Motion Computing LE1600 Tablet PC Named Most Innovative Product at Best of TechEd 2005
Windows IT Pro and SQL Magazine Select LE1600 for Most Innovative Product Award
AUSTIN, Texas, June 15, 2005 – Motion Computing®, a leader in ultramobile computing and wireless communications, today announced that its flagship product, the LE1600 Tablet PC, received the Most Innovative product award at the Best of TechEd 2005 awards in Orlando, Fla. Presented by Penton Media Inc.’s Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine, the awards recognize products based on their strategic importance in the market, competitive advantage, and value to the customer.
“We chose Motion Computing’s LE1600 Tablet PC for our special Most Innovative product award because we were impressed with its ultramobile tablet form factor, built-in fingerprint reader, and its superior screen, which is able to display in direct sunlight,” said Mike Otey, senior technical editor for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. “This is a tablet PC that every IT pro would love to have.”
In May, Motion unveiled the LE1600, a slate tablet PC that enhances user productivity with its improved ergonomics, technology innovations and advanced security capabilities in a slimmer, lighter and more durable design. The LE1600 packages the latest generation of Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology, longer battery life management and design durability optimized for mobile professionals in healthcare, field sales and service, government and education.
“We are thrilled to receive the Most Innovative product award so close to the LE1600 launch and to be recognized as among the best of TechEd 2005,” said Valerie Walden, Motion Computing’s vice president of marketing. “Motion is committed to developing innovative products that help mobile professionals work efficiently and effectively.”
The clipboard-sized Motion LE1600 Tablet PC weighs 3.1 pounds and features a slim, tapered design. It runs Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and is built-to-order per customer specification.
The LE1600’s features include:
- Intel Centrino mobile technology, including a new Intel® Pentium® M Processor Low Voltage 758 (2MB of L2 cache, 1.50GHz, 400MHz FSB) and the Mobile Intel 915GMS Express chipset, provides enhanced performance, graphics processing, and power management for the mobile platform
- Dual-battery design enables up to a full day of battery life with optional hot-swappable extended battery
- Integrated Bluetooth® wireless technology for pairing with Bluetooth devices
- Integrated Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 802.11b/g wireless network card
- Speak Anywhere™ technology that combines user-configurable acoustics software with integrated array of three microphones to optimize audio capabilities
- Optional View Anywhere™ technology, optimized for both outdoor and indoor viewing, providing the same wide-viewing angles as the standard display; reducing unwanted reflection and glare
- Optional Convertible Keyboard doubles as a travel keyboard and mobile docking station with additional ports
- Embedded Trusted Platform Module (TPM) protects data by enabling hardware-based encryption and authentication
- Fingerprint reader for convenient, secure biometric authentication and global password management
- Motion Security Center software to help access and manage security settings
At TechEd 2005, Windows IT Pro Group Publisher Kim Paulsen presented awards to Windows technology vendors in 10 categories and announced an overall Best of TechEd winner. The categories included: Business Intelligence, Data Development, Development Tools, Hardware Solutions, Messaging, Mobile Solutions, Productivity & Collaboration, Security, Software Components & Middleware, Systems Management.
About Motion Computing
Motion Computing produces slate tablet PCs for mobile professionals in vertical industries including healthcare, field sales and service, government and education. Motion is a mobile computing and wireless communications leader, combining world-class innovation and industry experience so individuals can use computing technology in new ways and places. Marketed through an experienced international reseller network and directly through its Web site, each Motion product is built to customer specifications. The company’s enhanced line of tablet PCs and accessories are designed to increase productivity for on-the-go users while providing security, power and versatility. For more information, visit
www.motioncomputing.com.
About the Windows IT Pro Group
The Windows IT Pro Group, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes content from flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters and a web site resource for more than two million IT professionals each month.
First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach in 160 countries.
The franchise also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid subscribers, more than 210,000 web site visitors monthly and two email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) named SQL Server Magazine “Magazine of the Year” in the less-than-80,000 circulation category in 2002. The two publications generate nine million page impressions monthly, host 2.5 million unique visitors to their web sites monthly, and have more than one million readers with opt-in subscriptions to their email newsletters. The Windows IT Pro Group is the world’s leading producer of custom Roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.
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www.penton.com
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