Toshiba Satellite M505 Touch & Satellite U505 Touch Multitouch Laptops New Satellite Touch M505-S4990-T & U505-S2980-T Release Date & Specifications Confirmed

Having already covered the newly unveiled Acer Aspire AS5738PG
mulittouch capable Windows 7 notebook, Toshiba have also acted to
confirm the up and coming release of their Satellite M505 Touch and
Satellite U505 Touch mulittouch laptops which come with 2.2GHz Intel
Core 2 Duo T6600 processors and both 14 � and 13.3 � widescreen HD
TruBrite LED Backlit TFT LCD displays respectively.
Interestingly, aside from supporting Windows 7 s mulittouch
functionality courtesy of their touchscreen displays, Toshiba s new 14 �
Satellite M505 Touch and 13.3 � Satellite U505 Touch laptops also come
with Toshiba s LifeSpace touch application which offers the following
features:

Bulletin Board " Gives users fast access to day-to-day activities,
tasks and projects in a simple, visual and fun way. Get creative when
organizing projects with the ability to drag and drop photos, videos,
links, documents and applications into one place. Personalize and
organize the board by moving, rotating and resizing using gestures to
fit personalized style. Bulletin Board also includes several built in
gadgets such as labels, calendars, a clock and a to-do list.
ReelTime " Helps users easily find files based on when they were opened
with a simple, fun 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.
In terms of what the Toshiba Satellite M505 Touch and Satellite U505
Touch have to offer in terms of specifications, here s a rundown with
respect to what each of Toshiba s new mulittouch capable laptops bring
to the table:
Toshiba Satellite M505 Touch (M505-S4990-T):

14.0-inch diagonal widescreen HD TruBriteยฎ LED Backlit TFT LCD
Touch-screen display
Windowsยฎ 7 Home Premium
Intelยฎ Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2.2GHz)1
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, upgradable to 8GB2
500GB HDD3
Slot-loading DVD SuperMulti drive with Labelflashยฎ supporting 11 formats
Webcam and microphone
Fusion Finish in Sonic Black
802.11b/g/n wireless LAN4 and 10/100 Ethernet
5-in-1 Memory Card Reader
HDMI-CEC
S/P DIF output port
6-cell Lithium Ion battery
1 eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge5 and 2 USB 2.0 ports
Toshiba PC Health Monitor
Toshiba eco utility

Toshiba Satellite U505 Touch (U505-S2980-T):

13.3-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD Touch-screen display
Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2.2GHz)1
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM, upgradable to 8GB2
500GB HDD3
Slot-loading DVD SuperMulti drive with Labelflash supporting 11 formats
Webcam and microphone
Textured Finish in Luxe Brown
802.11b/g/n wireless LAN4 and 10/100 Ethernet
5-in-1 Memory Card Reader
HDMI-CEC
S/P DIF output port
6-cell Lithium Ion battery
1 eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge5 and 2 USB 2.0 ports
Toshiba PC Health Monitor
Toshiba eco utility
The 14 � Toshiba Satellite M505 Touch (M505-S4990-T) is set to release
on 22 October at which point it ll retail at just short of $950 whilst
the 13.3 � Toshiba Satellite U505 Touch (U505-S2980-T) will be released
later on 1 November and will retail at $1,050.