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Panasonic to Launch Toughbook Mini Tablet This Week |
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Written by Hideo
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
New Panasonic machine is based on Intel's Centrino Atom platform. Prototype versions have a touch-sensitive 5.6-inch screen under which is a compact QWERTY keyboard that's been split in half with a number pad filling up the center. The letter keys were divided to make them all within reach of the user's thumbs so its possible to hold the machine and type.
The machine has been already shown at Cebit in Germany and then at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, where Intel officially launched the Centrino Atom platform. As part of the Atom launch Anand Chandrasekher, head of Intel's ultra-mobility group, brought the Toughbook onto the Shanghai stage and deliberately dropped it to prove that the rugged machine would carry on working. Detailed specifications, global shipping dates and prices are expected this week.
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