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Motion Computing Launches Motion LE1600

Motion Computing Launches Motion LE1600

The clipboard-sized Motion LE1600 Tablet PC weighs 3.1 pounds and features a slim, tapered design, about a quarter-pound lighter and a quarter-inch thinner than the Motion M1400. Motion’s new flagship product runs Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and is built-to-order per customer specification.

The Motion LE1600 is the first slate tablet PC to ship with the latest generation of Intel Centrino mobile technology (formerly codenamed Sonoma), including the Low Voltage Intel Pentium M processor 1.5GHz, the Mobile Intel 915GMS Express Chipset, and the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG Network Connection, providing enhanced performance, graphics processing, power management, and flexible WLAN capabilities for the mobile platform. In addition, the LE1600 includes 512MB of upgradeable 400MHz DDRII memory and a 30GB hard drive, upgradeable to 60GB. The hard drive is a shock-mounted 1.8″ design for enhanced durability.

Motion’s durable slate design has been extended to the LE1600. With a magnesium alloy lower housing and carbon fiber upper housing, the LE1600 achieves an optimal balance between durability and weight as well as improved wireless performance.

ANNOUNCEMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

    —  Enterprise-ready tablet PC is a thinner, lighter, more durable
        slate design

    —  First slate tablet PC with latest generation of Intel
        Centrino mobile technology

    —  Optional hot-swappable extended battery delivers up to a full
        work day of untethered computing time

    —  Attachable all-in-one mobile keyboard, mini-dock, and charging
        station

    —  Versatile connections over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IrDA port and
        Gigabit Ethernet

    —  Trusted Platform Module offering hardware-based encryption

    —  Enhanced Speak Anywhere technology using a
        three-microphone design

Ian Bell
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