Toshiba Ships Convertible Satellite Notebook

The Satellite R15-S822 convertible notebook allows users to work with a traditional keyboard or rotate and fold the screen down for use as a Tablet PC with digital pen-based input and control.

With a 14.1-inch XGA display, the Satellite R15-S822 simulates the dimensions of a paper notepad in Tablet PC mode, offering an 8.5-by-11-inch writing and viewing area. A Tablet PC Input Panel allows users to later convert digitized "ink" into text.

The Satellite R15-S822 features an integrated DVD-CD/RW optical disc drive, 60GB hard drive, 512MB memory (expandable to 2GB), Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 software, and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system.