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Dell Latitude Z – Wirelessly Charged Laptop

By Ahsan Javed · Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 1 Comment

Dell has just launched Latitude Z laptop which wirelessly charges and another prominent feature of this machine is that, it wirelessly connects to the display of laptop. Price is considered to be around $2,000. Being 0.57 inches thin and weighing 4.5 pounds may make it the lightest and thinnest 16-inch notebook ever, but it’s still a full-sized machine. The design itself is a lot nicer than the typical business notebook, though.

The soft-touch lid feels nice and the back of the magnesium alloy chassis has angled chrome plated hinges. Similar to the Palm Pre but on a much bigger scale, the Z has power coils built in to the base of the notebook and so it charges wirelessly, through a magnetic inductive stand that’s an extra $200. Supposedly, it takes the same amount of time to recharge as a normal notebook power cord.

The love for no cords doesn’t stop there. You can also buy the $200 wireless dock and hook up all your peripherals (printer, monitor, mouse, etc.) to it rather than to the computer. It then communicates with the notebook itself which has Ultra Wide Band technology built-in so there is no need to add an extra dongle.

Beyond the love of wireless, there are a few other things that make the Z different from your average laptop. It has Dell’s Latitude-On which gives you access to email and a browser before actually booting into Windows. In addition to a Intel ULV processor, the Z has an ARM processor which will boot up the instant-on mode faster and increase battery life.