{"id":271847,"date":"2010-02-03T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkontherun.com\/?p=56106"},"modified":"2010-02-03T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:30:06","slug":"toshiba-portege-m780-maymay-not-have-multitouch-but-definitely-a-tablet-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/271847","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba Port\u00e9g\u00e9 M780 May\/May Not Have Multitouch, but Definitely a Tablet PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>In case your calendar doesn’t show it, today is touch Tablet PC day. First up was Fujitsu with its new T900<\/a> and now it’s Toshiba’s turn and the Port\u00e9g\u00e9 M780. My very first Tablet PC was a Toshiba M205, so I sort of have a soft spot for this new tabby. Like my old workhorse, the M780 provides a 12.1″ swivel display, but the resolution is a manageable 1280 x 800 — my machine pounded out the pixels at 1440 x 1050, if memory serves.<\/p>\n

But the biggest difference between old and new might be the touch support with Microsoft Windows 7 on the M780. So you get both active inking as well as touch — although Notebook Italia<\/a> doesn’t mention multitouch gestures, SlashGear seems to think support for multitouch is there<\/a>. It’s hard to say when Toshiba hasn’t officially offered a press release with details just yet.<\/p>\n

Our mobile friends in Italy do have some of the specification rundown on this semi-hefty 2-kilogram device. Inside will a choice between an Intel Core i3 or i5 CPU, up to 8 GB of RAM, a 2.5″ hard drive paired with a 3D accelerometer for drop protection, integrated optical drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, webcam, two USB ports and fingerprint sensor.<\/p>\n

I ran my old M205 into the ground and it really never lost a beat. If Toshiba is making the M780 anything like they used to make a Tablet PC, I’d expect this to be a solid, all-around unit. And even without multitouch, just having a dual-digitizer solution is appealing on it’s own — pending the price, of course.<\/p>\n

Related Research: “<\/strong>Is the Age of the Web Tablet Finally Upon Us?<\/strong><\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

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