Originally published January 24 2006
CES to unveil laptop with built-in smartphone
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
DualCor Technologies will soon unveil a laptop with a built-in smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 5.0. The cPC's battery lasts for eight hours or more, and together the computer and phone have a 40GB hard drive.
It's the two invaluable companions of the modern executive in one.
DualCor Technologies next month will unveil the cPC, a full-fledged handheld Windows XP computer that also comes with a built-in smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 5.0.
The cPC is 6.5 inches long, 3.3 inches wide, 1.2 inches thick and has a 5-inch diagonal screen.
It will be aimed at sales representatives and executives who travel extensively, said chief executive Steven Hanley, who joined the company seven months ago.
Through some engineering and design advances, the cPC's battery lasts long enough to let users run applications simultaneously for eight hours or more, he said.
The computer part of the equation consists of Windows XP Tablet operating system, a 1.5GHz C7-M processor from Via Technologies and 1GB of DDR 2 memory.
DualCor went with a Via chip because it consumed a maximum of 7.5W, but still provided enough performance to function like a regular computer.
The mobile phone aspect of the device has Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC phone edition, a PXA communications processor from Intel, 128MB of DRAM and 1GB of flash memory.
The screen is made from special glass, manufactured by LG, which provides a brightness level of 200 NITS, which the company claims is brighter than most other smartphone screens.
The company figured how to include TabletPC functionality without incorporating a digitiser, which is an additional chip.
The system --- which will get shown off at CES and become available in March --- will carry a $1,500 (�850) price tag, although customers will get volume discounts for buying several at once.
Cupps knew Hanley from when they both worked in the enterprise software industry and they ran into each other again in 2004.
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