The guys at Samsung are for sure one of my favorite gadgets manufacturers and they’ve been for years. Their latest unveiling, the Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series comes to reestablish their position in my eyes, as it is one of the best looking electronic devices I’ve seen so far.
As you can see in the picture below, this is a tablet form device with a sliding keyboard beneath, kind of like the Asus EEE Pad Slider launched yesterday. However, this one brings a bigger keyboard and a trackpad (so you can easily call it a sliding laptop) and also differs completely from the Asus tablet in terms of both hardware and software.
The Samsung Sliding PC 7 is the first device unveiled built on Intel’s new Moorestown platform, boosting an Atom Z670 1.66 GHz OakTrail processor, 2 GB of memory, Intel Integrated graphics and 32/64 GB SSD storage. All these should make it fast, although we don’t know for sure what’s this new platform capable of in terms of performances. Still, everyday experience should be snappy and HD content should not be a problem at all for this device.
The 7 Series is in fact a 10 incher, with a 10.1 inch multi-touch display with 1366 x 768 px resolution. It slides on top of a chiclet keyboard + trackpad when not used, but I’ve yet to see how solid is that sliding mechanism, as it will have to handle a lot of pressure in time. USB ports, HDMi, webcam and card-reader are present as well, alongside good connectivity with Wi-Fi N, WiMax and hopefuly Bluetooth.
Now, the device will run Windows 7 Home Premium, but Samsung built a custom interface on top of it, optimized for touch. We’ve seen these before and we weren’t impressed, as Windows 7 preforms poorly on low power tablets, but hopefully this one is better and snappier.
You also get a 6 Cell battery, enough for up to 9 hours of life, according to Samsung, which sounds more than enough for me.
All these in a 2.2 pounds device, which i must agree, is a little bit more than I expected. Still, this is a 10 inch portable device and it’s actually lighter and a lot slimmer than most standard netbooks with a big battery. And the looks… well, the available picture found on top speaks for itself: simply marvelous.
In terms of pricing, Samsung plan to sell this Sliding PC 7 Series (that’s an awful name for sure, I do hope they’ll rename the product once it hits the stores) for $699, which is for sure a lot for an Atom based portable laptop. Still, giving the form factor and the novelties it brings, it might become popular, if it actually proves fast enough for comfortable everyday use.
We’ll have to wait till March to see it in stores though, so there’s enough time to get more details about it. Thus sty tuned, you’ll find them in following posts here on the site.
Via : http://blog.laptopmag.com and http://www.microsoft.com
As you can see in the picture below, this is a tablet form device with a sliding keyboard beneath, kind of like the Asus EEE Pad Slider launched yesterday. However, this one brings a bigger keyboard and a trackpad (so you can easily call it a sliding laptop) and also differs completely from the Asus tablet in terms of both hardware and software.
The Samsung Sliding PC 7 is the first device unveiled built on Intel’s new Moorestown platform, boosting an Atom Z670 1.66 GHz OakTrail processor, 2 GB of memory, Intel Integrated graphics and 32/64 GB SSD storage. All these should make it fast, although we don’t know for sure what’s this new platform capable of in terms of performances. Still, everyday experience should be snappy and HD content should not be a problem at all for this device.
The 7 Series is in fact a 10 incher, with a 10.1 inch multi-touch display with 1366 x 768 px resolution. It slides on top of a chiclet keyboard + trackpad when not used, but I’ve yet to see how solid is that sliding mechanism, as it will have to handle a lot of pressure in time. USB ports, HDMi, webcam and card-reader are present as well, alongside good connectivity with Wi-Fi N, WiMax and hopefuly Bluetooth.
Now, the device will run Windows 7 Home Premium, but Samsung built a custom interface on top of it, optimized for touch. We’ve seen these before and we weren’t impressed, as Windows 7 preforms poorly on low power tablets, but hopefully this one is better and snappier.
You also get a 6 Cell battery, enough for up to 9 hours of life, according to Samsung, which sounds more than enough for me.
All these in a 2.2 pounds device, which i must agree, is a little bit more than I expected. Still, this is a 10 inch portable device and it’s actually lighter and a lot slimmer than most standard netbooks with a big battery. And the looks… well, the available picture found on top speaks for itself: simply marvelous.
In terms of pricing, Samsung plan to sell this Sliding PC 7 Series (that’s an awful name for sure, I do hope they’ll rename the product once it hits the stores) for $699, which is for sure a lot for an Atom based portable laptop. Still, giving the form factor and the novelties it brings, it might become popular, if it actually proves fast enough for comfortable everyday use.
We’ll have to wait till March to see it in stores though, so there’s enough time to get more details about it. Thus sty tuned, you’ll find them in following posts here on the site.
Via : http://blog.laptopmag.com and http://www.microsoft.com