Electronics giant Sharp isn’t a major purveyor of personal computers in the North American market, but it does offer PCs in its native Japan. The company has just announced a new Mebius PC-NJ70A netbook for the Japanese market that sports a unique feature: instead of a traditional trackpad, the computer sports a 4-inch 854 by 480-pixel LCD panel with optical sensors. The multitouch-capable pad can detect up to four fingers or styli on its surface, but the embedded LCD panel means the trackpad can be used for additional interface elements: Web bookmarks, an equalizer for a music player, and—of course—Kanji character input.
