The notebooks by Panasonic.
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 is a new member of the family of 3rd Generation Intel Core “Ivy Bridge”-powered laptops. The 14-inch CF-53 is the first known ruggedized Ivy Bridge notebook and the updated CF-53JALBY1M model we spotted on a couple of online retailers includes the i5-3220 dual-core chip. Details are thin, but the product pages say it has 4GB of RAM, a 500GB 7,200rpm hard drive, “HD” display resolution, and Intel vPro system management technology.
Panasonic launched today a micro-website for their first Toughbook Android tablet.
UPDATE: The ToughBook tablet is now called ToughPad. There will be actually two versions, one with 10″ and one with 7″ display. The tablets will hit the market in 2012.
Panasonic’s Toughbook CF-H2 (or just H2) rugged tablet PC for mobile workers is now available for US customers.
Panasonic has upgraded the Toughbook CF-C1 12.1-inch convertible laptop with the new Intel Core processor.
Panasonic has updated the Toughbook 19 (CF-19) 10.1-inch fully-rugged convertible tablet PC with the latest Intel “Sandy Bridge” processor, a new display option, and increased hard drive and RAM.
Panasonic has unveiled the Toughbook 53 semi-rugged laptop, featuring a 14″ screen with optional touch input support, Intel “Sandy Bridge” processors, and optional 4G connectivity.
The new Toughbook sports a magnesium alloy case with handle and has passed MIL-STD-810G tests, surviving drops from 30-inch height on six faces. It has a spill-resistant keyboard with backlight, sealed ports, and shock-mounted data storage.
Panasonic has unveiled the business-rugged Toughbook S9, claimed to be the “World’s lightest 12.1-inch laptop with a DVD drive.
The 3-pound Panasonic Tougbook S9 is powered by the Intel Core i5-520M vPro processor and provides a battery life of “up to 11 hours” with its standard battery. It has a shock-mounted 320GB hard drive, 2GB DDR3 RAM which is expandable to 6GB, and an anti-glare LED display with a reoslution of 1280×800 pixels.
Panasonic has announced the Toughbook F9 thin-and-light 14.1-inch rugged laptop for business users.
The Toughbook F9 features the Intel Core i5-520M 2.4GHz processor, 2GB of DDR3 memory expandable to 6GB, a 320GB shock-mounted hard drive, and a DVD burner. Its 14.1″ anti-glare LED-backlit display has a resolution of 1440×900-pixels.
Panasonic has announced the Toughbook 31, “the most powerful fully-rugged notebook computer on the market”.
The Toughbook 31 features a 13.3-inch 1024×768 XGA touchscreen sunlight-viewable display, the Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, ATI Radeon HD5650 512MB dedicated video card, up to 8GB RAM, up to 250GB hard drive capacity or an optional 256GB solid state drive, optional DVD burner, and a battery life of up to 11 hours with a charging time up to 47% faster than the previous model.
Panasonic has released recently the Toughbook H1 Field rugged handheld tablet computer with a 10.4-inch display that supports both digital pen and touch input.
The 3.4-pound H1 Field runs on the Intel Atom Z540 processor at 1.86GHz and includes Intel’s integrated graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 64GB solid state drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi, optional mobile broadband connection, GPS functionality, a built-in web camera, a 2D barcode reader and a RFID reader, and Windows 7 OS.
Panasonic has announced recently upgrades to its Toughbook 52 15.4-inch semi-rugged laptop. The Toughbook 52 (CF-52) now uses the Intel Core i5 processor, the ATI Radeon HD 5650 dedicated graphics, and support for up to 8GB of RAM.
The upgraded Toughbook also has new embedded wireless options, including Gobi 2000 mobile broadband technology with GPS, the latest Intel Wi-Fi chipset and Bluetooth 2.1.
Panasonic has upgraded its rugged Toughbook 19 Tablet PC and rugged Toughbook 30 laptop with Intel’s Centrino 2 / vPro technology, an improved display, and larger data storage space.
“Both Toughbook notebooks incorporate 1,000 nit LCDs, circular polarization technology and anti-glare (AG) plus anti-reflective (AR) screen treatments to enhance screen viewability, further improving in-field usability for mobile workers. Additional upgrades to the Toughbook 30 and Toughbook 19 include improved security and remote management thanks to Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology, expanded memory capabilities, 40% longer battery lives, larger capacity hard drives, and optional SSDs,” Panasonic’s press release says.
Panasonic has announced recently upgrades to its semi-rugged Toughbook CF-52 15.4-inch laptop and 13.3-inch Toughbook CF-74 ultraportable.
“Both the Toughbook CF-52 and Toughbook CF-74 now incorporate the new Intel Centrino 2 processor technology. In addition, video and graphics capabilities have been significantly enhanced, hard drive capacity has been increased to 160GB, and Wi-Fi performance expanded to include 802.11 Draft N,” the press release says.
Panasonic has announced the availability of the new Thoughbook W7, T7, and Y7 notebook series in the United States.
The three business-rugged Panasonic ThoughBook laptops – the ultraportable W7, the tablet alternative T7, and the thin-and-light Y7 – feature Intel Core 2 Duo processors, a weight from 3.0 to 3.7 pounds, and a “long battery life”. These notebooks are drop- and spill-resistant, and have strong magnesium alloy cases and chassis, shock-mounted hard drives and LCDs, and internal flexible connectors for additional protection. The new Thougbooks also offer a range of embedded wireless options, including 802.11, Bluetooth 2.0 and optional built-in 3G mobile broadband solutions from AT&T (HSDPA), Sprint or Verizon Wireless (EV-DO Rev. A). Security features include the Trusted Platform Module (TPM v. 1.2) security chip, the Computrace theft protection agent in the BIOS, a cable lock slot, password security and an optional fingerprint scanner.
The European Panasonic has announced that its refreshed CF-74 and CF-52 Toughbook ruggedized laptops, featuring the latest Intel mobile “Santa Rosa” platform, will be available in June and July respectively.
“The new Intel mobile technology platform is centered on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with an 800 MHz front-side bus, mobile Intel 965 Express chipset, Intel Wireless WiFi
Link 4965AGN wireless module, and Intel Turbo Memory,” Panasonic explains.
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