Toshiba introduces dual-touch-screen Windows mini-notebook PC
Toshiba Corporation announced the launch of the "libretto W100", the world's first dual touch-screen Windows mini-notebook PC, and three other products available in seven different models. The new line-up will be rolled out in the Japanese market this summer, with the first products on shelves on June 25, 2010.
Alongside the new libretto, Toshiba is introducing new models in key market segments. The sleek "dynabook RX3" is the world's lightest 13.3-inch Wide LCD display laptop. The eye-catching "dynabook Qosmio DX" is an all-in-one AV PC that offers a full HD 21.5-inch wide LCD display and the world's fastest write times to Blu-ray discs. And the "dynabook AZ", a new internet-dedicated device, a "cloudbook" is the world's first network device integrating the "NVIDIA TegraTM250 Processor" and a hardware keyboard with the Android platform.
libretto W100
Toshiba's excellence in high-density mounting and engineering have created a unique, pocket-sized companion, with distinctive dual 7.0-inch Wide LCDs that offer a display equivalent to a 10.0-inch wide screen. The clamshell case opens like a book or a notebook PC to reveal the world's first Windows platform to integrate dual touch-sensitive screens. Used as a PC, the libretto displays a haptic keyboard on the lower screen; held vertically, it becomes an ebook reader that displays a double-page spread. Compact and only 699 grams, the libretto W100 is a "mini-note PC" that can go everywhere.
dynabook RX3
The world's lightest notebook PC integrating a 13.3-inch wide LCD display demonstrates that cutting-edge performance can be combined with a reasonable price. Despite its slim lines, the dynabook RX3 integrates an optical disk drive, a standard voltage CPU and a battery that delivers a maximum life of approximately 11 hours. All this is housed in a highly durable honeycomb-structured chassis that allows this versatile PC to achieve the lightest weight in its category - a mere 1.25kg.
dynabook Qosmio DX
The full HD 21.5-inch Wide LCD display of this stylish and space-saving all-in-one AV-PC says that it is something special—and it is, not least of all because of its Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor SpursEngine, a dedicated image processor with advanced performance derived from the multi-core technology of the Cell Broadband Engine. Among its many capabilities, the SpursEngine offers the world's fastest write times to Blu-ray discs, and also boosts recording density, allowing recording of up to approximately 1,048 hours of terrestrial digital programs - eight times as long as when recorded in its original density. Another unique capability is its "Super Resolution Technology", which upscales SD video sources, such as video recorded on a camcorder, to near full HD picture quality, for bringing to the screen or saving to Blu-ray Discs. Toshiba's advanced power management technology give the dynabook Qosmio DX a level of energy efficiency rare in an all-in-one PC, and earned the new PC a Green Mark, only given to products that meet the Japanese standard for energy saving.
dynabook AZ
This groundbreaking "cloudbook" is always on and Internet ready. Ultraslim and only 870 grams, the dynabook AZ nonetheless offers users all they need: the dynabook AZ is the world first clam-shell type network device featuring the "NVIDIA Tegra 250 Processor", a 10.1-inch Wide LCD with LED backlighting and the full size keyboard of a netbook on the Android 2.1 platform. With the dynabook AZ, Toshiba combines the best of two product categories: the operability, large screen and full-size keyboard of a PC, with instant start-up and power consumption similar to a smartphone, which enables it to remain in standby mode for up to 180 hours. Adoption of the "NVIDIA Tegra 250 Processor" and an HDMI output realizes outstanding AV performance, including connection to an HDTV for display of high definition content.
Source: Toshiba