New Alternative To Laptop
Added: (Tue Jan 08 2002)
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (December 26, 2001) Professionals who travel with laptops have had many common complaint: the computers are cumbersome, power hungry and expensive. But as of today, the problem is solved. QuickPAD Technology Corporation, the leader in cost-effective mobile computing solutions for both business and educational needs, introduces QuickPAD PRO™. QuickPAD PRO™ is a durable laptop alternative that is powerful, mobile, fully computing, ready all at a fraction of the cost of a typical laptop.
"For many professionals the standard laptop computer is more of a burden than a help," says Michael Spencer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for QuickPAD Technologies. "QuickPAD Pro™ fulfills the needs of many users who want an inexpensive yet powerful, mobile, fully computing, and Internet ready solution."
Weighing in at 1.5 pound, and with a suggested retail of just $299, the QuickPAD Pro™ incorporates many conveniences of a notebook. It has a built-in word processor, spell check, spreadsheet, scientific graphing calculator, database, personal organizer and daytime scheduler. The large screen holds 16 lines with 60 characters per line. Memory can be expanded to fit the user's specific needs. As sold, the unit holds up to 500 pages of content and has a socket for external flash cards up to 128 MB. With the optional Infrared receiver, files can be transferred to any PC or Macintosh computer.
Users will have the option to send and receive text email with any ISP. This option will be available in February 2002. Using four AA batteries, QuickPAD PRO will operate over 100 hours and can be easily connected to a PC using the comm port, USB port or infrared receiver for data transfer.
QuickPAD Pro™ is also an ideal tool for today's mobile professional. "QuickPAD PRO, fulfills the needs of many users who seek an inexpensive yet powerful solution with benefits such as a short 2 to 3 second boot time, ergonomic keyboard and long battery operation.," says Spencer.
For more information, contact QuickPAD Technologies by phone at 800.373.8181, via email at sales@quickpad.com, or visit us online at www.quickpad.com.
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About QuickPAD
Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, and founded in 1999. The QuickPAD Technology is a manufacturer of a cost effective mobile computing solution for all educational or business needs.