achieving popularity among Japanese content developers. Users can also browse the first sixty pages of any novel without purchasing it.
Viewers can then click on various links within the files to access other pertinent sites.
When using the split computer screen, the broadcast appears at a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. Among the additional uses NEC is considering for Web Sync are education and programs for the disabled. Although English language education in Japanese public schools doesn't begin until junior high school, many parents here believe in giving their children a head start. Private English schools and educational materials for children abound, as English ability is considered an increasingly essential skill in young people's competitive race toward acceptance in a top university and employment with a good company. According to Seiko, this collaboration with ECC is the first in a series of software releases for the device.