Toshiba Brings The Power Of Touch To Schools And Businesses With Portege M780 Tablet And Satellite Pro U500 Laptop

Toshiba today announced the availability of the new Portégé® M780 Tablet PC and Satellite Pro® U500 laptop with multi-touch display. These laptops are designed to deliver an enhanced computing experience to students, educators and business professionals through the benefits of touch and provide new alternatives to everyday computing.

Toshiba Portege M780

The new laptops feature Windows® 7 Professional and take advantage of the built-in touch capabilities of the operating system, making everyday interactions simple and intuitive. Now, users can easily scroll through Web pages and documents with the touch of a finger. Instead of pointing and clicking, users can quickly tap to launch programs and open files. The laptops also include Toshiba's touch-enabled ReelTime™ and Bulletin Board applications, which help users more easily find and organize information.

“Today, touch enables business and education professionals to create a more interactive and intimate experience for their core audience, and Toshiba's new laptops help deliver on that promise,” said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. “In addition, our new Tablets provide today's IT professionals with the ability to easily deploy laptops and manage operating systems locally or remotely to ensure content users can access and present data in any environment.”

Toshiba's Tablet PCs offer full-featured performance and interactive capabilities that have proven popular with educators. The Radiologic Science program at Gannon University in Erie, Pa., incorporated Toshiba's Tablet PC into their curriculum. Cynthia Liotta, an assistant professor and program director, says the Toshiba technology has increased productivity and connectivity between students and teachers.

“With the digital inking capabilities on the Tablet PC, students have been able to access all materials and information without constantly printing out paper — allowing us to become a paperless program,” Liotta said.

As a result, students have been able to write and manipulate images of X-rays on the screen to complete assignments and receive feedback faster from professors.

The Popular Interactive Learning Tool: Portégé M780

Building on the success of its predecessor, the Portégé M780 Tablet PC is full performance including the latest technologies: Intel® Core™ processors, faster DDR3 memory, Toshiba's eSATA/USB combo port with Sleep and Charge and Windows 7 Professional with the option to downgrade to Windows XP Professional. With its compact design and 12.1–inch diagonal LED backlit display, the Portégé M780 Tablet PC is easy to carry to and from the classroom and is designed to sustain the typical bumps and spills thanks to Toshiba's EasyGuard® technology — with hard drive impact sensor and LCD display protection, spill resistant keyboard4 and PC Health Monitor.

The Portégé M780 Tablet PC comes in configurations with Intel® Core™ processor technology, Titanium Silver and starts at $1,279 MSRP.

Multi-Touch and Feature Rich: Satellite Pro U500

Equipped to handle any task, the Satellite Pro U500 laptop has multi-touch features and full mobile performance processors, such as all new 2010 Intel® Core™ processors. It features Windows 7 Professional, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator, Toshiba's eSATA/USB Combo port with Sleep and Charge, hard drive 3D impact sensor, HDMI port, as well as a built-in webcam with face recognition login. Complementing the Satellite Pro U500's multi-touch display is a texture finish accented by an elegant brown color. This unique finish helps reduce fingerprints and improves grip. Continuing to provide unique organizational tools and easy access to content, Toshiba's Bulletin Board and ReelTime software offer the latest in Toshiba innovation.

The Satellite Pro U500 laptop comes in two configurations: one at $949 MSRP featuring an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor, and an upgraded version featuring Intel® Core™ iX processor, slot loading DVD Super-Multi drive and an LED backlit keyboard which enables typing in dimly lit areas, at $1,099.

Availability

The Toshiba business laptops, as well as accessories, are now available through authorized WSCA/NASPO resellers, select Toshiba Preferred Partner Program resellers, e-tailers and directly at toshibadirect.com.