Mobile Tech Minutes — Dell Latitude ON Video Demo
Dell’s recent announcement of the new notebook for executives was unique in two ways. The Latitude Z was the first notebook to offer wireless charging. The announcement also covered Dell’s new instant-on technology, Latitude ON. Dell’s Latitude ON differs from similar technologies as it uses a second processor in the notebook to power the Linux-based special environment.
Latitude ON is an option on various enterprise class notebooks that Dell offers, including the Latitude E4300 used in this video demonstration. In the video you get a complete look at the capabilities in the Latitude ON environment. You also get to see moving back and forth between the Windows and Latitude ON environments.
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to bad its not as powerful as the htc shift, where one could switch between the running systems without having to hibernate one before starting the other…
Dell told me that was by design as a precaution. Enterprise workers will not be happy if something happens and they lose unsaved data, thus the hibernate.
Wonder how hard it would be to get a non-locked down Linux environment flashed onto that thing, and maybe access other peripherals like the hard drive and optical drive.