Panasonic stuffs EV-DO Rev. A into W5 and T5 Toughbooks

While not the sexiest of laptops, Panasonic's ultraportables make up for that with a lot of heart and now even beefier wireless broadband options. Yeah, 3G options were already available on the W5 and T5 lappies, but now you can outfit these teensy things with that new EV-DO Rev. A stuff all the cool kids are talking about. Sprint is on tap for the service, and boasts average download speeds up to 800kbps. Both laptops will be available next month for $2,249, with the usual 12.1-inch LCDs and extensive battery life trimmings on the combo drive equipped W5 and Tablet PC T5.

[Via Crave]

[xerxesdaphat @ Dec 19th 2006 9:59PM]

What, `not the sexiest of laptops'? :( *looks sad*. I think they're really awesome looking actually, with the corrugated aluminium, round trackpad, and flip-up CD drive. I guess not everybody shares my tastes ^_^

[iGotNoTime @ Dec 20th 2006 7:09AM]

Tested with 8+ hours of battery life with radio on. Gotta love that!