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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

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We've got Lenovo X60s Tablet PC specs

- Rob Bushway

An anonymous GottaBeMobile.com reader sent us the specs on the yet to be announced Lenovo X60s Tablet PC. We have every reason to believe that these are accurate and believable; however, official specs will be released when it is announced, which according to our source, is next month. No word on pricing.

I have to tell you, these specs ( if they hold to be true ) look incredibly awesome and I cannot wait to get my hands on one! The specs I'm most excited about are the high res and the multitouch for pen and touch.

Intel 945GM chipset
Intel Core Solo and Core Duo Processors Low Volt Processors
- Core Duo ( L2400 (1.66ghz) and L2500 (1.83 ghz)
- Core Solo (U1400 (1.2 ghz) to announce in January 2007
- new 2.5" SATA high-speed, standard models with 5400rpm, up to 120gb capacity and optional 100gb 7200 rpm hd available (yeah!!)
- 128mb of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Up to 4gb of PC2-5300 DDR2 memory (667 mhz) - 3.2gb available to the operating system
- 2 memory slots - memory is no longer soldered to the mother board (thank goodness!)
connectivity
- 802.11 a/b/g
- Embedded Wireless WWAN
- Bluetooth options
- Integrated modem and Gigabit
12.1" XGA Wide angle display ( 170 degrees) comes standard with

Anti-glare / anti reflective coating, now with dynamic screen orientation that adapts the screen to how you want to work ( we are assuming this is like the M200 and M400 accelerometer that auto rotates based on the angle you hold the screen)
Plus two other new screen options

Optional models available with SXGA ( max res of 1400 x 1050)
Optional models available with indoor / outdoor viewing capability with touch screen for enhanced ease of use and flexability

MultiTouch screen allows either finger or pen touch to move cursor for ease of use and more natural interaction with tablet (oh yeah!)
MultiView display provides better screen technology for viewing indoors, outdoors, and from wide angles ( 170 degrees )

UPDATE: The pen has an eraser on the end of it!

Hardware | Lenovo | Tablet PC

10/3/2006 12:24 PM MST

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Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:51:36 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Depending on the real world reviews if/when this comes out, I'll have to seriously consider it as my next tablet. I generally like IBM/Lenovo's design, and the specs are almost perfect for what I need. I'm particularly excited about the multitouch screen for use while teaching. Hopefully the multitouch screen will also include outdoor viewing, and I expect that battery life will be decent.

Michael

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:38:43 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Multitouch! Score!

If it's still around 3 lbs like the X41, then I will definitely be ditching the Gateway lemon in favor of the sweet awesomeness of a lightweight Core Duo monster.

fury

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:54:25 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

At last. I've been waiting to make my first Tablet PC purchase for what seems like years and I've been holding out
for this since the X41 isn't going to like Vista.

I'm also pretty excited about the new 9 inch Fujitsu (1710? 1610?)

Johnny Hall

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:03:37 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

One word. Awesome.

Warner Crocker

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:26:55 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Nice specs. Any ideas where that .8GB of RAM is going though?

Aaron Axvig

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:33:38 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Multitouch, regular HD AND SXGA!!!! Awesome.
What is Motion doing? Do you have any anonymous rumor about a new slate?

Alex

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:43:52 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Ummm SXGA = 1280x1024

SXGA+ = 1400x1050

which one is it?!

stefan constantinescu

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:46:51 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

not yet, but we are trying!

Rob Bushway

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:51:53 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Well, the data I have says the max resolution is 1400 x 1050; however, it also says SXGA+. Soo...I'd feel pretty comfortable in saying that it is 1400 x 1050.

Rob Bushway

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:59:34 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Oops, the multitouch does include outdoor viewability:

"Optional models available with indoor / outdoor viewing capability with touch screen"

Guess I got a little too excited before I posted.

Would the rest of the 0.8 GB of memory be used, at least in part, for shared video? Not sure of the technical aspects of how Intel's GMA 950 works, but it's a guess.

Michael

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:12:47 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I'm guessing as well, but I say that would be a good one.

Warner Crocker

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:20:40 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Funny. I had heard from my corp rep about the dual mode screen and honestly, I dismissed it. He was so unsure even on the terminology that I couldn't help but be doubtful. I can't wait to see what the weight and battery life specs are on this unit. Very nice specs across the board.

Stephen Feger

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:43:53 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Er, these specs look just like the existing specs for the X60s (which don't get me wrong, is a nifty bit of kit - I am using one right now!).

But it's really just the hardware in the screen that makes tablets unique from regular laptops, so I don't see this as being any more special than the existing X60s (other than that it's a tablet). In fact, if anything, I'd have hoped to have seen better specs in the notebook.

"Any ideas where that .8GB of RAM is going though?"

To power the video card.

Ben Metcalfe

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:46:01 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

>>"Any ideas where that .8GB of RAM is going though?"

