Dell on Tuesday rolled out a new 16-inch laptop aimed at business professionals. With the Latitude Z, Dell hopes to differentiate its latest laptop in a crowded market.
Dell is billing the Latitude Z as the world’s first ultrathin 16-inch laptop. It’s less than an inch thick, weighs 4.5 pounds, offers a four-cell battery, and boasts a laundry list of features for the business crowd.
“Dell is introducing groundbreaking innovations that mark many industry firsts,” said Steve Lalla, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Business Client Product Group. “We’re delivering robust solutions to solve real customer needs. We are committed to our core business and expanding our product line to meet the needs of our customers when they are ready to refresh or add to their existing infrastructure.”
Enterprise-Class Features
Clad in a black cherry-colored finish, the Latitude Z comes equipped with wireless docking and inductive charging capabilities. Dell’s EdgeTouch lets users interact with media controls and the applications they use most often through a touch interface. Dell is offering the Latitude Z with WLAN, Bluetooth and optional 3G WWAN mobile broadband.
The laptop also comes with a high-definition WLED display and a two-megapixel camera with Dell Capture technology that lets users scan and save business cards and copy documents. For security, the laptop offers FaceAware Lock-Out technology that automatically locks out other users when the owner steps away.
Another standard feature aimed at business users is Latitude ON. Dell describes the feature as the convergence of laptop productivity with instant-on convenience and multi-day battery life in idle mode. This offers instant access to e-mail, the Web, contacts, attachments and calendars.
“The Dell Latitude Z laptop combines a thin, lightweight design with full-featured functionality,” said Michael Keithley, CIO at Creative Artists Agency. “With a two solid-state drive option, a built-in camera, microphone array, and a…