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Dell Latitude XT2 12.1" multi-touch tablet announced
Dell has announced its 12.1-inch (1,280 x 800 pixel) Latitude XT2, the industry's first tablet PC with multi-touch technology.
Multi-touch, of course, as in "pinch to zoom" and two-finger gestures. In addition, the XT2 sports 11 hours of battery (6-cell plus battery slice) and DDR3 memory (5GB max) in a chassis just 2.5-cm (0.98 inches) thick.
Specs are as follows:
- up to 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV SU9400 processor with Montevina chipset
- Intel integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics
- Windows Vista Ultimate on down
- 12.1-inch LED backlit capacitive touch-screen with EM Digitizer pen
- up to 5GB of DDR3 1066MHz (1x1GB, 1x4GB DIMM)
- up to 120GB 5400RPM SATA disk or 128GB SSD
- 802.11a/g/n WiFi and gigabit Ethernet
- SATA ODD
- 3.78-pounds (1.72-kg) with 6-cell battery
- eSATA, 2x USB 2.0, firewire, and ExpressCard 54 slot
Full specs can be found here (PDF).
The Latitude XT2 will start in the U.S. at $2,399(a fully-loaded version will set you back more than $3,000).
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