TabletKiosk has officially announced their new slate tablet pc and boy, is it a heck of a tablet. The new i440 series offers a passive touch screen model and a new Dual Mode Active Digitizer and Touch Screen. TabletKiosk is the first to announce a Dual Mode Active / Touch slate tablet as the i440T and i440D. Click picture for higher res image.

In addition to being Dual Mode Active / Touch, the i440 series features processors ranging from 1.2 ghz Celeron ULV to 1.83 ghz Core Duo LV.

Get this, the operating system configurations are also available in Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux. That's right, Linux is available as well. Very good move, TabletKiosk.

Models:

• i412T - 1.2 ghz Celeron, Pasisve Touch
• i440T - 1.83 ghz Core Duo, Passive Touch
• i440D - 1.83 ghz Core Duo, Dual Mode Active / Touch

Other specs:

• Harddrive: 2.5” 9.5mm format, Ultra DMA SATA150gb, congurations from 60GB to 160GB @ 5,400 rpm
• Max memory 4gb  - modules available 2 qtr 2007. Initial configurations 512mb - 2gb
• XGA resolutions
• Outdoor Transflective Screen Available as an Option on all three (3) models
• Intel 945GM chipset
• Intel 950 GMA Graphics chipset
• biometric fingerprint readers
• 2 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 pcmcia slot
• 1 1394
• 1 eSATA
• Wireless: 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0
• Single Chip Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
• Weight - 3.3lbs

Pricing and ordering availability were not available at this time. More to come later.