Suhit Gupta
07-20-2004, 01:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1623298,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594' target='_blank'>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1623298,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Toshiba Corp. plans to announce a new laptop model next week that allows users to watch TV on it without having to boot up the computer's Windows operating system—the first in what analysts say will be a new crop of multimedia notebooks to come. Called Qosmio, (koss-me-oh) it will be Toshiba's first laptop to fully integrate audio and video features, including a bright, near TV-quality display, DVD drive, TV tuner, and enhanced speakers. A user could click on the TV with the laptop's remote control or watch a DVD movie without having to go through the all-too-familiar process of starting the accompanying Windows Media Center operating system."</i><br /><br />This brand new and novel device will have a 80GB drive built in to record programs, however, one will need Windows software to do so. It will be available in August in a 15-inch model but it will be expensive. It is rumoured to start somewhere between $2,499 and $2,599, said Terry Cronin, a product management director at Toshiba. Wide-screen models are planned for later.