Source: www.techradar.com - Wednesday, August 29, 2012
We're not sure whether to call them "taptops" or "lablets," but Samsung unveiled two brand-new "Slate PCs" at Germany's IFA Consumer Electronics Show today. The catch? These devices straddle the line between a tablet and a laptop as a result of their most compelling feature: The ability to shift, transformers-style, between a notebook and a tablet using a detachable keyboard. The Series 5 notebook will run between $649 and $749, depending on whether a potential purchasers opt for a keyboard dock or not. The Series 7 notebook floats in at a single price: $1,199. Both slate systems are expected to hit shelves on October 26. Chiseling at the slate Contrary to what you might expect at first, the major differences between the Series 5 and Series 7 slate systems are not necessarily their sizes. Both slate PCs rock an 11.6-inch touchscreen; The Series 5 runs a 1,366-by-768 pixel resolution, whereas the Series 7 jumps up to a full 1080p display, or 1920-by-1080 pixels. The systems differ in weight, but barely so: The Series 5 comes in at 1.65 pounds versus the Series 7's 1.89 pounds. It's as miniscule a difference as the systems' thicknesses, with the Series 7 commanding all of 0.12 additional inches of height versus the Series 5's 0.38-inch thick frame. Slate specs Much more important than sizes and weights are the systems' guts , where the major differences between Samsung's slates emerge. Power-users are likely to be more interested i