Invitation to the presentation has been arranged very mysterious. "This will present new laptops, including the pocket and promised to Toshiba. Deceived. There were no new handheld computers. And indeed any PDA, so that the "feel" was not. However, something interesting about the already known models, Toshiba, we still know, and besides the handheld during the presentation had something entertaining.
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Press conference started with an overview of the market and the position of Toshiba. Overview of turned out to be the next mandatory for admission into tediousness, if not an interesting figure. Toshiba has assessed the market structure of computers in general, for the first half of 2002. It turned out that the desktop computers in the sales took just over 93% of the server quite small, handheld PCs (meaning laptops!) Just over 5%. In absolute terms, laptops for six months has sold about 60 thousand. That is, for the year should be around 120 thousand. Here want to recall similar figures for the PDA market. Company MakTsentr not so long ago predicted that the CCP in Russia this year will be sold around 50 thousand, and the optimistic firm SmartMarketing generally called the figures of 100 thousand and more devices. It turns out that even by conservative estimates, PDAs, laptops behind only twice (c balance:). Honestly, for me it was a surprise. I was sure that the CCP is still sold considerably less than laptops. After the marketing side was followed by a brief review of the line wireless products. From the review interesting to show the server Magnia SG20. Outwardly, he did not like the usual dreary server box, and resembles rather a modern DVD-players. Actually, it looks this way because it is (a unique case!), Including for home use. This server is the "default" is equipped with hardware and software for the organization of the wireless networking standard, 802.11b (also known as Wireless LAN). Even an inexperienced user ("teapot", that is) can, according to company representatives, for 20 minutes completely connect the server and configure it so that it combined all the devices in a house in a single wireless network. In addition, Magnia SG20 can work as a wireless access point to the Internet.
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Cute and seemed laptop Satellite 5200. Not only is it just the apotheosis of wireless technologies - there is Bluetooth and Wireless LAN. It comes with a DVD-burner drive. Fun it's probably "cut" DVD on a laptop. And even more fun - to work with a series Satellite 1900. The new models in this series keyboard can be removed from the notebook and work with her at a distance of up to ten meters away from the machine itself - they connect chereh Bluetooth. The set comes is the same "golubozubaya" mouse. However, this is not our subject, so that one can only apologize for the off-topic.
Go to our subject. According to her, unfortunately, there were very few new features.Machines are not shown. Is that the presence of the journalists got bukletik about Toshiba e330 - such a beautiful, four pages. Nothing new, however, we have not learned from it.
Plus, as an integral part of wireless solutions korporatinogo told about the Toshiba e740 - flagship range of PDAs.
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Emphasis on wireless technologies - important in positioning strategy Toshiba PDAs on the market. e740 has become an integral part of the corporate system. That is why, incidentally, to the Russian market will not be delivered "naked" version of this model, in which there will be Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b). "We are interested in moving to the Russian market is wireless, so we intentionally deliver here only the" older "model", - said Vladimir Korotkov, head of portable computers in the Russian office of Toshiba. Particular emphasis was placed in a presentation on a USB-station expansion and the battery, which - in theory - provides battery life up to 22 hours. Recall, if you use the station extension to the PDA can be connected to ordinary USB-device (if you find an appropriate driver, of course) and an external monitor to get the "ba-a-alshoy" pictures. A battery that extends the life of the CCP, is something like iPaq'ovskih jackets - heavy and thick. In addition, it was found that the PDA has recently granted not a one-year and two-year global warranty. Nice, but at this with handheld computers in the presentation was over. Rumors about the future as Toshiba e750 high-end company representatives declined to comment on. Another device that attracts attention and, in general, within the scope of our interests was the Portege 3500 - a hybrid notebook and tablet Tablet PC.
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Imagine edakiysovershenno unremarkable notebook - klaviaturka, screen - which suddenly "rolled up his head," that is deploying the upper half of the vertical axis. Keeps the entire mechanism on a metal hinge, the strength of which can not but cause concern. However, experts Toshiba repeatedly assured skeptical press that "made in the century." Well, so much better, but it is not the case. "Displacement of the head" - not just a pleasant "Fennec." Dovernuv screen up to a certain position, you can "put" it on top of the keyboard, prvrativ device in Tablet PC, however, quite "chubby". Recruitment software - is also quite advanced Tablet PC. There is a recognition of voice commands and even nadiktovki text, handwriting recognition system. However, from all this, not really too much, because applications are not localized - only work with the English language. More from the "tablet" programs have been found magazine, stickers (reminders on the screen), Symbol Commander (it can be used as a means of Graffiti, run macros). More cars have a very curious stylus ...As far as I understood from the explanation "toshibovtsev, it uses technology similar to the one that is in the tablets Wacom - around the screen is a certain field in which the stylus begins to vibrate and thus finds itself. As a result, if the stylus is at a distance of several centimeters from the screen, the screen behind him running the mouse cursor, but if you carry a stylus directly on the screen - and you can just as when using the Touch Screen. However, given that the company does not know the answer to the question "Which of the halves is the processor?" To explain the principles of the stylus can not be taken seriously. The authors, translation:
