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13-inch, Windows 7 Notebook PC Delivers Windows Touch and Fast Sleep-and-Resume

Toshiba today unveiled several enhancements to its line of Satellite laptops that take advantage of new capabilities in Windows 7.Two new Satellite laptops will feature touch screens, the Satellite U505 Touch and Satellite M505 Touch models. In addition, the recently announced ultrathin Satellite T100 laptop takes Windows 7 performance a step further, with Fast Sleep-and-Resume functionality so it’s ready when needed — up and running in seconds.

New Ways to Interact
Users now will have a new choice in ways to interact with their laptop, whether flicking through photos, shuffling files, browsing online or playing games, utilizing Windows Touch-enabled functionality. The new Satellite Touch laptops let users tap, drag-and-drop and scroll through files, Web pages and images.

Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board

To bring the new Windows Touch feature to life, Toshiba is also introducing new, innovative touch-ready software pre-installed exclusively on the new touch-enabled laptops, called Toshiba LifeSpace™. LifeSpace consists of two applications designed to increase personal productivity in a unique and fun way:

  • Bulletin Board — Gives users fast access to day-to-day activities, tasks and projects in a simple, visual and fun way. Get creative when organizing projects with the ability to drag and drop photos, videos, links, documents and applications into one place. Personalize and organize the board by moving, rotating and resizing using gestures to fit personalized style. Bulletin Board also includes several built in gadgets such as labels, calendars, a clock and a to-do list.
  • ReelTime™ — Helps users easily find files based on when they were opened with a simple, fun visual history. With the flick of a finger, quickly scroll through automatically generated previews of documents, photos, videos and more, filter by file type or use the calendar to go back weeks or months.

ReelTime
ReelTime

Simplified Desktop, Faster Boot
Toshiba will also deliver a simplified, clean desktop on all new Windows 7 laptops. Out of the box, customers will simply have the Recycle Bin on their desktop and minimal software running in the background like anti-virus on startup. As a result, startup, shutdown and Fast Sleep-and-Resume performance will be improved. Customers will also experience longer battery life, as a result of several power conservation improvements in Windows 7, such as a reduction in background activities, which enable the laptop’s processor to remain idle more often and intelligent screen brightness optimization.

Features available on the new Toshiba Satellite U505 Touch (U505-S2980-T) laptop include:

  • 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD Touch-screen display
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2.2GHz)
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
  • 4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, upgradable to 8GB
  • 500GB HDD
  • Slot-loading DVD SuperMulti drive with Labelflash supporting 11 formats
  • Webcam and microphone
  • Textured Finish in Luxe Brown
  • 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN and 10/100 Ethernet
  • 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader
  • HDMI-CEC
  • S/P DIF output port
  • 6-cell Lithium Ion battery
  • 1 eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge and 2 USB 2.0 ports
  • Toshiba PC Health Monitor
  • Toshiba eco utility
  • One-year international limited warranty and award-winning Toshiba service and support

Pricing and Availability
The Satellite U505 Touch laptop ($1,049.99 MSRP) will be available on November 1 at select retailers, as well as direct from Toshiba on toshibadirect.com.

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