Toshiba to Launch Windows 7 Tablet in Japan Next Month
Toshiba to Launch Windows 7 Tablet in Japan Next Month
Posted 12/14/2011 at 5:07am
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When Microsoft first started talking about Windows 7 slates, it was still a pre-iPad world. The prospect of Win 7-based tablets still evoked a reasonable amount of hope and excitement. But it soon became clear that Windows 7 and tablets just weren’t meant to be together. Now, the only time the two get together is when a vendor feels that it’s a match made in enterprise computing heaven. This time that vendor happens to be Toshiba.
Toshiba has announced the WT301/D Windows 7 tablet in its home market of Japan. It has a 10.1-inch LED-backlit TFT screen with a resolution of 1366×768. It packs an unspecified “next-generation” Atom chip and runs a 32-bit version of Windows 7 Professional with Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business pre-installed. Other specs include a 64GB SSD, 2GB RAM, Bluetooth 3.0+HS, Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n, USB slot, microHDMI interface, 1.3MP cam, 0.3MP inner cam, and stereo speakers.
The WT301/D will make its Japanese debut next month for a hitherto unspecified price. However, there is no word on International availability as yet.
Image Credit: Toshiba
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sgreenwall
December 14, 2011 at 10:23am
Dell's solution is well under $1k but the proc options in this niche leave something to be desired. http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/latitude-st/pd
MrHasselblad
December 14, 2011 at 5:51am
I'll be darned... I saw this featured at a type of small trade show last month and thought that it was a prototype only version that would unfortunately never come out for consumers. Good to see that it will be hitting the market soon; and even though as the article states, "no word on international availability", I would really look forward to having it in the North American market.
I've had all to many requests for an item such as this; one that both runs Windows and may also have the "availability" of running some Office related apps.
Also a hint aimed toward literally any manufacturer, please... Would also welcome a 64 bit version of something like this. Also, based on this article system specs - could it be capable of running a full version of Office?
excellentjim
December 14, 2011 at 8:33am
There's been one around for nearly a year now. http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Slate_EP121.
My customers love it - at least the ones willing to pay the price ($1200) !!!
This thing runns just like a laptop - with a touch screen. I haven't found anything to complain about with it.
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