Panasonic slips Core i5 into 'world's lightest' 12.1-inch Toughbook C1 convertible tablet

We tell ya -- all this tablet talk sure has us feeling like it's 2003. You know, minus all that Y2K hangover stuff. Anywho, Panasonic has today outed what it's calling the planet's lightest 12.1-inch convertible tablet PC, with the Toughbook C1 offering the line's iconic rigidity while boasting 10 hours of battery life, an optional Gobi 2000 mobile broadband module and Intel's decidedly potent 2.4GHz Core i5-520 processor. All told, the device weighs just 3.2 pounds with a single battery (3.7 pounds with twins), and there's full support for digitizers and multitouch. Other specs include a shock-mounted, flex-connect 250GB hard drive, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, a WXGA (1,280 x 800) LED-backlit panel, a triple hinge design and the ability to survive a 30-inch plummet. It's available to (quite literally) smash iPads starting this June, though that $2,499 starting price may be somewhat off-putting to those without copious amounts of disposable income.

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Panasonic's Let's Note T4 goes Tablet

We're all pretty well familiar with Panasonic's infamous Let's Note laptop lineup (known affectionately in the States as the Toughbook series), and their adorable little T4 is among the smallest and lightest. Well, looks like they wanted to teach an old dog a new trick for their ten year anniversary (or so says Akihabara News), by feeding the T4 some growth formula and demanding it sprout Tablet PC features -- which it did. Say hello to the Tablet T4, with XP Tablet and a touch panel (with digitizer, we presume). Sorry, no converting here to a proper tablet form factor (yet), but now that Panny's dipped their toes in the water, we wouldn't be surprised if they come back with something along those lines in the future.

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