Dell Adds New Touch to Tablet PCs

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Dell has introduced the Latitude XT, the thinnest and one of the lightest 12.1-inch convertible tablets available. It is also the brightest in its category with an optional daylight viewing panel. Dell says it will begin to take orders and ship the Latitude XT by the end of the year. The Latitude XT is also the industry's only sub-four-pound convertible tablet with pen and capacitive touch capability. Capacitive technology senses the touch of a finger with no pressure required for the system to recognize input. It 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, to name a few.

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, helping 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;
- Maintenance-free, no-battery pen with eraser and "right" mouse click functionality.

As part of Dell's ongoing goal to be the "greenest technology company on the planet", 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 64 GB solid state drive; 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;
- ATI Radeon X1250 UMA integrated graphics.

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