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New Toshiba tablet PC released

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By ITWeb, 2005-12-21

Rectron has released the new Toshiba Tecra M4


Rectron, the distributor of Toshiba laptop and notebook personal computer (PC) products in SA, has released the new Toshiba Tecra M4, a convertible tablet PC targeted at the business market.

The Tecra M4 features a large, 14-inch screen and breaks new ground by being larger than its class rivals, incorporating a spacious keyboard with two pointing options: an eraser-head pointing stick and a touch pad.

Each device has its own mouse button, and the touch pad features horizontal and vertical scroll zones.

Andre Rossouw, a technology specialist and Toshiba brand manager at Rectron, says that with the Tecra M4 has two distinct personalities: "It is a business computer for use in desk-top mode and - in tablet format - it's also an 'on the go' device for the mobile executive.

"In tablet mode, users can navigate and write on the screen with a pen-like stylus that produces a 'pen-on-paper' feel," he says.

A key feature of the Tecra M4 is its large format, high resolution screen which allows multiple windows to be viewed in landscape mode.

Another advantage of the Tecra M4's larger-than-normal size is that it can accommodate a mix of ports and connections. In addition to the headphone and microphone jacks, there are VGA, S-Video, four-pin FireWire, infrared, and three USB 2.0 ports.

There are also SecureDigital and Type II PC Card slots, and connections to the Internet are possible via modem, Ethernet, or 802.11b/g WiFi.

From a security perspective the The Tecra M4 has a Trusted Platform Module to help protect it from data theft. Central to this feature is a protection timer that allows users to set up a timer-activated BIOS password that will prevent system access in the event of unauthorised access attempts.

Like other Toshiba laptops, to keep data safe in the event that the unit is dropped, the Tecra M4 stops the hard drive from spinning whenever the tablet physically moves too fast.

The Tecra M4 runs Windows XP Tablet Edition, and comes with Microsoft Office OneNote, Microsoft Works 8.0, and Zinio Reader software for reading digital magazines.