With Windows Vista making a splash as it sinks to the bottom of the Ocean leaving early upgrades doggie paddling for driver updates and bug fixes, Toshiba announces it's new all singing all dancing Vista laptop with a rather neat twisting display.

 Toshiba have stuck oon an extra display called the Toshiba Edge Display as a secondary screen to serve as your personal assistant. Before you start dreaming of Starbuck lattes on demand, this little device is not quite so useful. It can inform you of unopened emails, calendar alerts, battery charge, signal strength and other such mundane features.

Toshiba’s Portégé R400 is the world’s first notebook computer with the ability to automatically synchronize e-mail and calendar events through the integration of Microsoft’s Active Notifications. This exclusive technology helps ensure accurate and timely information is available to the user — whether the system is on or in suspend mode. To assist with this synchronization process, the Portégé R400 features Toshiba’s ConfigFree®, which helps detect and connect to the strongest and most reliable network connection available.

To further enhance the functionality of the system’s automatic e-mail synchronization capabilities, the company added the Toshiba Edge Display to the Portégé R400. Located on the front edge of the Portégé R400, this secondary display serves as the user’s Personal Information Assistant allowing the user to easily monitor his/her inbox and calendar activity. To ensure full benefits of the convertible design, the Toshiba Edge Display is viewable in notebook or tablet mode and even when the unit is stored in a carrying case.

With the Portégé R400, Toshiba is announcing the world’s first wirelessly dockable notebook computer. This seamless approach eliminates the daily hassle of connecting and disconnecting peripherals and delivers the convenience and simplicity that mobile users demand. Through the integration of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology with wireless digital video capabilities, the Portégé R400 docking experience is designed specifically for desktop use and can automatically connect when the notebook comes within proximity of the Toshiba Wireless Port Replicator. The Toshiba Wireless Port Replicator will be compatible with new Portégé R400 models — both products are targeted for availability in the second quarter of 2007¹.

As a convertible notebook computer, the Portégé R400 combines a patent pending elevated rotational hinge² and a 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen LED backlit high-brightness display with wide viewing angle. This screen technology combined with Microsoft Windows Aero™ delivers a rich and brilliant visual computing experience.

A bold design statement, Toshiba employed a dramatic white and black color scheme to the Portégé R400. This distinctive approach delivers a level of elegance and sophistication to satisfy the needs of successful mobile professionals, discriminating technology enthusiasts, C-level executives and small business entrepreneurs. The high-gloss finish of the Portégé R400 features an ultraviolet, clear coat for greater scratch-resistant than standard paint.

The integration of a biometric fingerprint reader, multi-level passwords and a TPM 1.2 encryption module as part of the company’s exclusive EasyGuard™ technology³ helps safeguard the Portégé R400 against unauthorized access, data theft, and virtual attacks. This sophisticated, yet simple, strategy helps preserve confidential company data and sensitive personal information to deliver a high level of tranquility to Portégé R400 users.

The Portégé R400 comes with a three-year standard limited warranty⁴, which includes carry-in support at Authorized Service Providers throughout the country, or the customer may use any of the more than 3,000 UPS Stores for packaging and delivery of the product to a centralized depot for prompt service turnaround. Customers can also choose to upgrade the notebook’s service plans, including up to four years of extended service plans.

Toshiba's Portégé R400 with Genuine Windows® Vista™ Business has a starting price point of $2,599⁵. Configurations will also be available with Genuine Windows® Vista™ Ultimate. The Portégé R400 will be available on Jan. 30, 2007 through Toshiba’s reseller, mail order partners and direct from www.toshibadirect.com.

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