Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC & T400s

The touch screen force begins to arrive at computer screens, especially the all in one and laptops. And it does, then you better do multitouch, Lenovo will have thought. They introduced the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC and the Lenovo ThinkPad T400s.

In both models, touch screens are optional, so we can get them also without them if needed. The Lenovo X200 comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4 GHz, 160 GB hard drive, 12.1 inch screen and, oddly, only 1 GB of RAM, although its operating system, now is Vista.

Obviously, when it launches Windows 7 this will be the option chosen for a laptop. For now, this configuration is offered for $ 1654 but will only be recommended to increase the RAM in a couple of GB more. Something can stay short the 4-cell battery included, but promise a range of up to nine hours with 8 cell.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T400s has a base price of $ 1999 and comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 14.1-inch screen, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB hard drive and a 6-cell battery. Both models have the softare SimpleTap from October 22.

With him we have access to different functions usually performed by hardware, since toggle the Wi-Fi to adjust the volume or put the PC into hibernation. This function is activated by pressing twice on the screen and turns off with a single touch.

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Mimo 720-S, 7-inch touchscreen

We had previously talked of a couple of screens Nano. These devices are characterized by small additional screens for your computer.

The Nanovision Mimo 720-S still does not launch date, but its features are already known: we are talking about 7-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels and can rotate the screen 90 degrees. Interesting connection, since this is done only via the USB cable into your computer, and without any other additional power connectors.

The Mimo 720-S will have a little sister, the 710-S to be like the 720 except the touchscreen technology.

As for prices, Mimo 720-S has not yet been put up for sale, but the 710-S can be reserved for $ 150, just over 100 euros to change. The 720-S is obviously more expensive, maybe around $ 250.

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MSI Wind Top AE2010

MSI has upgraded its computer all in one with a new model, the MSI Wind Top AE2010, changing its concept quite as well as its design specifications for the fall within a range altogether.

And so far is that if offered an ultraportable computer specifications, ie Intel Atom, this has been replaced in the new model by an AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core, which comes with 4GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card.

The screen of this MSI Wind has a size of 20 inches and a resolution of 1600 × 900 pixels, so that content playback in high resolution should be no problem, taking into account the processor incorporates.

As additional specifications of MSI Wind Top AE2010 find an integrated webcam, six USB ports, a memory card reader, speakers with SRS. All with a price of $ 650, plus the option to purchase touchscreen.

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Acer Windows 7 touchscreen devices

Acer are working on three touch-enabled devices, according to a project manager from their mobile computer department, which will take advantage of Windows 7’s native touchscreen support.  While no specific product details were mentioned, the employee did suggest that touch-sensitive netbooks could better take market share if they were positioned as “cheaper alternatives to tablet PCs”, which may indicate that one or more of the Acer devices are just such a netbook.

The talkative manager in question, Shih Hung-wu, also discussed in-cell touch panel technology and its potential to reduce overall device cost.  Rather than adding on a touch-layer to an existing LCD TFT or other type of display, in-cell panels combine the TFT and touch layers during the initial manufacturing process.

Acer will, Shih continues, be looking to adopt in-cell touch panels once mass production begins, though he gave no estimates of timescale for that taking place.  Earlier this week, MSI were tipped to be preparing Windows 7 netbooks based on Intel’s next-gen Pine Trail-M platform with touchscreen technology, for a release in December this year.

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ASUS Eee Top ET2002T with NVIDIA

Ion and 20-inch touchscreen debuts

The ASUS EeeTop ET2002T first shown back in June at Computex has apparently made its official debut in France, with Blogeee spotting the full spec-list and some press shots. As expected, the ET2002T brings with it a 20-inch 1,600 x 900 touchscreen display along with a DVD burner and – most interestingly – NVIDIA’s Ion GPU.

There’s also a dual-core Atom 330 1.6GHz processor inside, paired with 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB 5,400rpm hard-drive. Connectivity includes gigabit ethernet, WiFi b/g/n, four USB 2.0 ports, a card reader, and an HDMI input which means the ET2002T can be used as an external display should you want to hook up your new PS3.

All that – along with the matching wireless keyboard and mouse – are being offered for €598 ($845), or at least they will be once the Eee Top ET2002T goes on sale.  We reviewed the all-in-one’s predecessor, the Eee Top ET1602, back in December last year, and this new model would seem to address all our main complaints: screen size, processing power and optical drive.  Color us excited about this new model.

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