Panasonic Toughbook T7 touches down in the U.S.

Panasonic has long been known for their rugged Toughbooks and the newest Tablet model is touching down in the U.S. next month. The Toughbook T7 will start at $2,099 and weighs a solid but portable 3.3-pounds. The 12.1-inch XGA display offers touch capabilities paired with an Intel GM965 for video. Under the hood you’ll also find a 1.06 GHz Intel ULV Core 2 Duo and a gig of RAM, upgradeable to 2 GB. If you have a WWAN PC card, don’t throw it out just yet as the T7 will have a PCMCIA slot along with an integrated SD card reader. 80 GB of storage capacity and a DVD Super drive (edit: optional external) round out the basics. Microsoft Windows Vista Business comes standard, but there is an option to downgrade to XP.Panasonic expects a seven-hour runtime on the standard battery and also offers integrated HSDPA or EV-DO if I’m too late with the 3G PC Card warning. (You didn’t really throw it out, did you?) Oh and don’t forget you can be really sloppy around the T7. It’s still a Toughbook, so it’s spill resistant. Nab the rest of the specs in PDF form from Panasonic direct if you’re the type that has soda cans all around your current Tablet. One interesting note: although this is a touchscreen model, I don’t see a hinge that lets you rotate the screen into slate mode.(via Laptoping)

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