Dell's new Latitude Z brings new light to the laptop market, with wireless charging, allowing users to cut the cord. The tiny form factor comes in at 16" across and 14 millimeters at the most narrow point, weighing 4.5lbs, being the world's thinnest and lightest laptop, also including instant-on technology.The completely wireless laptop comes with a inductive pad built into the bottom of it, which allows for a full charge when placed on the wireless charging stand, giving a full charge in about the same amount of time as wired.
The Dell Latitude Z also comes with sliding touch controls on the right side, bringing up customized controls for volume adjustment, screen brightness or even quick access to specific applications. The sliding touch can also be used to scroll up and down in a browser window or applications such as Word and Excel are in use.
The Latitude Z comes equipped with Instant-on technology, which uses a separate smaller motherboard and ARM processor, through a non-Windows interface, providing users with access to Email, contacts, calendars and a Firefox-based web browser. The smaller ARM processor does not have access to the ports on the main motherboard.
Instant-on capability gets up to two days of battery life usage from a single full charge, but only a four hour usage using Windows on the Core 2 Duo processor.
The Latitude Z comes with either 1.4 GHz SU9400 Core 2 Duo with 2GB DDR3 integrated memory or 1.6 GHz SU9600 Core 2 Duo with 4GB DDR3 integrated memory. The laptop also comes with a variety of other customizable choices including one or two solid state drives in 64GB, 128GB or 256GB encrypted.
View: Latitude Z at Dell.com
DA! Should not post before coffee. lol
No, but as soon as they come out with it, all the fanboys will praise how apple invented wireless charging. go go gadget flame suit.
how about Mag Safe
I had a magnetic power cord on my deep fryer 5 years before Apple had Mag Safe
Basically you have a pad or dock that sits on your desk. This is connected to the mains socket via a cable. The laptop has an inductive pad in the bottom of it. When you place the laptop onto the pad/dock, power is transmitted to the laptop without the use of wires through magnetic induction.
It's a very clever technology, I just wish they'd come up with a standard so you can just have one big induction pad on your desk, or maybe even built into your desk. Then everything you put down onto your desk would charge from a single pad, and more importantly a single power cable.
The same technology has been used in the likes of toothbrushes and electic shavers for quite some time as these items are most often kept in the bathroom where theres a danger of electrical contacts getting wet. With inductive charging, there are no contacts. Both the toothbrush and the holder are completely sealed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_charging
Look up, "Qi" for wireless charging.
Well I guess it's either delay the product for a month to put Windows 7 onto it, or release it with Vista now and change to 7 down the line.
It isnt even October yet.
They always market with the current OS even if a new one is on the way. Anyway, this laptop can handle Vista just fine and it will be even better with 7. Very nice, Dell. I have a few issues with Dell but I'm glad to see a big player taking some initiative in the design department. Apple has made a name as the only manufacturer with an eye for style for too long and it's time more other players make an effort in this regard.
I've always liked the XPS and Studio lappies and this seems like a nice improvement.
If for some reason you forgot that you unplugged your toothbrush, you will find yourself with an almost dead battery... happens to me alot when I clean up.
But I think the point is that it's working on greater levels and safely now.
Might be time for an upgrade. I pack mine on week long trips with no need for a charge.
On topic: Good to see Dell stepping it up a bit.
Wouldn't that make the whole "wireless" setup essentially useless if there still is a cord in there? Or maybe I'm missing something.
I was hoping somebody finally perfected having an actual wireless charger using magnetic waves. Though, that's still probably years away.
I still don't see how they can totally justify saying:
"with wireless charging, allowing users to cut the cord."
...if there still is a cord.
I'm guessing it's probably not the "world's thinnest and lightest laptop" either.
Wouldn't that make the whole "wireless" setup essentially useless if there still is a cord in there? Or maybe I'm missing something.
I was hoping somebody finally perfected having an actual wireless charger using magnetic waves. Though, that's still probably years away.
Do you consider your cell phone wireless? don't forget that while your phone may be radio to the cell tower, it still has to get routed over WIRES to a central office, and then back to another tower somewhere....so technically your cell phone would be wired too. This is indeed wireless, because you can just lift the laptop and go...no need to unplug it's cable.
Wireless is an accurate term for this, if you're using the literal definition of "without wires". But wireless has come to mean more than that. Generally it means freedom from a certain spot - with this, it's actually more limiting because if you want to use your laptop and charge it somewhere else, you have to take a stand with you.
ROFL
It's just a lame attempt at a new technology. Afterall, it is Dell.
you like the idea of all that power traveling through the air? think what you're thinking of is microwave usage for transmitting power. laptops aren't exactly pace makers, you'd have to throw a ton of power into the air which could interfer with your body to get a laptop to charge that far away. Go read studies on what happens when you live near power lines to see what this isn't exactly great.
That was an amusing post. It would be nice, but I agree that I don't think it would work all that well. With that said though, what do you really gain by it charging on this platform rather than just plugging it in? I feel like I'm missing something...
Eventually we'll have something like this that works and is safe.
I hope they also provide a regular power adapter to travel with. cause who is going to buy the "world's thinnest and lightest laptop" if they have to tote around a massive charging pad with it. sort of defeats the purpose.
but, i still like the concept
but, i still like the concept
They do provide a light weight power adapter. You will see more and more of this soon. It's just the beginning just like the Instant-On, Instant Boot, etc. The charging will be the way things will work in the future as the bases becomes the charger for all your electronic items. No need to fiddle with lots adapters. Toss your Iphone/Cellphone, Laptop, etc on a pad and it will just charge. Very nice.
I like it a lot, actually.
I have been waiting for a super thin 15/16 inch laptop and this is great.
Even the 8 cell battery does not bulk it up a lot.
This will better help explain it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Spectrum
oh well
lets hope that they release an latitude e6400 or e6500 with core i7 soon
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