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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