TabletKiosk Unveiled Sahara Slate i400 Tablet PCs

The mobile PC maker TabletKiosk today announced the Sahara Slate PC i400 series, the company’s newest generation of tablet computers featuring both Active Digitizer (Pen) and Touch Screen input. The new Sahara series includes three models: the entry level Sahara Slate PC i412T, a more powerful PC i440T and “the ultimate” i440D.

The new tablet PCs come with Intel’s ultra-low voltage (ULV) and low-voltage (LV) processors and are configurable with up to 4GB of DDR2 memory and up to 160GB SATA hard drive.

Sahara Slate PC i412T entry level model features Intel Celeron M ULV 423 processor. The i412T sports a wide-angle view passive resistive touch screen, designed for accessing menu driven software such as Point of Sale applications and kiosk-based systems, and comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Linux, the TabletKiosk announced.

The more powerful Sahara Slate PC i440T comes with Intel Core Duo LV L2500 processor, the same wide-angle view touch screen and also pre-loaded with XP Professional, Vista Business or Linux.

For the ultimate Tablet PC experience, the Sahara Slate PC i440D, powered by Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology with an Intel Core Duo LV L2500 processor, features a revolutionary new input screen that converts from a pressure-sensitive active digitizer to a resistive touch screen at the push of a button. The Sahara Slate PC i440D will be available with Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005, Linux or the new Windows Vista Business.

According to TabletKiosk, all three models of Sahara Slate PC i400 series include both touch screen and dual mode screen support, a PCMCIA Type II slot for expansion; eSATA, USB 2.0 and 1394a connectivity; a biometric fingerprint reader and TPM security module and four user programmable buttons.

Sahara Slate PC i412T, PC i440T and i440D are priced at $1,795, $2,195 and $2,295 respectively.