Toshiba has launched new laptop called Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904. It is first laptop to include Intel’s innovative Wireless Display Technology, or Wi-Di, that supports Intel Wireless Display and wirelessly project multimedia to your HDTV with great image clarity and sound. Wi-Di facilitates the transmission of laptop’s video signal to any TV with the help of a small Netgear box.
The technology is embedded into the E205-S1904, creating a bridge between the Wi-Fi chip and the integrated graphics chipset so that there’s no need to attach a separate USB dongle. A feather-touch button launches an Intel application that automatically connects the E205 to an external display.
The Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904 configured with a 2.27GHz Core i5-430M, offering some performance upgrades and power-management advantages. This Toshiba Notebook has 14” LED screen which has the resolution of 1,366×768 pixels; it is a standard for main stream HD laptops. It offers standard 16:9 aspect ratio. the screen looked great when playing DVDs or streaming Hulu videos, although the glossy screen offered up a considerable amount of glare in an office environment. The screen is backed with good backlighting and stunning resolution, it looks just awesome. The concern is its speakers. The satellite E205-S1904 doesn’t have Bluetooth connectivity, which is a biggest loss. But this loss is covered up with the very high speed a USB sleep-and-charge port and a high-speed. It also included with 4GB DDR3 RAM (1066MHz) and it can be extendible up to 8GB. Performance and speed are not a concern here. It offers hard disk storage capacity of whopping 500GB. It supports Webcam, Intel® Wireless LAN (802.11a/g/n) and Ethernet LAN.
This Toshiba E205 Notebook adopts a totally new look with a dark blue plastic finish (called Fusion Finish in metallic blue), rounded edges, and a slot-loading DVD drive. The laptop feels more plasticky and slightly. The E205 looks thin, but a lot of that is a visual effect produced by the extremely tapered edges along the sides and front. Still, the Satellite E205 is thinner than many full-size laptops at only 1.2 inches.
The E205-S1904 has a traditional full-size keyboard, has a backlit keyboard, which is extremely handy to have in dark-lit areas. A wide touchpad and huge mouse buttons make the navigating experience an enjoyable one, too. Though the keyboard appears to be little flat, it is much more convenient and comfortable to type on. The rigid clicking buttons underneath are larger than the multitouch touch pad. The left side sports an audio input, as well as USB port. On the right side, a flash-card reader, wireless switch, USB/eSATA, HDMI connectors and USB are provided. The back panel holds a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port, the power jack and a VGA output.
The Satellite E205-S1904’s battery includes 6 cells. Since the inclusion of Intel Core i5 processor, power consumption is low when compare to the other laptops. It offers decent battery life of 4 hours and 46 minutes. The Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904 has a cluster of cool technology that you can get for a reasonable price. Though it’s a Best Buy-only configuration for now, it comes with a backlit keyboard, Slim design and a Core i5 processor—features that should be on your laptop wish list. Intel’s Wireless Display, meanwhile, is easily one of the hottest technologies this year.
