NEC Mobile Pro 900

by NEC

Product Details

Product Manual [1.95mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 4 x 1 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00009QH41
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,673 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 15, 2003

Product Description

Engineered for the enterprise, NEC MobilePro 900 is the fastest, easiest to use handheld PC (HP/C) solution available today. The MobilePro 900 offers a nearly full size keyboard, powerful instant-on functionality, and a light, yet rugged industrial design with no moving parts for outstanding service performance. With its latest MobilePro offering, NEC is extending its leadership position in enterprise mobile solutions.What's in the box: Mobile Pro 900, Backup CR2032 battery, AC Adapter, Rechargeable 2-cell Lithium-Ion battery, PC Connect USB cable, RJ-11 Telephone cable, Stylus pen, User manual

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More Hype than truth, October 25, 2003

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CodeFree "CODEFREE" (EVERYWHERE,USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NEC Mobile Pro 900 (Office Product)

I really wanted a more powerful Jornada 720 which is sort of the claim that NEC puts on this product. They keyboard is pretty good and some parts of the design like the placement of the CF slot and the PC Card are perfect. However, this is not exactly a small form factor like the Jornada it is about the size of a Fujitsu P1120 or a Avertec P. Weight wise it is about .5lb from the the P1120 and 2lbs from the Avertec. A good part is that it does have the ability to instantly turn on but the screen is terrible. In fact probably the worst screen of any PDA / Laptop I have seen. It is all washed out. I wanted this so that I could throw it in a Gym bag and if needed instantly turn it on and trade stocks through a TMobile Aircard. I found that the syncing with ActiveSync 3.7 was terrible, sometimes it would work other times it would fail on WinNT2000K and with XP Pro it was a nightmare. Part of the NEC 900 that is rotten is the OS. THe HPC 2000 is just plain buggy. The AirCard software would die while it works on a PDA and over 6 laptops and tablets.

Pros:
+ Turns on fast
+ CPU is definately faster than Jornada like 4 times as fast
+ CF/PCMCIA slot are position nicely and takes both I/II
+ Keyboard excellent

COns:
+ Too big just isn't small enough to be like a Jornada and too small to be like a P1120 or Sony TR1 or JVC Interlink all of which are much more powerful
+ Screen is worst I have ever seen
+ Syncing/OS is out of date and difficult

Bottom line for the price it isn't too bad if you want something light to type on or run excel spreadsheets that will last 8 hours. They keyboard is awesome so if you have large fingers and need an ultra portable this is ok if you can get around the screen.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great HPC Palmtop!, September 30, 2003

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John Wolf "www.cerm.info" (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NEC Mobile Pro 900 (Office Product)

NEC did a good job with this one! With the improved battery life, the USB slave port, the flash ROM, OS, and the 400mhz processor NEC surely made a seller! Many people do not realize that this unit is not running Windows XP, so this unit can out speed most laptops with its operating system!

People need to actually give HPC devices an honest chance, and with the right expectations. They will not be disappointed!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I found the answer!! The in-between-machine!!, January 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: NEC Mobile Pro 900 (Office Product)

I love this-- I hated carrying around a heavy laptop-- and I did not want to shell out the crazy amount of $$$ for a super light one-- because only the lightest would have been useful to me-- This is the answer-- Instant on and instantly into documents and off to work-- I've only had it a short time but its already proved incredibly useful, I've given up my notebook(actual paper spiral) that I used to haul around to meetings and though I was hesitant to give up my calendar I decided to pitch it within a few days!!!
Adressing the other reviewers negativity-- just cause he is an IT guy does not mean he knows what he is talking about!!! Syncing with my computer took just a few minutes-- It is like MAGIC
Thanks NEC!