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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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Dell Latitude XT2 Tablet PC Slated for Fall 2008 Release

- Rob Bushway

Engadget got a hold of some preliminary specs on what Dell is calling the XT2, their planned update to the XT Tablet.

It appears they are planning for a Nov 2008 release of the XT2, with the XT phasing out in Jan 2009. According to the docs Engadget got a hold of, the XT2 will be sporting the following specs. That said, It is a long time from now until Nov 2008, so a lot could change. There is no word on what pricing might look like, either. If we're lucky, we might get our XT eval unit by the time the XT2 is available....

less than 3.5 lbs
12.1 WXGA
Possible integrated optical drive
Intel Montevina
ULV and LV CPUs
UMA graphics to support Aero
Ports and slots: VGA, RJ45, 1394, 2 USB, eSATA, audio x2, ExpressCard 34, and SDHC
TPM, Smart Card reader, Contactless Smart Card, and fingerprint option
XT2 Media base. They are planning on using the XT Media base, but it won't be compatible with their E-Family docking solutions.

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3/19/2008 9:30 AM MST

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:25:19 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Hooray! Maybe it will also cost about a thousand or so less, bringing it in line with other similarly configured tablets.

Rob

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:01:16 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Rob,

It may be wishful thinking, but we can certainly hope!

GoodThings2Life

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:30:18 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

No mention of multitouch? Dell has such great potential with this tablet, but they just have no idea what they're doing.

They don't need to release an XT2. They need to do whatever they have to do to lower the price by about $1000, enable multitouch on the screen, and write some solid multitouch software to teach developers how to write applications for the thing.

Ports, chipsets, and graphics are all marginally irrelevant compared to the gains they could realize become leaders in this market. Instead they're entering this with the standard laptop mindset and apply the wrong dynamics to the situation.

Antimatter

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:22:43 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I agree completely with Antimatter. Get the cost down on the current model (which may happen when the new one comes out).

But especially Dell has enough influence to change the whole field of multitough software!!!

AZhiker

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:32:15 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Nice to know that the tablet I just bought is obsolete.

The troubling thing to me is that once the XT2 hits the streets, updates to the XT, especially drivers and the bios, will start to ramp down.

That means that the XT isn't likely to be a tablet that you can keep for more than about 2+ years...

Steve S

Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:59:29 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

The last think that I want running on my Tablet is Aero sucking the life out of my battery...

Brad Ray

Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:25:39 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I have a Dell XT Tablet and I agree entirely with Antimatter's comments above.

Dell does NOT need to rework ports/form factor, and that traditional notebook pc stuff.

Lower the price, get the multi-touch going, and simply update the processor every now and then.

The form factor is phenominal, the dual N-Trig digitizer is unbelieveably great.

Regular Reader

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