Notebook Manufacturers Announce MMX Products NEC and Fujitsu Bring the Internet to Non-Computer Users by Lauren Colias Japanese manufacturers continue to add Internet access functions to products other than personal computers. In two recent examples, NEC Home Electronics has added enhanced Internet services to a television set it will be bringing to market this summer, and Fujitsu is installing high-speed modems and browser software in its popular Oasys word processors.
Users can also program their television to download sites at off-peak hours for later viewing.
In the more advanced category, the television has an interface for digital video and still cameras, which allows users to send and receive images, video, and sound in their e-mail messages. While the system does not come with a keyboard, there is a standard keyboard port. Navio was formed for the purpose of adapting Netscape's Web browser technology for consumer electronics, and according to NEC, InterRakuTV is the first television to install TV Navigator. NEC Home Electronics expects to sell 10,000 units in the first year. Both come with image processing software, an Internet browser, and extensive home-oriented software, such as a home budgeting program, a recipe database, etc.