Dell -- The New Latitudes -- Live from SFMOMA

I'm at the Dell event at SFMOMA waiting for the fun to start... We have a few notebooks... The new Latitude launch.

...and here we go.Live updates after the jump.

The event is over. Here are the entries from oldest to newest.

four new laptops… 'dawn of the connected age'

TEN new laptops

bundlea stats on the need for instant connectivity anywhere, anytime

longer battery life, instant power on - solutions for the "digital nomad"

actually digitalnomads.com

Product Line… Business Notebooks…

Dell Latitude

all day computer, security, durable

3,200 prototype test units: WANT

19 hours battery

centrino 2 vpro

wait until the rahra is over - need meat

here comes

Connect 5 different ways - e6400

Category 5400 - value for money

SSD drive, small netbook

um, pink

blue looks cool

e6400 atg - Rugged, externally visible screen

not only robust, robust.shock absorbers and such

80% charge in one hour for the 19 hour battery

backlit keyboard

just off/on

WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, UWB, GPS, WiMAX

Security… notebook tracking

Wipe and erase data remotely

Dell stores passwords etc in an offline system - end user profiles... for security reasons.

Single Frame Magnesium Alloy - Metal Hinges

large hinges, zinc - look strong

15, 17 inch models too

now I speak of periperals

consistency in the family

speak green now.

Carbon neutral IT provider, 99% recyclable packaging, etc.

Working in the laboratory... let's go...

Instant access/always on - Dell Latitude On

Instant access email etc without CPU

no boot needed

Coming soon - later this year

in summary… 7 degrees of latitude, 3 precisions

gonna play with this stuff - pics and posts later, later!