Fujitsu chided for its new ‘computers for women’

Move over, mini iPad. A Japanese electronics company is rolling out Floral Kiss, a computer designed by women, to bring ‘elegance’ to the P.C.

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Last Friday, the Japanese company unveiled a personal computer “for women.”

The “Floral Design” computer is aimed at “female [computer] users” and was designed primarily by Fujitsu’s female employees, according to a press release.

The device—which strives for “elegance”—comes with 12 daily horoscopes and a digital scrapbook that “automatically stores and organizes pictures and URLs of the items, retail stores, recipes, and other content that users come across when they are casually browsing the Web.”

Several female writers weren’t amused by the product launch.

Jezebel‘s Jenna Sauers writes, “Maybe if you’re very good, you could ask your husband to buy you one for Christmas!” She adds:

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