Dell said Tuesday it launched its Latitude Z business laptop with new wireless charging technology that may eventually make its way to other Dell systems.The Latitude Z can be placed on a special stand that generates an electromagnetic field to wirelessly charge the
Dell Latitude Z laptop battery. The technology, which Dell calls inductive charging, takes the same amount of time to charge the battery of a Dell Latitude Z laptop as an AC adapter, said Steve Belt [CQ], vice president of enterprise customer engineering at Dell. “There’s a coil on the bottom of the laptop and then a matching coil on the stand. You put them together and it creates a current that charges the Dell laptop battery,” Belt said.This is the first time Dell has included wireless charging in one of its laptops. However, the charging stand must be purchased as an optional accessory. The technology could help reduce reliance on power adapters traditionally used to charge laptops.
Dell also added new hardware to enable the laptop to boot up quickly while giving it “always-on” functionality similar to that of a smartphone. The laptop contains an Arm processor, a chip commonly found in smartphones, that quickly boots up the laptop for quick access to commonly used web applications such as email and web browsers. This processor comes with Intel processors for running Windows operating system.Belt said the laptop is a showcase for some of the latest mobile features that Dell may eventually adopt in more of its business laptops.
Whether some of these features are included in future laptops will depend on how the market responds to these technologies, Belt said.Wireless charging has been used in some consumer electronics products such as mobile phones. Palm, for example, sells a kit that uses inductive charging (also known as inductive coupling) to charge its Palm Pre smartphones. Similar technology is used to charge electronic toothbrushes and even power tools.
A fast-boot environment called Latitude On boots the laptop in seconds, allowing users to access applications including email, contacts, calendar and the web. The environment is based on a lightweight version of Linux, reducing the need to fully boot Windows to run certain applications. Belt said Dell uses Arm chips to enable a fast-boot environment as it transforms laptops into smartphone-like devices.
“Because it’s not running Intel and it’s not running [Windows], it’s going to have a shorter Laptop battery life. It’s like having a big laptop battery strapped to my BlackBerry,” Belt said. If the laptop is in sleep mode frequently, Belt saysLaptop battery life on Quick Start can range from 12 hours to up to two days. The laptop can also connect to an optional wireless dock via Ultra Wideband technology, allowing users to move around the room with the laptop. Laptop, untethered by wires. The docking station, in turn, uses wires to connect to peripherals.
It has a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port for connecting a monitor and a USB port for connecting peripherals like keyboard, printer, and mouse.
The Latitude Z has a 16-inch screen, weighs 4.5 pounds (2 kilograms), and is 1 inch at its thinnest point. It runs on an Intel Core 2 Duo low-voltage dual-core chip with speeds of 1.4GHz to 1.6GHz . The laptop supports up to 4GB of RAM and 512GB of storage via two SSDs. Dell offers a variety of wireless options, including Wi-Fi 802.11 a/g/n and mobile broadband connectivity via 3G or WiMax networks. Dell said the laptop will start at $1,999 and will be available in the United States, Canada and certain countries in Europe and Asia.
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