Two laptops running Celeron-branded Baytrail-M processors have been spotted for sale in Germany. The Toshiba Satellite NB10t runs the 2.0Ghz dual-core N2810 (7.7W TDP) while the Packard Bell Easy Note ME69 runs with a cheaper 1.4Ghz dual-core N2805 (4.5W TDP.) Prices are interesting, especially considering they have touchscreens.
For the 10-inch Packard Bell you’ll pay just 299 Euro. it weighs 1.08KG and comes with 2BG RAM, 1366×768 touch, 28Wh battery, Windows 8.1 and Office Home and Student. That’s really not a bad price.
The Toshiba is likely to be the more productive though as it takes the screen size to 11.6-inches and includes 4GB RAM. It also includes the 2.0Ghz dual-core CPU. Weight is 1.3KG and it costs a little more: 369 Euro-400 Euro. There’s no Office software included.
Remember you’re getting USB3.0 and SATA-interfaces for the drives on Baytrail-M. The CPU has 64-bit support but you’re getting 32-bit Windows. It’s technically possible that these devices could support Connected Standby / InstantGo but with a spinning hard drive inside both, it’s not within the required specs. SSD upgrade and BIOS hack anyone?
Intel are expecting low-cost 2-in-1’s to appear with Baytrail-M. When we see performance and efficiency figures for these two laptops we’ll get an idea of how those 2-in-1’s will perform. That should come when these devices become available in November. The HP Pavilion X2 2-in-1 is one of the first expected with Baytrail-M. We’re not expecting that before Christmas though.
There are nine Baytrail products about to launch and I’ve detailed them all in this post. If money wasn’t an issue and if all of these mobile Windows 8 options were available tomorrow, which one would you choose?
An Atom-based tablet with 1920×1200 resolution? At 650 grams? For 399 Euro? It’s great progress and the HP Omni 10 could be just the ticket for a lot of people.
Using the best Baytrail-T Processor available, the Z3770 with 1.46Ghz base frequency and 2.93Ghz Boost, this 1920×1200 tablet with Windows 8.1 and Office could be a tempting alternative to some of the Android tablets around when you consider that you could really get some work done if needed.
Display: 10.0″ 1920 X 1200, LED-Backlit LCD, Multi-touch
RAM: 2048 MB
Flash eMMC: 32 GB
Battery capacity: 31 (Wh)
Weight: 652gm / 23 oz.
Size (w/h/d mm): 260/182/10 mm
Size (w/h/d inches): 10.2/7.2/0.4
Ports: Micro HDMI, Headset, Micro SD, Micro USB (type unknown.)
WiFi: Intel a/b/g/n (expected: WiDi)
Bluetooth: 4.0
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Camera 8MP Auto-Focus (with LED Flash)
WebCam 2.0Mp
Compass (Digital)
Gyroscope
Stereo speakers
We haven’t seen digitizer options, 64GB options or 3G options but as this product as just gone into the HP German website it’s likely that more will follow.
Of course the only potential issues with the specifications is that it only has 32GB of storage. 25GB of free box.net storage is included but that may not be enough to ease the pain when updates and installs have taken all the main storage.
An HP Bluetooth keyboard costs around 53 Euros and there’s a stand/charging port available.
Today HP unveiled a new range of business oriented laptops in their ProBook and EliteBook lines and 2 models from the latter range, the 840 & 850, could be a candidate for your next Ultrabook with Haswell, backlit keyboards and more.
We’ve seen the Dell Venue 8, the Toshiba Venue, heard about the Acer iconia A1 and had hands-on with the ASUS T100 but now it’s HP’s turn to launch a Windows 8.1 Tablet on Baytrail. The HP Omni 10 is a no-frills tablet, probably aimed at a professional market rather than a consumer one.
HP Omni 10 Specifications
Intel Baytrail-T (Z3000 series) processor
64Gb SSD (always eMMC for Z3000-series products)
2GB RAM
10” 1900×1200 IPS screen
Micro-HDMI
Micro-USB (USB3.0 ?)
Micro-SD card slot
SIM card slot
8MP (rear) 2MP (front) cams
Office 2013 license included
Bluetooth keyboard and dock available.
Digitizer: No (unconfirmed.)
Weight: Unknown
Price: Unknown
Availability: November
This should be a Connected Standby tablet meaning 300ms availability and always-on WiFi / Windows 8.1 apps.
Engadget mention Celeron or Pentium processor which would indicate Baytrail-M rather than Baytrail-T. The major difference being that the SSD could be a lot faster. We’ll try and get confirmation for you but for now we’re treating this as a Baytrail-T tablet.
Transformer Book competition? HP has just outed the Split X2, a Core powered 13.3″ touchscreen Windows 8 hybrid with WiDi, HDMI, and a keyboard dock with an extra battery and a 500GB HDD. Is this a viable alternative to the Transformer Book?
Leap Motion is an inexpensive Kinect-like 3D sensor that made waves when it was announced months ago thanks to its high fidelity low-latency tracking. The company recently announced a partnership with HP to bring Leap technology to HP products. If you’ve been following the Ultrabook realm closely as we have, you’ll know that Intel has been pushing their ‘Perceptual Computing‘ initiative in an attempt to take Ultrabooks and PCs to the next level of human-computer interaction with natural inputs like touch, gesture, voice, etc. It seems like HP may be attempting to leap-frog Intel in that regard.
Of the laptop-like dockable Clovertrail tablets there are two that stand out. The ASUS VivoTab TF800 has a great keyboard, a stylish build and that all-important battery in the keyboard unit. The HP Envy is also up there and last week at CeBIT I had some quiet time alone with it thanks to the Intel booth. I really like it. I like it even more today as I’ve just found a price of $599 for the 64GB unit with keyboard.
