Tangent Announces VITA All-In-One Flat Panel Touch Screen LCD PC for the Health Care Industry; Space Saving LCD PC Designed for IT Professionals, Doctors, Dentists, Hospital Administrators and Other Health Care Workers.BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Tangent, Inc., today announced VITA, a space saving and low power consumption ALL-IN-ONE LCD PC that integrates a flat panel 17-inch LCD touch screen display into a slim, attractive aluminum chassis that fits ergonomically into any health care practitioner's office or a hospital environment. The Tangent VITA has been designed with many features to benefit the health care and therapy industries, which include a space saving design, rugged sanitary aluminum enclosure, low power consumption, cordless keyboard and mouse, built-in-speakers, WIFI LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. capabilities. Data entry can be by stylus or by optional touch screen on the display. The display has a tilt range from -5 degrees to +25 degrees to provide viewing comfort and ergonomic flexibility. "Touch screens are being widely adopted as the standard display in the health care industry because they are more convenient, interactive, and provide a more user-friendly access and communication between healthcare professionals and patients," said Mike Zabaneh, Tangent Vice President of Marketing. "Combined with rugged features and low power consumption, VITA packs a lot of power while taking up very little space to make it a perfect system for medical environments." VITA consumes approximately 260W versus 450-500W for PC and CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. combos. The system has also earned a UL 60950-1 ITE ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE In the Ear ITE Information Technology Equipment ITE Initial Teacher Education (UK) ITE Institute of Technical Education ITE Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Information Technology Equipment) rating, which certifies it to reduce risks of fire, electric shock or injury for the operator (medical professionals) and layman (patients) who may come into contact with the equipment. Suggested retail is $1,495, or $1,555 with WiFi 802.11b/g wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area installed. Base features on the Tangent LCD-PC include an Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 3.0GHz processor, 17-inch SXGA (Super XGA) A screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels. SXGA is commonly used on standard monitors, but provides a 1.25:1 aspect ratio, compared to the more common 1.33:1 (4:3) ratio. SXGA+ has a 1400x1050 resolution, which is an exact 1.33:1 ratio. See PC display modes. LCD TV, DVD/CDRW player, 7-in-1 Multi Flash card reader A peripheral device that reads and writes a flash memory card. Typically connecting to the computer via the USB port, readers were first available for only one type of card. Today, readers are available for all popular memory cards. and integrated stereo speakers, 512K of DDR SDRAM (expandable to 2GB), 120 GB SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. hard drive, and wireless keyboard and mouse. Microsoft Windows XP Professional comes standard with all systems. Tangent's new LCD PC accommodates next generation peripherals with two PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). 32-bit slots; two SATA/150 ports, one parallel ATA/100 port; and seven USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 port (four onboard and three on the chassis). Onboard peripherals include Gbit 10/100/1000 Ethernet, and 7.1 capable channel integrated audio. Tangent backs the system with a one-year parts & labor warranty and one-year optional on-site service. It is available direct from Burlingame, CA-based Tangent at www.tangent.com. About Tangent Inc. Founded in 1989, Tangent has 16 years experience delivering technology solutions to education, government and corporate markets. Customers include more than 350 universities and colleges, 2,490 school districts, 430 government agencies and corporations. Tangent's award-winning technology includes desktops, notebooks, wireless labs, thin clients, and servers. They have earned numerous honors including eight Editor's Choice awards from PC Magazine, Recommended Product awards from Windows Magazine, and Best Buy awards from PC World. Tangent solutions include Spam filtering, Anti-Spyware appliances, Active Directory tools for schools, Migration services, and SIF integration. (C)2005 Tangent, Inc. All rights reserved. Tangent and the Tangent logo are registered trademarks. |
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