Dell Adds Tablet PC to Latitude Line

By DE Editors

Dell (Round Rock, TX) is releasing a sub-four-pound 12.1-in. convertible tablet, the Latitude XT, a thin convertible tablet with an optional daylight viewing panel pen and capacitive touch technology, which senses the touch of a finger with no pressure required for the system to recognize input.

The Latitude XT is also the forerunner to emerging multi-touch capabilities that allow the use of more than one finger for tasks such as zoom and repositioning a picture, states the release.

Designed for corporate, education, and healthcare markets, the system starts at $2,499 with the company taking orders to ship the Latitude XT by the end of the year.

Other touch features available on the Latitude XT include accuracy and speed – touch response times on the Latitude XT are faster than the Lenovo X61T; advanced digital palm rejection technology, which helps prevent inadvertent contact that disrupts pen input. The digitizer technology on the Latitude XT is rated up to 10 times more durable than competing resistive touch digitizer technology, and it is said to be maintenance-free, with a no-battery pen with eraser, and “right” mouse click functionality.

As part of Dell’s goal to be a green company, Energy Star 4.0-compliant configurations of the Latitude XT will be available in January 2008.

Other features of the Latitude XT include optional media base for docking and optical media; full-size keyboard with dual pointing; up to 64GB solid state drive and up to 120 GB hard drive; optional battery slice designed to provide up to 9.5 hours of battery life; Intel Core 2 Solo and Duo ULV processors; and ATI Radeon X1250 UMA integrated graphics.

Go to Dell Inc. for more details.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.