Toshiba Libretto W100

I just found out today through Engadget that Toshiba will be releasing in limit numbers a new Libretto. The Libretto W100 to be exact. What is so strikingly noticeable with little UMPC is that it has dual screens similar to Microsoft’s canned Courier project.

The specs from the official press release are:

- Toshiba Bulletin Board gives users greater personalization of their desktops with fast access to daily activities, tasks and projects, plus the ability to drag and drop photos, videos, links, documents and application shortcuts into one place.
- Toshiba ReelTime™ helps users easily find files based on when they were opened with a simple visual history. With the flick of a finger, quickly scroll through automatically generated previews of documents, photos, videos and more, filter by file type or use the calendar to go back weeks or months.
- File Browser makes it easier to access file folders and applications.
Quick access to the apps and keyboards are easily accessible via on-screen icons.
Features available on the Toshiba libretto W100 include:
- Dual 7.0-inch diagonal multi-touch displays7 (1024 x 600)
- 6-mode virtual keyboard with haptic response
- Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system
- Intel® Pentium® U5400 processor1 (1.2GHz)
- 2GB DDR3 memory2
- 62GB Solid State Drive3
- 1.0 megapixel HD Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition
- 802.11 b/g/n wireless4
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR5
- MicroSD card slot
- One USB 2.0 port
- TOSHIBA Bulletin Board, ReelTime™ and PC Health Monitor software
- 8-cell battery
- 7.95" (W) x 4.84"(D) x 1.2"(H)
- 1.8 lbs.6

I’m particularly happy about the 2gigs of RAM, the 62GB SSD, all of the wireless channels to include Bluetooth. The processor is a nice change although I’m not sure if this will really net a huge performance increase over an atom based processor. I’m also very happy it runs Windows 7. There is a lot of discussion on the nets concerning this. A lot of people feel it should run Andriod or some other Linux build. I could not disagree more. I want a tablet UMPC that can run all of the apps I use on my main desktop. I have a cell phone which already runs Linux builds and distros, I don’t need a larger more expensive version of that.

With windows 7 running on this machine I’m interested to see how it would handle Blender, FL Studio 9, Eve Online, and Microsoft VS 2005. I’m sure it will handle all of them with the exception of Eve Online well.

These photos are from the office press release as well. My only concern with this new UMPC is the fact that they are a limited run. I am really worried about not being able to secure one for myself. If there were a line I would already be in it. I wish they were taking pre-orders on it.

Edit: Just foudn out via Toshiba's website that these should be available in August. Answer is still out on how easy it will be to secure one for myself.

Edit #2: So I pre-ordered one through Amazon only to find out they cancelled my order due to not being able to get stock from Toshiba. I'm not sure anyone who ordered through Amazon received one. I should have just gotten it from Toshiba Direct. Now I'm hoping Viliv will update their N5 with 2 gigs of RAM... if so, I'd be getting one now.

Edit #3: It looks like Amazon just might come through on their pre-order debacle.