News - Panasonic Intros 3 New Toughbooks, Dell Wants To Get "Tough" Too, Fujitsu P1610 Ready For Its Closeup

[Scott Bellefeuille]

Panasonic Intros 3 New Toughbooks

Panasonic introduced the next generation of its Toughbook lineup yesterday branded as "Business-Rugged." The models span the spectrum with the Toughbook W5, an ultraportable notebook for the mobile professional, the Toughbook Y5 a lightweight desktop replacement notebook, and the Toughbook T5 billed as a "Tablet PC alternative with extremely long battery life." The Toughbook T5 sports a 12.1 inch touch-screen, a durable frame, and an ergonomic handstrap. The T5 weighs in at only 3.5 pounds and is equipped with an ultra-low voltage processor for extended battery life. All the models feature magnesium alloy cases, flexible internal connectors, shock-mounted hard drives, and embedded 3G wireless technology.

 

Dell Wants To Get "Tough" Too

Perhaps taking a cue from Panasonic's success with its Toughbook lineup, Dell has decided that its customers might also want more rugged portable machines. At a recent Technology Day in New York, Alex Gruzen, General Manager of Dell's Product Group stated that Dell had been exploring the possibility of expanding their mobile lineup with a "rugged" notebook model and a Tablet PC.

"I think we could expand the whole [rugged notebook] market," Gruzen said in an interview with eWEEK in New York. Read more...

 

Fujitsu P1610 Ready For Its Closeup

Mobilewhack.com has a great video review of the Fujitsu P1610 Tablet PC. The P1610 improves on it's predecessor the P1510 with an 8.9 inch WideXGA touchscreen, an 80GB hard drive, and 512MB of RAM. The diminutive unit is also fully stocked with all the wireless options you might need; WiFi, Bluetooth, and UMTS. Read more...

[Neverwinter]

That's pretty cool. The new P1610 Tablet PC has a palm rejection technology. Is that just software based?

Does anyone know if a touch screen and even the P1610's touch screen is pressure sensitive?

[whatever59]

Has Fujitsu said when the P1610 would be available in the United States?

[Spare Tire]

Is the new T5 a touchscreen only or is it a real tablet? It's pretty damn light, would be cool if it were a tablet.

[SimsHsia]

Spare Tire,

The Panasonic ToughBook 5 is a touchscreen only notebook; it is not a tablet PC, as it does not have the Tablet PC operating sytem, instead Windows XP Professional, but it is pretty close. And it's lightweight too!