"To power the video card."

BTW: Yes, I know there is a separate 128Mb video card in there, but I've seen laptops which have used some system ram for extended function/bridging/etc.

Ben Metcalfe

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:27:07 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

It's cool, but it is no TC1100...

Adam

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:59:50 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Remember the IBM TransNote? With multitouch, this tablet sounds like its grandchild. I'm interested, but Core 2 Duo choices would be nice.

www.transnote.com

Chris

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:09:36 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I would like "Core 2 Duo "
with 64bit support :(
is it possible?

Imre

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:25:25 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

The 0.8GB is lost in the bit hole that is 32 bit architecture - it cannot address more than this. The graphics is the Intel 950 so this will share memory from the 3.2GB which is addressable.

The multi touch capabiity does sound very cool indeed, i'm much more interested in having a touchscreen thinkpad than a digitiser.

snife

Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:19:09 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

lenovo definately should've gone with core 2 duo. i guess they went with core 1 since intel's been having a bit of a shortage these days in core 2 duo.
a core 2 duo and a widescreen 12 inch would've been the perfect choice in preparing for the next gen Vista.

nkis

Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:52:30 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Core 2 Duo or not, I think this will be a real contender in the market so it makes business sense to launch with the core duos to then later update to the core 2 duos

snife

Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:38:42 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

You could always replace the Core 1 Duo with a Core 2 Duo. They are seamlessly compatible with each other, just as they will be to the first generation of mainstream Core 2 Quads coming out in January.

Richard Lee

Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:44:28 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

The specs are "awesome" ??? I think they're run-of-the-mill for something that isn't even out yet. The biggest screwup in my mind is the screen size. I have a nice tablet with a 12" scree now, and it's not nearly big enough.

I think a tablet screen has to be a minimum of 15"; it needs to be at least 8.5" tall and 11" wide to display anything formatted for a piece of paper (which just about everything is, whether you like that or not). Plus a bit more around the sides for scroll bars, menus, and buttons, and you're up to 15".

When you display a PDF or other similarly formatted file on a 12" screen, it shrinks in both directions and becomes unreadable. Or you display at full size and have to scroll in both directions to see the full page. My vision isn't good enough to make up for the shortcoming of such a small screen for more than a few minutes before my eyes get tired from strain. It seems like there isn't a single tablet PC manufacturer out there that can figure this out, including Lenovo, and that makes this just another interesting but not-quite-useful tablet.

Larry Beaty

Friday, October 13, 2006 11:17:42 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

"My vision isn't good enough to make up for the shortcoming of such a small screen for more than a few minutes before my eyes get tired from strain".

Larry, no offense but you need lasic not a tablet ! A tablet with a 15" screen would be too unwieldy for anyone to do anything with it. that's why they have desktops. laptops and tablets were created with portability in mind.

I do think this is "as good as it gets" !

Thank You Lenovo .... IBM would have never gotten this straight.

Subh

Friday, October 20, 2006 12:03:29 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I concur with that. There isn't really a market for big tablet PCs; the way they're intended to be used is on the go, not really as desktop replacements. I may just be biased because my big Gateway tablet turned out to be a failure, but I can see that there isn't really a market for users of big tablet PCs. They only happen to have tablet PCs in the 14" size because they want to sell people a desktop replacement that happens to have tablet functionality.

There are touch/pen sensitive monitors out there plenty big enough and you can hook them up to any desktop or conventional laptop.

Now, if they made a 3lb 14 or 15" slate, that'd be a different story, and maybe not so awkward to carry. But as far as the trend goes right now, it's either smallish, eyes-unfriendly screens, or big, 7+ lb monster portable computers.

fury

Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:56:38 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

More proof that the X60s will start shipping out in Jan '07 :

http://www.wfu.edu/technology/reference/thinkpad/faculty/index.html#choice

Subh

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:27:18 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

>More proof that the X60s will start shipping out in Jan '07 :
>http://www.wfu.edu/technology/reference/thinkpad/faculty/index.html#choice

Not exactly - that was written in May.

psydeways

Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:57:36 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Hi,

Before you buy any, I would like to propose to take a look at the new Fujitsu-Siemens T4215 tablet PC. Main differennces from the coming Lenovo X60:

Pro:
1. built-in UMTS (!), so you simply can insert a data SIM card and use 3G for Internet/E-mail
2. Multi bay slot for optical drive or second HDD and the drive is in the price!
3. It is already on the market in the next days for order!
4. More than twice battery life as X60 (with standard batteries)

Con:
1. Just a little bit, but heavier
2. almost 1cm thicker than the X60...
3. Shared and 64Mb video ram, not 128 dedicated as in case of X60
4. The screen is only active touch screen (so works only with its own pen, not like the multi touch screen of the X60 option)

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/products/mobile/tablet_pcs/lifebook_t.html

Istvan

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