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Friday, December 14, 2007

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Toshiba is Paying Attention - Touch is Now an Option on M700 Build-To-Order

- Rob Bushway

Toshiba M700 Touch Pen I just got off the phone with Kevin Roberts, Toshiba's Product Manager for the M700 Tablet PC. He called to tell me they had noticed that I, and many others, had canceled our M700 customized orders because we thought we we had ordered an M700 with Touch + Active Digitizer, when in fact we were just ordering the Active Digitizer option only. Needless to say, a lot of folks, including yours truly, were confused, and Kevin apologized on behalf of Toshiba for not making it clearer.

Toshiba has now corrected the "build-to-order" page and have clearly indicated that touch is an optional upgrade for $50. Kevin also updated me on shipping times for the various configurations:

  • Active Digitizer only configurations will ship in two weeks to three weeks
  • Active Digitizer + Touch configurations will begin shipping in mid-January

I'll be placing my order again this weekend - thanks for correcting this, Toshiba.



Friday, December 14, 2007 7:47:02 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Great news Rob! I'm so glad we got their notice. I completed my order just now, and can now only hope that mid-January projection holds true.
Yolanda Villa
Friday, December 14, 2007 8:15:26 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Cool.. might wait for a review. I tried the touch on a lenovo x61 recently and was surprised how hard you had to press to register a "click" .. :-/
C
Friday, December 14, 2007 8:20:13 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Hmm, no XP as a choice on the customize page. I would imagine this would also hamper sales.
Friday, December 14, 2007 10:00:16 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
That's terrific. If only more companies would pay this much attention to their customers. Hopefully their projections hold true. I await your review.
Cory P.
Friday, December 14, 2007 10:16:30 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Chad, Rob simply pointed us specifically to the Vista tablet link. You can find the customizable XP version here:

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?coid=-34917
Yolanda Villa
Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:07:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Will integrated Broadband Wireless be an available option for the M700 tablet?
David
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