TabletKiosk, a provider of mobile business computing devices, has launched three new systems powered by Intel Atom Processors: the 7-inch eo a7330D ultra-mobile PC, the 7-inch eo TufTab a7230XD rugged ultra-mobile PC and the 12.1-inch Sahara NetSlate a230T touch screen tablet PC.
TabletKiosk said that the eo a7330D is a new member of its family of eo Ultra-Mobile PCs. It features an auto-switching dual mode active digitiser / resistive touch screen panel developed by Wacom; dual, hot swappable battery packs; integrated wireless connectivity; a ‘fit-in-your-hand’ design; and a new modular expansion system.
In addition, by attaching one of the interchangeable expansion modules, the functionality of the device can be customised for specific business applications including scanning bar codes, swiping credit cards and connecting to 3G/3.5G wireless wide area networks.
According to TabletKiosk, the new eo a7330D is powered by the Intel Atom Z530P processor and comes standard with 1.0 GB RAM, 1.8 80 GB HDD (SSD drives optional), sunlight viewable screen, dual hot swappable batteries, built-in wireless capabilities including GPS, 802.11a/b/g/n Dual Channel WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and the auto-switching dual mode digitiser/touch screen for handwriting recognition and finger touch control.
The company said that the new eo TufTab a7230XD surpasses MIL-SPEC-810F specifications and features the same auto-switching active digitiser / passive touch screen as the eo a7330D, this device is suitable for outdoor fieldwork, data collection, warehousing, mobile point of sale and other work functions which undergo extreme handling.
The eo a7230XD is also powered by the Intel Atom Z530P processor, comes standard with 1.0GB RAM, 80GB HDD (SSD optional), 802.11a/b/g/n Dual Channel WiFi, 2.0Mpixel Still/Video camera with auto focus, dual hot swappable batteries, integrated RFID reader, built-in 1D/2D barcode scanner, 1.0Gb Ethernet, RS-232 Serial port, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and TPM v1.2. Built-in 3G/3.5G WWAN module is optional.
The Sahara NetSlate a230T is a new addition to the Sahara Slate PC line of slate-style Tablet PCs. It is powered by the Intel Atom N270 processor and comes standard with 1.0GB RAM (upgradeable to 2.0GB), a 120GB HDD (SSD optional), 802.11a/b/g/n Dual Channel WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and an optional built-in 3G/3.5G WWAN module, the company added.
All three devices reportedly come preinstalled with a choice of Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Embedded or openSUSE Linux 11. All three systems qualify for a free downgrade to Windows XP Professional (or Tablet PC Edition for the two eo UMPCs).