14 DAY TRIAL // A little over a week ago, we reported on how twenty of the unspecified number of upcoming Windows 8 tablets would use Intel's Clovertrail processor. As it turns out, Dell's latitude 10 is one of them.
Windows 8 will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year (2012), probably in November, unless Microsoft works fast and brings it out in October.
Once the software is out, in its base and Windows RT version, PC, phone and tablet makers will be able to start releasing their items too.
For those still unaware, Windows RT is the name Microsoft has chosen for the iteration of Windows 8 aimed at ARM platforms.
Needless to say, Dell's business-centric Latitude 10 will not possess that OS, since it won't use an ARM CPU. Instead, it will get a dual-core x86-based processor operating at 1.5 GHz.
2 GB of RAM (random access memory) will support said CPU, while data will be stored on a solid-state drive (SSD) of up to 128 GB capacity.
This much was revealed by the folks at NeoWin, who got their hands on the product brief. Speaking of which, they also confirmed a couple of other highlights.
One is the optional Wacom stylus, while the other is the 10.1-inch display itself. With a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels (HD), the LCD is covered by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass, rendering it very hard to scratch, break or otherwise damage.
Finally, the hardware and software run on the energy provided by a 2-cell (10.5 mm / 0.41 inches tablet thickness) or 4-cell battery (13.4 mm / 0.53 inches).
Unfortunately, the time it takes for a single charge was not specified, but the document does mention a wireless charging dock with four USB ports (2.0 instead of 3.0, for some reason), HDMI and Ethernet. Hopefully, business users won't run out of juice every 2 or 3 hours.