Laptops Arena

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Guess who is bringing the world’s first multi-touch convertible tablet on the market? It’s Dell, the No. 34 on the Fortune 500 top, a world leader in innovative mobile technologies.
The Dell Latitude XT tablet has now multi-touch support via the downloadable software provided by the company on its website at www.support.dell.com. From there, owners of the tablet model can upgrade for free with the new module and install it using the user-friendly guide. See it in action above.

“We introduced the Latitude XT as a revolutionary product in the tablet space,” said Jeff Clarke, senior vice president, Dell Product Group. “Today Dell is taking that commitment to a new level with multi-touch functionality. We plan to finish this year with 50 percent more products in our laptop portfolio and deliver innovation our competitors can’t match.”

Among these releases, are also the next generation Latitude laptops, as well as the 128 GB Solid State Drives starting at $649.

“We’ve led the industry in offering the broadest product portfolio available with solid state drive technology to help customers avoid hard drive failure – which is one of the leading causes of data loss and hardware failure,” said Clarke. “With the introduction of the 128 GB solid state drive, we’re delivering capacity that meets the majority of our customers’ needs with increased durability and reliability at a great price.”



Besides the capacitive touch input supporting scrolling, zoom and programmable double-tap, the Dell Latitude XT, 1-inch thin tablet weighting 3.57 pounds, comes with a 12.1-inch display featuring optional Latitude XT DLV panel for the brightest screen of 400 nits, or the WXGA LED- backlit LCD.
In addition it features Intel Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 processor clocked at 1.06GHz or the U7600 at 1.20GHz, the ATI Radeon X1250 UMA Graphics chip, up to 3GB memory, 6-cell Li-ion battery, up to 120GB HDD or optional 64GB SSD, the Windows Vista Business or Windows XP operating system pre-installed, and a nice and durable carrying case made of leather or nylon.

The multi-touch technology allows you to scroll horizontally and vertically using 2 fingers at the same time, zoom with 2 fingers, and set 2 finger taps command to launch applications or turn the screen Off and save power.
The SSD drive is shock resistant and offers 22% better performance, compared to a standard Hard Disk Drive, while the 802.11n standard is the support for the upcoming fastest wireless connectivity.

Dell Latitude XT is available at around $1,400.

According to engadget’s sources, Dell will soon announce a new ultra portable notebook pair called E and E Slim.
As its name suggests, it is a very slim notebook pair, and one has an 8.9-inch display while the E Slim measures 12.1 inches in diagonal.
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At the end of this summer the new Dell notebook measuring just 0.8-inch thickness, the E Slim, will start to conquer the market and both models will come with built-in webcam, Bluetooth wireless transfer capability and will run on Windows XP and Linux operating systems, but they will feature an instant-on operating system called BlackTop which gives users access to emails, calendar and contacts.

Other new information says that these cool laptops will receive mobile broadband capability starting October and WiMAX later.

The new Dell notebook, Dell E low-end model, is rumored to come at a starting price of just $299, but we have to wait for the Dell’s press release regarding this launch to find out the exact information.

Dell released a new special laptop art edition consisting of two available models: the Mike Ming Edition and Mike Ming Extreme Edition, and for both you can choose from Sea Sky theme or Bunch O Surfers.
The designer is Michael Miyahira from Brooklyn.

"Our customers have asked that we continue to look at other areas of life, apart from technology, to help bring a sense of uniqueness to their computers," said Ed Boyd, vice president of Consumer Experience Design at Dell. "Mike Ming and the other artists in the series represent the shift in the level of customer design input, a trend we're excited to see continue."

The difference between the two Mike Ming notebooks is that you can have the $699 configuration with Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor, 3GB memory and 160GB HDD storage or you can as $100 to get more storage of 320GB and the Intel Core 2 Duo processor type.



Dell Mike Ming edition is based on the Inspiron 1525, a 15.4-inch notebook with High Definition support, optional Blu-ray Disc, and built-in web camera.

"I wanted to create a sense of energy, playfulness, sophistication and psychedelic momentum when I started this," said Ming. "This new technique from Dell brings my inspiration -water and the energy it produces -to life and gives computer aficionados their own display of style."

Dell wanted to see its XPS M1530 and XPS M1330 laptops in pink for this spring and it did it.
Now you have the two models available in an optimistic color inspiring the beauty of life, which contributed in the success of Dell’s Inspiron laptops and is considered one of the Top 10 Fashion Colors for Spring 2008.

“Pinks are as popular with technology products as they are with clothing this spring,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Now-a-days, consumers are using and carrying colorful laptops and technology products as a way to express themselves.”

You can choose the Flamingo Pink for your Dell XPS or Midnight Blue, Tuxedo Black and Red, with 8 color patterns on Inspiron series.

Dell XPS M1330 and Dell XPS M1530 sport an awarded design and are optimized for a great multimedia experience featuring the MediaDirect technology with instant access to media files while the laptop is Off or in hibernation.
In addition they come with HD displays Windows Media Center, the optional remore control which can be kept in the ExpressCard slot, and the optional noise-isolation earphones made by Creative.

Dell is struggling to become the “greenest” technology company on the planet. For reaching its objective, the company will match consumer contributions to “Plant a Tree for Me”, a program that wants to fight against the carbon impact of the electricity used by computer systems. The contributions will vary from $2 from a laptop purchase to $6 from a desktop purchase, this being available for small and medium business customers also. These contributions’ matching will last for one week.

The money will go to The Conservation Fund and to Carbonfund.org. These NGOs will use these contributions in their reforestation projects, projects that address to fighting the habitat loss and climate change.
Last year, the program “Plant a Tree for Me” was a real success and according to CarbonFund.org through this project 150 million pound of CO2 will be removed from the atmosphere. This large quantity of CO2 is equivalent to the electricity used by 225.000 laptops.

Dell also advices its customers to use the Inspiron 531 Energy Star which is 46% more energy efficient than a standard PC.
Besides this contributions’ matching with the “Plant a Tree for Me” program and its energy efficient notebooks, Dell is offering free recycling programs for its customers and advices people that use its products to support these environmental initiatives to make the Earth a safer place for us.