TabletKiosk Announces Ultramobile PC

TabletKiosk said Tuesday that it plans to launch its ultramobile PC, the "eo," at the end of April.

Two versions will be available: an $899 standard model, and an $999 special offer with an upgraded hard drive, according to Gail Levy, the company's vice president of marketing. After the eo begins shipping during the last week of April, the "special" price will be eliminated, she said.

The eo, which measures 9 inches wide by 5.75 inches high by an inch deep and weighs just under 2 pounds, is one of the new class of "Ultramobile" or "Origami" PCs, which were designed by Microsoft to offer an alternative to the Tablet PC.

The eo wraps a 7-inch TFT-LCD touch screen around either a black or white chassis housing a 1.0-GHz Via C7M processor. The $899 base configuration includes 256MB of memory and a 30GB, 4,200-RPM hard drive, although the $999 upgrade special includes a faster and larger 40GB, 5,400-RPM drive, Levy said. Users will also be able to ask for memory up to a full gigabyte as well as up to a 160GB hard drive, according to TabletKiosk.

Bluetooth and 802.11g Wi-Fi functionality has been built in, the company said.


The PC ships with Microsoft Windows Tablet Edition as well as the Microsoft Touch Pak. The chassis has been designed to be convenient for lefties as well as righties, the company said. Battery life will be about 2.5 hours, or 4 hours with an extended battery.

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