Toshiba Introduces Next Generation Tablet PC

Nov. 18, 2003 - Building upon its award-winning tablet PC platform, Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) today introduced its next generation tablet PC offering an impressive array of productivity tools and a new, uniquely designed docking station. The Portégé M200/205 Series is built on the success of Toshiba's Portégé 3500 offering advanced wireless connectivity with Intel Centrino mobile technology and a dual axis accelerometer which allows users to manually tilt the notebook up or down, for scroll type functionality. With enhanced design and system performance, the Portégé M200/205 Series offers users a more intuitive interface and a natural, practical way of working with their computer.

Appealing to several customer segments including consumer, enterprise, small-medium sized business, education and all mobile professionals, the Portégé M200/205 offers exciting new options for users who want flexibility and convenience. From large sales force automation roll-outs to converting text to digital ink, the Portégé M200/205 is attractive to a broad set of customers looking to maximize productivity. Like its predecessor, the Portégé M200/205 works as an everyday notebook computer, but includes an innovative display that rotates and folds back for convenient information viewing and sharing, and offers a choice of data input modes such as typing, writing or speech.

"Over the past year, Toshiba's tablet PC has gained acceptance because of its portability, versatility and ability to function beyond the traditional range of PC applications. Customers of all sizes across vast industries including insurance, pharmaceuticals and medical are using Toshiba's award winning platform and are finding new ways to increase productivity during their entire business day," said Taro Hiyama, vice president of marketing, Toshiba DPD. "The Portégé M200/205 offers exciting new options including a docking station that will provide new usage scenarios and increased applications for everyday mobile computing."

Flexible Docking Solution
Designed to encompass a flexible range of desktop usage scenarios, the Portégé M200/205 offers an optional Toshiba Tablet Multi Dock that allows users to use their tablet PC in a comfortable, natural position and to write on the screen while at their desk. With easy screen rotation to landscape or portrait mode, users now have the ability to adjust the unit at different height levels to fit their own personal comfort level.

Expanding workspace and increasing productivity, the Toshiba Tablet Multi Dock includes an integrated SlimSelect Bay to support an additional hard drive or optical drive, enabling users to increase storage capacity, download software or back-up vital data. Toshiba's Tablet Multi Dock also allows users to view multiple applications on either an optional second monitor or the tablet PC screen.

A Full Size Package
Toshiba's Portégé M200 is powered by the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 graphics processing unit (GPU) with 32MB of dedicated DDR memory and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 support. Users will experience rich graphics to power their daily office tasks and other applications that require powerful graphic support such as developing interactive multimedia presentations, creating Web design content or video editing.

In addition to the 12.1" high-resolution SXGA+ diagonal display, the convertible notebook features a dual axis accelerometer which simplifies how people use and interact with their notebook. When Web browsing, this unique feature allows users to manually tilt their notebook up and down to view the top and bottom of the web page, making research and entertainment convenient. In addition, while viewing an eBook or digital magazine, this feature allows users to turn pages manually by tilting the notebook from left to right--just like the real thing.

Empowering People To Do More
The Portégé M200/205 Series features Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 for added effectiveness in completing business tasks such as data management, spreadsheets and presentations. OneNote 2003 provides business users the flexibility of a traditional paper notebook while allowing them to easily capture, organize, share and use their notes more effectively. OneNote offers the flexibility of a paper notebook and the power of digital note-taking, and the Portégé M200/205 give users the benefit of advanced mobility features. The combined technology brings a powerful note-taking experience to tablet PC users. With all of their notes in one place, users can be more productive anywhere they work whether in meetings, presentations, brainstorming sessions or at their desk.

A New Definition of Convenience
Other enhancements of the Portégé M200/205 include pen-enabled programmable buttons which allows users to simply launch an application with the touch of a stylus. In addition, the Portégé M200/205 features a zooming utility tool where one-touch magnification allows users to recognize icons, toolbars, fonts and more with greater viewability. And for substantially improved protection and handling, Toshiba offers an optional FieldMate M200 carrying case providing always-on protection with easy access in both tablet and traditional notebook mode.

For more information visit the company's Web site at www.toshiba.com.

SOURCE Toshiba